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Adams & Hancock
County Partners in Conservation Applied |
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Adams |
Hancock |
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Units |
Units |
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Number of Projects |
38 |
2 |
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Soil Erosion Reduced
(tons) |
3005 |
120.1 |
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Sediment Reduced (tons) |
787 |
38.9 |
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Nitrogen Reduced (tons) |
2194 |
92 |
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Phosphorus Reduced
(tons) |
1094 |
46 |
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Acres Benefitted |
718.6 |
75.3 |
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Stream Banks Protected
(feet) |
1380 |
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Nutrient Management
Plan (acres) |
70 |
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Adams and Hancock County EQIP 2008 Completed
Practices 10/1/07 - 9/30/08 |
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Adams |
Hancock |
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Practice |
Units |
Units |
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CNMP Written |
1 Ea. |
2 Ea. |
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CNMP Applied |
1 Ea. |
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Residue Mgmt.
No-till/Strip-till |
90.6 Ac. |
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Critical Area Seeding |
6.2 Ac. |
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Closure of Waste
Storage Impoundment |
1 Ea. |
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Fence |
18,065 Ft. |
5,625 Ft. |
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Field Border |
5,695 Ft. |
18,200 Ft. |
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Forest Management Plans
Written |
297 Ac. |
92.8 Ac. |
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Grade Stabilization
Structures |
9 Ea. |
1 Ea. |
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Grassed Waterway |
1.8 Ac. |
.8 Ac. |
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Pasture and Hayland
Planting |
23.6 Ac. |
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Stream Crossings |
6 Ea. |
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Nutrient Management |
172.2 Ac. |
282 Ac. |
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Terrace |
15,740 Ft. |
1,735 Ft. |
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Waste Utilization |
400 Ac. |
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Water & Sediment
Control Basins |
69 Ea. |
35 Ea. |
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Forest Stand
Improvement |
115 Ac. |
92.9 Ac. |
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Access Rd |
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535 Ft. |
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*All practices were completed in 2008 |
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Other Activities in cooperation with U of I Extension and others: |
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Low cost educational activities were discussed and prioritized by the |
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committee as follows: |
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No-Till Seminar- planned for Feb 09 and held Feb. 08 160 attended in 2008 |
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Nutrient Management- Soil Fertility workshop, March 09 |
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Timber Management- was a topic at Small acreage workshop in '08 and will be
again in '09 |
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Grazing Workshop- held two pasture walks during summer of '08 |
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Wetland and Riparian Corridor - no activity |
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Home Owner Info - fertilizer/pesticide- news columns addressing lawn care,
etc. |
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Native Plantings: Tree & Prairie - no activity |
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Recycling/Dump Clean-Up - 2 electronics recycling collections held in Quincy |
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Pesticide Storage- is a topic as part of pesticide safety education program,
which is held every year |
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Septic System Education researched existing educational materials |
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ACSWCD Earth Day Celebration @ John Wood Community College |
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ACSWCD Electronics Recycling - 97.75 tons |
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ACSWCD 608 - 5th grade students attended conservation activities |
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ACSWCD - Ag Awareness Program 442 presentations for 10,093 participants |
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ACSWCD - Web page published - over 5000 hits |
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ACSWCD - Natural Resource Career presentations to area high school freshmen |
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ACSWCD Stream Bank Stabilization power point provided to JWCC Natural
Science Dept for use in classes |
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HCSWCD Open House held on 1/17/08 - display and handouts; 40 attended |
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HCSWCD contractor's workshop held 1/30/08, 42 attended |
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Hancock County Ag Literacy, Adopt-A-Classroom, 4-H 08 activities, 533
activities with 9,810 participants |
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HCSWCD wildlife food plot seed distributed during spring of 08 to 14 clients |
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HCSWCD 2008 Glen Smiddy Memorial Scholarship awarded to 3 students |
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HCSWCD Arbor Day Apr. 08 - white pine seedling distributed to nearly 300 3rd
graders |
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HCSWCD Apr. 08 Soil Stewardship materials distributed to 405 individuals |
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HCSWCD distributed 3,777 newsletters twice in 2008 |
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HCSWCD/NRCS Lady Landowner meeting held in Carthage U of I Ext. on 8/27/08,
9 attended |
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HCSWCD/U of I Pond Management Seminar held 9/15/08, 18 attended |
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HCSWCD Residue Management Field Day held on 9/22/08, over 200 attended |
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HCSWCD/U of I 'It's Our River Day' 08 activity held on 9/18/08 - 142 4th
graders |
Adams
County Soil & Water Conservation District 338 South 36th Street
Quincy, IL 62301