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Sale
Oconee River RC&D is
selling various pieces of conservation equipment.
Click here for a sealed bid form. All bids must be received by the
RC&D Office by COB, Friday, November 25, 2005.
Lower
Lake Oconee Project - Field Day
As this project winds
down to a successful conclusion, a
Field Day will be held on the Russ Yeany farm in Oglethorpe County on
October 25 to highlight Best Management Practices applied with 319 grant
funds.
Cooperative
Development - Composting Tour
Co-sponsored by the
Georgia Cooperative Development Center and University of Georgia, Oconee
River RC&D is supporting a
Poultry Composting Tour of Ed Rollins' R-GROW operation in Giles
County, TN. The tour departs Watkinsville at 6:45 a.m. on October 6.
Rooty
and Crooked Creek Project - Field Day
This summer, Oconee
River RC&D signed a contract with the Georgia Department of Natural
Resources - Environmental Protection Division to assist producers in the
Rooty and Crooked Creek watersheds of Putnam County with the installation
and management of Agricultural Best Management Practices.
A
Field Day will be held at the Richard and Shelia Key farm on October 4
to kick-off the sign-up for this cost-share opportunity.
Georgia
RC&D Council - Quarterly Meeting
Oconee River
RC&D is hosting the Georgia RC&D Council's quarterly meeting at the
Madison Markets in Madison starting at 1:00 p.m. on August 18 and
concluding at 11:30 a.m. on August 19. In addition to business topics,
the training agenda includes presentations on farmland protection and the
Georgia Land Conservation Program, Georgia's water quantity concerns,
state transportation issues and passenger rail travel options, an overview
of the Pennington Seed Corporation, and a cultural history of Madison.
Please click on the links below for more information.
Please note:
The August Cooperative Development meeting will be held in conjunction
with the quarterly meeting, starting at 10:00 a.m. August 18 and
concluding at noon. If you are interested in participating in a
complimentary pizza and soft drink lunch, please contact our office so we
can get a head count.
Polly
Hardigree Ward Memorial Scholarship
The 2005
Polly Hardigree Ward Memorial Scholarship was presented to Oconee County
High School senior Anna Kyle Shealy on May 19 at the school's annual
Honors Day celebration. Anna plans to pursue an animal science degree and
will begin her studies at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.
Anna epitomizes the type of student the scholarship is intended for in
that she has been active in 4-H and the Future Farmers of America, is a
member of the Beta Club and National Honor Society, and participates in
the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce Youth Leadership Program. Anna
received $750 to assist with her studies.
Congratulations Anna!
Winter
Feeder Fact-Finding Tour
Oconee River
RC&D, in partnership with the Georgia Grazing Lands Conservation Coalition
(GGLCC), hosted a Winter Feeder Fact-Finding Tour on March 8, 2005. The
tour was organized to visit two winter feeders that were installed as
demonstrations on working livestock operations in the RC&D area. The
first stop of the tour was Danny Duvall's Greene County farm where a
wooden winter feeder structure was cost-shared through the Lower Lake
Oconee 319 water quality project administered by Oconee River RC&D. The
second tour stop was George Lohr's Morgan County farm where a steel
structure was cost-shared through the Sugar Creek 319 water quality
project administered by the Georgia Soil and Water Conservation
Commission. Local offices of the Natural Resources Conservation Service
provided technical assistance to install both structures.
The objective
of the tour was to provide an overview of how neighboring states, such as
North Carolina, are implementing the winter feeder practice. Success
stories, planning and ranking documents, and quick facts concerning the
demonstration structures were provided to the participants to educate and
help make recommendations on how Georgia should proceed with promoting the
practice through cost-share programs available in the state.
Our
appreciation is extended to all of those involved in the tour, from the
conservationists and engineers in neighboring states that shared
information with us, to the conservationists and engineers in Georgia that
provided planning and design information for our demonstration winter
feeders, to the participants of the tour that provided their thoughts on
the practice. It was generally agreed that the winter feeder practice
promotes environmental quality, while sustaining production and economic
efficiency.
The
information and discussions that resulted from this tour will pave the way
for implementing the Winter Feeder practice in Georgia.
RC&D
Legislative Update
The Resource
Conservation and Development Program needs your help! Please use the
following documents to show your support of RC&D activities by contacting
our Georgia Senators and Representatives involved in Agriculture and the
Appropriations process. Your support is needed to help restore RC&D
funding in the President's proposed 2006 Federal Budget.
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