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Des Moines County conservation department awarded federal forest-resiliency grant; board approves use of county UEI for filing
Summary
The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution allowing the conservation department to use the county UEI to accept and file federal grant paperwork after the department announced a roughly $89,000 federal forest-resiliency award that will fund invasive-species control, canopy thinning and wildlife habitat work across multiple county properties.
Chris Lee, conservation department, told the Des Moines County Board of Supervisors that the county received a federal forest-resiliency grant of $89,000 to support forestry management work at county properties including Stars Cave, Big Hollow, Hickory Bend and Mountain Woods.
"We got $89,000 to do forest management work," Chris Lee said, describing a project with a total cost of about $112,000 that county staff expect to complete through 2027 with some contracted work and potential local matching funds.
The board then considered a resolution allowing the conservation department to use the Des Moines County UEI (unique entity identifier) number when filing federal grant documents. Lee said the resolution language was copied from prior FEMA-related paperwork and asked the board to approve it with a minor edit to reflect that the forestry grant is federal but not a FEMA award. A board member moved to approve the resolution "as edited," and the motion carried.
Why it matters: the UEI authorization lets the conservation department accept and administer federal funds under the county’s fiscal umbrella, which county staff said will streamline grant reporting and contracting for the forestry work. The project’s stated goals include invasive-species removal, canopy thinning, and habitat improvements with specific attention to rare bat species the department says are present in some management areas.
Board action and next steps: the board approved the UEI resolution and instructed staff to finalize contract documents and grant paperwork so the conservation department can proceed with procurement and contracting to complete the work.
Provenance: topic first introduced in the conservation update and grant announcement (SEG 211) and concluded with the UEI-resolution discussion and vote (SEG 349).
