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Welcome to Goshen County Conservation Districts Working to conserve and enhance natural resources in Goshen County. (Users of browsers other than Internet Explorer please click here.) USDA Service Center 1441 East M Street, Suite B Torrington, WY 82240 307.532.4880 307.532.5783 fax |
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Goshen County Conservation Districts |
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Lingle-Fort Laramie Conservation District board meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at SAREC, west of Lingle, beginning at 7:30 am. North Platte Valley Conservation District board meetings are held on the second Friday of the month at the USDA Service Center Meeting Room, 1441 East M Street, Torrington, beginning at 1:00 pm. South Goshen Conservation District board meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month at the Pineapple Grill, Torrington, beginning at 12:00 noon. All meetings are open to the public. |
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Click on the map on the right for District specific information. |
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Laramie River at Old Fort Laramie |
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THE TREE ORDER FORM FOR 2012 IS NOW AVAILABLE |
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NEW REPORTS AVAILABLE Check out the North Platte Valley and South Goshen WEB pages for their new Annual Plan of Work and Annual Report. |
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The Goshen County Conservation Districts are taking applications to obtain funds for assistance with engineering of AFO-CAFO (Animal Feeding Operations-Confined Animal Feeding Operations) designs. If you are a producer in need of engineering assistance to obtain a permit or to comply with DEQ regulations funding can be obtained at a 25% producer, 75% grant cost share. Stop by the Conservation District Office at 1441 East M Street, Suite B in Torrington in the USDA building and ask for Karri or Nancy to obtain an application. Deadline for taking applications will be the 31st of January 2012 by 4:00 p.m. |
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Last Modified on January 27, 2012 |
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Guidelines for negotiating a mineral lease or surface-use agreement can be found in the oil and gas landowner guidebook (revised 1/26/2011). This is a seventy-six page Adobe file so it will take some time to download.) A copy may also be obtained at 1441 East M Street, Suite B, Torrington. |
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For WEB site issues please contact Jim Hurley |
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GOVERNANCE and FUNDING Conservation Districts in Wyoming are governed under the Wyoming State Constitution, Title 11, Chapter 16. Goshen County has three conservation districts within its boundaries; North Platte Valley, Lingle-Ft. Laramie, and South Goshen. Each district is lead by a five-member board elected to four-year terms by general election. Supervisors volunteer their time to the Board. Funding for the Districts’ comes mostly from grant funds and a local mill levy tax. Additional funds are acquired through the Districts’ seedling tree program. |
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THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY The three Goshen County Conservation Districts would like to publicly thank those who contributed funds towards our Rural and Urban Household Pesticide Waste and Electronic Waste Collection on the 24th of September held at the Goshen County Weed & Pest shop. Those who contributed funds were Paul Schoolcraft, Robert and Beth Melonuk, Harold and Deborah McVay of Fort Laramie, the town of Lingle, the Goshen County Commissioners and the Goshen County Weed Pest District. We would also like to thank all the volunteers who assisted with the event in donating their time to unload vehicles and kept things running smoothly as well as the city of Torrington who provided the roll off box for trash that accumulated during the event. Our event was very successful due to all the support from our community. We were also successful in obtaining grant funds from Wyoming Department of Ag and the Southeastern Wyoming RC&D Council. Thanks for making our collection event a success.
NOTICE Cassie Hurley has joined the staff of the Goshen County Conservation District as our new Tree Technician. Cassie is looking forward to her new position and looking forward to meeting landowners in Goshen County and assisting them with information and assistance with our tree program. Go to the district staff page for information on Cassie’s background. |
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The Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts (WACD) WEB site has several videos that that will assist you in your tree planting activities. Clicking on a title will connect you to the video: Caring for you plantings - Things to consider - What about the Pine Beetle - Things to consider when designing a Windbreak - Windbreaks - Planting a seedling - History of Living Snow Fences - Benefits of Living Snow Fences - How to plant a bare root seedling |
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NOTICE: The South Goshen Conservation District is hosting a Long Range Proposed 5 Year Plan Meeting in LaGrange at the Community Center on the 16th of February at 7:00 p.m. Please mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend if you are interested in what the District Board plans to address in the Yoder, Hawk Springs and LaGrange areas over the next 5 years dealing with conserving and protecting our natural resources. If you have any questions please contact the district office by calling 307-532-4880 ext.101 |