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Page Two Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District Directors C.H. McElligott Fein Ki :hards Rudy Bergstrom Brock Linnel Al Osmin Ken Wright Jerald Rea Chairman Vice-Chairman Treasurer Secretary RC&D Representative Member Member Treasurer's Report Morrow Soil & Water Conservation District Treasurer's Report For Period Jan. 1, 1979 to Dec. 31, 1979 Cash Balance (beginning of period) In checking account In Savings account Total cash balance Receipts During Period Flags $577.60 Equipment $65.50 SSWCC $575.00 Interest $134.30 Expenditures During Period Cash Balance (at end of period) In checking account In savings account Total cash balance $ 553.31 2862.91 $3416.22 $1352.40 $1494.53 $ 676.88 2597.21 $3274.09 Respectfully Submitted -s-R.W. Bergstrom Treasurer 8th Annual Meeting of the M.S.W.C.D. Tuesday, March 4 7:30 p.m. Lexington Grange Lexington, Oregon Program RCA-Creating the Future A slide presentation on USDA conservation alternatives Harold Kerr "Agriculture in the South" A visual tour of Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana Featured Speaker Dan Eastman Fish & Wildlife Dept. "Management objectives for elk and deer in the Heppner wildlife unit" Working with you ! Vour District Board of Directors represents landowners and others of the area in the job of securig the maximum cooperation of federal, state, county and private agencies and groups in carrying out a sound conservation program on the land. Some of the agencies that service the District include: SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE BobAdelinan District Conservationist Bill Myers Soil Conservationist Chuck O'Neal Soil Conservation Technician Kathy Query District Secretary MORROW COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE Harold Kerr County Agent, Chairman JohnNordheim County Agent, Livestock Maurice Mitchell County Agent, Forestry Birdine Tullis Program Assistant Lena Smith Secretary AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION & CONSERVATION SERVICE Judy Buschke Director Joan Hughes Program Assistant Sandy Bennett Program Assistant STATE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT Ernie Labart Unit Forester Otto Steward Service Forester U.S. FOREST SERVICE Ben Siminoe District Ranger OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE Glen Ward Wildlife Biologist Bob Krein Wildlife Biologist FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION Ken Durrell Director STATE SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION COMMISSION Chuck Liles Director COLUMBIA-BLUE MOUNTAIN RESOURCE CONSERVATION & PROJECT F.K.Starrett President W.B. Thomas Vice-President Warren McCoy Second Vice-President George Hansen Third Vice-President Dick McElligott Fourth Vice-President Bill Penny Secretary Al Osmin Treasurer Gene Sturtevant Project Coordinator MORROW COUNTY COURT Don McElligott County .Judge Warren McCoy Commissioner Dorothy Krebs Commissioner State assists Morrow district complete multi-year resource development program The Morrow SWCD with assistance from the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission completed the development of their natural resource program, a multi-year plan with objectives aimed at addressing the major resource problems in Morrow County. The Heppner Water Control District completed the final phase of construction of its critical area treatment project. This included 79,722 feet of terraces and diversions, 63 debris basins and 55 acres of critical area seeding. Morrow County Water Quality Plan (208) as part of the Sediment Reduction Project in the 5-county Columbia Basin area carried out by the SSWCC has been published. Special projects are now being cost-shared in the 5-county area. Supported the National and Oregon Association of Conservation District. Assisted the 6th Grade Outdoor Classroom Conservation Education Program. Completed the memorandum of understanding with the Morrow County Court. Continued the evaluation of terrace systems and cropland erosion. Completed evaluations for the USFS RARE II, Timber Management Plan and Heppner Land Management Plan Studies. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ( 1979) No. Amount Technical assistance Individuals 692 Units of government 16 . Farm Plans 5 5003 ac. Cost-share applications ACP 52 - ECM 35 Terrace Systems 17 236,700 ft. Ponds 17 Irrigation mainline 7 22,249 ft. Fish pond management 2 Grassed waterway 5ac. Livestock pipeline 1540 ft. Chemical tillage 15 2000 ac. Goals established for 1980 are: Develop annual work plan from the SWCD's Natural Resource Conservation Program. Confined Animal Feeding Operations Waste Manage ment Program. Continue emphasis on conservation education. Emphasize the need for sheet and rill erosions control on dry cropland by developing resource plans and promoting the LTA cost-share program. Use the coordinated resource management concept to match livestock and wildlife requirements to the resources available. Work jointly with the County Road Department to complete the roadside erosion inventory; and, also, to provide information on design of culverts and borrow ditches. Keep abreast with and provide timely data for the Coals established for 1980 Resource conservation and development in Morrow County is the first concern of the Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District. In addressing these resource concerns, a multi-year plan with objectives has been prepared. The Natural Resource Conservation Program will be used to help develop a yearly work plan to outline what will be done, who will do it, and when it will be done. Through this process we can achieve a more coordinated approach in our work to maintain and improve the county's resource base. Major emphasis has been placed on cropland erosion. Sheet and rill erosion, of varying intensities, occurs on approximately 311,000 acres. High intensity summer convection storms and rapid runoff on frozen soil causes severe erosion. The SWCD stresses the need for an increased cost-share program as one of the means to accelerate the installation of conservation practice systems which include terraces, waterways and conservation tillage. The district has assessed ten other areas of major concern in the county. Stressed were water quality storage, range improvement, irrigation water man agement, drainage, wind erosion, stream corridor management, pasture management, road erosion, woodland management and flood protection. The Natural Resource Conservation Program will be incorporated into the County Comprehensive Plan as the natural resource conservation element.
