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Instructors Tour LeFevre Project
On October 11 , 1991 , the Mor-
row SWCD hosted eight v~ag
instructors from Gilliam, Mor-
row and Umatilla Counhcs dur-
ing the Teacher-In-Service day .
The Lefevre Prairie GWEB
(Governor's Watershed Enhance-
ment Board) project was toured
for the second year by the
teaching profe ion.
The V~Ag teachers were in-
tcre ted in how the conservation
endured the spring run-off
and what impact the log-weirs
had on the water table and how
much
edimcnt had been
deposited in the tream bed. Due
to below normal precipitation in
the ' 90-91 winter, the sediment
basin did not retain a much
water and the log weir did not
require any maintenance other
than re-seeding di turbcd areas.
The Oregon Department of
Fi h & Wildlife e timate a 2-3
fold increase in elk usage as well
as an increasing number of both
horebirds and migratory water
fowl as a direct re ult of the
Lefevre Prairie GWEB project.
Teachers in-service ag instructors
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vationist, joined the staff of the
Heppner field office of SCS in
September. Connie transferred
from Marion County where she
worked for two and a half years
with details in Polk and Yamhill
counties. Connie comes from a
fanning and dairy background in
Linn County and graduated from
Oregon State University with a
Bachelor of Science degree in
General Agriculture. Previous to
attending OSU, Connie received
an Associate' Degree in Animal
Science/Technology from Linn-
Benton Community College.
Connie hopes to increa e her ex-
isting farming background ,
knowledge and experience with
Eastern Oregon agricultural
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Nelsons participate in ''Take Pride In America'' program
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For over 40 years, con erva-
tion di tricts, the Soil Conserva-
tion Service and other federal and
state agencies have been helping
farmer and ranchers olve
natural re ource management
problems. Today, a lot of good
conservation practices are being
implemented aero s the county,
but few people know of the ac-
compli hments being made by the
agricultural community .
practices.
Connie is accompanied by her
husband Mark, several horses
and two dogs. Connie and Mark
enjoy rodeo, hunting and fishing. ·
After a long search for a place to
live , the Holmqui ts are making
Morrow County their home.
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Conservation Farm sign .
Weed district receives grant
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Last year , the National Associa-
tion of Conservation Di tricts
(NACD), The United State
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) , the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co., and the National
Association of State Conservation
Agencies (NASCA), established
the three year program to tell
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The program goal are to en-
courage the use of successful con-
servation practices, to share the
many conservation uccesses with
the media and the public, and to
identify the model conservation
farms and ranche while pro-
moting the work of conservation
di trict .
Chuck Nelson ' s farm wa
elected to receive the TPIA sign
from the Morrow SWCD to
recognize his succe sful conser-
vation farming practice .
Program sponsor do want to
tre however, that thi is not
another contest or award
program.
'' It is a imple recognition pro-
gram ~esigned to focus attention
on the po itive things that farmers
and rancher are doing to protect
the environment,'' said Robert
Wetherbee, NACD pre ident.
That is where the • 'Take Pride
In America" (TPIA) Conserva-
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The Morrow County Weed
Di trict received a $3 ,000 grant
from the Oregon State Weed
Board to conduct a yellow tar-
thistle project in the pring of
1992. The project con isted of
biological as well as chemical
treatments in the areas of Cecil
and lower Rhea Creek.
North of Cecil along the Gilliam
County line, two different kinds
of insects were released in hope
that they will establi h
themselves, multiply and even-
tually reduce the yellow tarthis-
tle seed production. Boeing Agri-
Industries also contributed $1 ,000
to assist with the biological con-
trol effort. The insects u ed were
b rought in from Jack on Co unty
down around Medfo rd. It will
take several year to find out if
the insects urvived and several
more years after that to begin
mea urini result .
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cooperator participated in the
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a SO percent co t hare from the
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