Conservation Trees

SGCD maintains 4 living snow fence plantings within their district along state highways in SGCD. The district is responsible for the maintenance for the first 3 years of the installation and then after that the landowner is responsible for the care of the living snow fence. SGCD will be installing another living snow fence in 2009.

 

SGCD has worked with the US Fish & Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game & Fish and the local Rooster Booster Organization to establish 5 wildlife habitat windbreak plantings.

 

There seven (7) landowners who were assisted in the installation of livestock/farmstead windbreaks this past year within SGCD with funding from our state appropriation with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. These funds were on a 50/50 cost-share basis with a $750 max per landowner.

There are several small acreage landowners that are in our district and

Last Modified on October 24, 2011

South Goshen Conservation District

these landowners have been assisted with our tree program as well. There were changes made to our district cost-share criteria to include these small acreages in our tree planting season as the amount of trees required for cost- share did not always fit within these areas.

 

SGCD has worked with the local NRCS office in windbreak plantings with funding from the EQIP, WHIP, CRP and WRP funds. The district does the designs and plantings for these programs.

 

SGCD and the other two conservation districts have equipment shared jointly to provide the service of planting trees within the county for our tree planting program. This past year all three districts’ built a shop north of the Goshen County Weed & Pest to house our equipment and trees.

 

SGCD works with NRCS and US Fish & Wildlife in the development and implementation of wetland projects within SGCD. SGCD reviews the plans and sign the contracts at their district board meetings.

Our district secretary presented the benefits of trees and windbreaks to all Goshen County 4th graders at the Ag Expo held in of September at the Goshen County