SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROGRAMS

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CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROGRAMS

JAY BLAIRDISTRICT CONSERVATIONIST

CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROGRAMS

CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROGRAMS

Oakland Conservation District mission statement is: to provide natural resource assistance to private landowners, local municipalities and non-profit organizations, to help make managing your natural resources as easy as possible.Michigan’s Conservation Districts are unique local units of State Government, that utilize state, federal and private sector resources to solve today’s conservation problems. The guiding philosophy of all Conservation Districts is that decisions on conservation issues should be made at the local level, by local people, with technical assistance provided by government.www.OaklandConservationDistrict.org248-328-0594

PROGRAMS

SEMI ANNUAL TREE/NATIVE PLANT SALESLAKESCAPING EDUCATION/SEMINARSSTREAMSCAPING EDUCATION/SEMINARSUSDA-NRCS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION/SEMINARSLOCAL/STATE POINT OF CONTACT

PROGRAMS

WILDLIFE HABITAT EDUCATION/SEMINARSBACKYARD HABITAT EDUCATION/SEMINARS

TREE-NATIVE PLANT SALE

SALE TAKES PLACE IN SPRING AND FALLMONEY MAKER FOR THE DISTRICTCONSERVATION OF SOILPROTECTION OF WATER BODIESKNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT TREES AND SOIL-NATIVE PLANTS AND SOILS

LAKESCAPING-STREAMSCAPING

BIOENGINEERING-SOFT ENGINEERINGUSES VEGETATION INSTEAD OF RIP-RAP OR STONESPROVIDES SEMINARS ON USE OF PLANTS TO STABILIZE LAND NEXT TO WATER

SHORELINE STABILIZATION

Wave breakers scheme.

PROGRAMS

USDANATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICENRCS

PROGRAMS

ALTERNATIVE LAND PRESERVATION & CONSERVATION PLANNING

PROGRAMS

NRCSWETLAND RESERVE PROGRAM-WRPGRASSLAND RESERVE PROGRAM-GRPFARM AND RANCH PRESERVATION PROGRAM-FRPP

PROGRAMS

FSACONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM-CRPCONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM- CREPCONTINUOUS CONSERVATON RESERVE PROGRM-CCRP*UPLAND BIRD HABITAT*SAFE-OAK SAVANNAS/POLLINATORS

PROGRAMS

USFW-DUPARTNERS FOR WILDLIFE PROGRAMPF-TF-WTD-MDNR

PROGRAMS

WHIPWILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVES PROGRAM

PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LANDNON-INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL LAND

5-15 CONTRACTSCOST SHARE PROGRAM

PROGRAMS

WHIP CONSERVATION PRACTICESEarly Successional Habitat Development

Forest Stand ImprovementShelterbelt Establishment

Prescribed BurningRiparian Forest Buffer

Riparian Herbaceous BufferRestoration and Management of Declining Habitat

Conservation CoverCritical Area Planting

Grade Stabilization StructureBrush Management

LOCAL-STATE POINT OF CONTACT

MDNRMDEQMDACOUNTYTOWNSHIPCITY-VILLAGE

WILDLIFE HABITAT

SITE VISITWILDLIFE HABITAT ASSESSMENTWILDLIFE HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN

Backyard Wildlife

http://mi.nrcs.usda.gov

• If you type in this website address you should get the michigan nrcs website.

Click on the tab Technical Resources

Click Michigan eFOTG County Locator

Click on the lower peninsula

Click on Oakland County

It will take a few moments to minutes for this window to show upbecause there is a lot of data. You should have high speed internet.

You need to have the Java program as well.

Please read what the 5 sections have. To use the standards and specifications go to section 4.

Standards are in the A. Conservation PracticesSpecifications are in the C. Michigan Conservation Sheets

Conservation Practices are listed alphabetically.Filter Strip Practice will have width data for various attributes.

Click on the adobe version of Filter Strip and it will bring up the standard.

This is the standard and there are 8 pages. The next slide will show tables.

Now you can see some of the attributes along with percent slope and soil hydrologic groups. This should help even for urban conservation.

Back at the NRCS Website

• The Black line about ¼ from the top has a several tabs. The Program tab will take you to all of our Programs. Click on each program and it will give you information about the program.

• If you have further need for assistance call Jay Blair: 810-664-3941 x 3 or email jay.blair@mi.usda.gov