Lifetime Citizen Portal Access — AI Briefings, Alerts & Unlimited Follows
Warrick County Soil and Water reports three active grants, conservation outreach and staffing changes
Loading...
Summary
A Warrick County Soil and Water representative told the drainage board the agency is administering three grants (two Clean Water Indiana grants and one Alcoa-funded conservation grant), hiring interns and a natural resource specialist, and scheduling invasive-species training and public workshops.
A representative for Warrick County Soil and Water provided the board with a program update covering grants, staffing and outreach.
The presenter said the office currently has three active grants: two Clean Water Indiana grants (including a cover-crop grant and a mine-land grant) and an Alcoa-funded conservation grant that will support landowner conservation work. The office is finishing a grant report due to an editor and plans to apply for follow-up funding to put practices on the ground. The presenter said the agency is also preparing to apply for a Cypress grant to fund a study of cycles not examined since 1978.
“We have 3 grants that we have going on right now in the county…there are 2 of them are Clean Water Indiana grants…the third 1 is our Alcoa grant that we were awarded funding through Alcoa to get conservation in the land,” the presenter said, outlining grant types and outreach work.
Staffing updates included hiring an interim and plans to hire a summer intern and a natural resource specialist as a county employee to increase program continuity. Outreach highlights included a poster contest, a composting workshop at the 4-H center with strong attendance, and planned invasive-species workshops in Newbern to help the town with on-the-ground control. The presenter invited the drainage board to partner on field practices where appropriate.
Board members thanked the presenter and requested any materials or contact information be provided to staff so the agencies can coordinate on drainage or conservation work.
