Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, January 31, 1974, ANNUAL REPORT, Image 14

Heppner gazette-times., January 31, 1974, ANNUAL REPORT, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextSilfl endangers county roods By KEN TURNER Far too much mud from eroding fields is landing on county roads, causing haz ards, plugged barrow pits and culverts, and creating ill will. Equal responsibility for the problem can be placed on the farmer and the road depart ment. The local SWCD can help and they want to. The Morrow County Road Depart ment and the Soil Conserva tion Service personnel have agreed to coordinate detailed work plans that focus on critical problem areas throughout the county. In many cases the solution is fairly easy and the cost is much less than the price of cleaning up the mess and repairing the road just one time. Excessive erosion is the silt producer, but several factors multiply the damage. 1. Silt collecting on road at wrong spot because of field changes, previous siltation, or improper diversion ditch outlets. 2. Error in culvert location and gradient. size, 3. Lack of silt retention dams, debris basins or diver sion structures at or near beds. 4. Complete conservation treatment lacking on fields above county roads. 5. Maintenance or improve ment of previously built struc tures either in the field or at or near road sides. Coodination and coopera tion by the county and the farmer is of critical impor tance. Problem sites can be fixed by working together. The county road department is newly committed to the job ahead. Any farmer who needs help should contact either the county or the SCS office. A new Hural Environmental Conservation Program an nouncement is expected soon that will emphasiz.e cost sharing for nearly all silt producing or erosion prob lems. Remember, though, that Soil Conservation Service technical help is available free to anyone at any time with or without a cost-share program. Conservation work on Mor row County farmlands is only ul authorities, and this best 20 per cent completed, ae- describes the job ahead for all cording to estimates by sever- of us. Bi-Coattty Chemical Co. lone Tel. 422-7531 PORT OF MORROW FOOD PROCESSING PARK "IN THE LAND OF EXCITEMENT' PORT OF .Qr - - uARlW - Produce Freezer III' , fO V ,ffi 1 VCX I t'esert FOOD PROCESSING PARK M u ' jZJ ffA 1 fV--rM ve (;m,rn(', Magic I Jr 'PARK ...-V 'V r ' PKAG l"1 ;j PROPOSED iJ, H r q l plMAlU PARK '' ' iTTirii'"'A,i- ' I ,. 8 8 8 I"" j city j WILSON ,.. - mm g PROPOSED t aTY 1 L 2 1- 1 DEVELOPMENT 2jl J ED KUNZE .wo.40---.-i i x x " " The Port of Morrow U Processors. The Park wil fire protection available Related Community Si-r parks, marinas, park for of the Columbia River. Rapidly increasing irrij necessary. Probably 6,0" by the year 2(to. Themultipleu.se provide Waste Recycling - Wan exciting future for uur j 1 MARINE DRIVE - BOARDMA Garland Swanson, President - Oscar Peterson, Vice President -John R. (Dick) Krebs, Secretary