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6-MSWCD Supplemental to the Heppner Gazette-Times, February 26,1997
clerical assistance to NRCS in
exchange for office space for
District staff.
West
Extension
Irrigation
District.
•A program of CRP spot
checks was started to check for
"A" list weeds in CRP stands.
•A three-county Regional
Strategies grant approved for
control and public education con
cerning skeletonweed.
SWCD highlights of 1995-1996
The mission and purpose of
the Morrow Soil and Water
Conservation District is to con
serve, protect and develop the
land and natural resources of
Morrow County for the economic
and environmental benefit of the
people of the county.
Watershed Health:
•Assessments were completed
for 30% of watershed sub-basins
•Rock Creek Watershed land
owners were contacted concern
ing project interest in 13 high
priority areas. Two LTAs are in
progress.
•A Morrow County Education
Partnership was developed with
county teachers for the purpose
of expanding the natural re
sources curriculum for county
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students.
•The Irrigon Park Erosion
Project was named a high
priority by the district and was
also approved as a RC&D mea
sure. Survey, design and cost
estimates were completed.
• Construction was completed
on the Damon and Willow Creek
GWEB grant projects.
•Photo monitoring was com
pleted on Lefevre Prairie and
Boyd Willow Creek projects.
•Coordinated Resource Man
agement Planning (CRMP) was
used in the district.
•The District was an active
participant in the NRCS Strategic
Plan.
• Board and Staff participated
in and assisted with state asso
ciation and area meetings.
•Conducted a spring tree
seedling give-a-way, distributing
4,876 pine, fir and spruce seed
lings to interested persons.
•The District was successful
in receiving funding for an Ore
gon Youth Conservation Corps.
Six area youth were hired to
complete conservation projects.
This was a joint effort with the
Willow Creek Park District.
•A hydroseeding project was
completed on the Irrigon Green
way.
•District Manager attended a
week-long Riparian Restoration
and Monitoring Workshop
•Board and Staff participated
in Experiment Station Field Day,
Umatilla/Morrow Weed Tour,
Lower Umatilla Basin meetings,
Umatilla
Basin
Watershed
Council meetings
•Board and Staff assisted with
selection of County Conservation
Farmer of the Year for 1996,
who was also selected as the
State Conservation Farm of the
Year
•Staff assistance was provided
for planning and conducting
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Weed Control:
Morrow County Conservation
Tour and Town & Country Day.
•The District Board acts as the
Weed Advisory Board.
•Puncturevine projects were
District Operations:
•Regular meetings were held conducted with the cities of
with the public informed on date, Boardman and Imgon and the
time and location.
•Prepared annual budget and
attended County Budget Hearing.
•A new computer system was
purchased to allow the district to
be informed and active in new
technology.
•Board and staff actively
participated in local, area and
state meetings including NRCS
Basin Team and Resource Con-
Conservation & Development in
order to provide local input on
conservation issues.
•District Manager is a mem
ber of the OACD District
Capacity Training Team.
•Annual dues were paid to
The Morrow SWCD, in part
national, state and local organiza
nership
with the Willow Creek
tions to support the conservation
Park
District,
received a grant in
effort.
the
amount
of
$9105 to conduct
•The committee system is
used in order to involve the repairs and improvements to
entire board and associate hiking trails and improve the area
directors. District committees around Willow Creek Dam and
include personnel, legislative, other areas of the county.
Corey Ehrmantraut, Brandi
RC&D, budget and education.
Marshall,
Tom Kemp, Beth
•The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Evaluation form was used to Cookston, Phillip Spicerkuhn and
measure district activities and team leader Bill Schlaich were
effectiveness.
hired June 16 with funds made
•Stan Kemp was selected as available by the Oregon Youth
the 1996 Outstanding Cooperator Conservation Corps through the
and was entered into the state Commission on Children and
Goodyear contest.
Families.
Resource activities
The crew began their six-week
with other agencies:
employment by building an
•A contract with the Umatilla addition to the existing hiking
Depot Activity to monitor re trails around Willow Creek Lake,
sources is being conducted.
painted the foot bridge, signs,
•The District provides office
Area youth benefit from OYCC
picnic tables and dock and pulled
weeds around the lake. The crew
assisted the Historical Society
with tree plantings around the
wishing well/fountain at the
Fairgrounds. They also tore out
paneled walls in the boys dorm at
the Fairgrounds and replaced
them with sheet rock donated by
Marlett Homes of Hermiston.
Another project at the Fair
grounds included removing the
old carpeting on the grandstand
steps and removing weeds along
the State Highway. The crew also
located, marked and mapped
yellow starthistle locations along
Rhea Creek and in CRP.
The District's main purpose in
applying for OYCC funds is to
further natural resource and
conservation awareness of our
local youth.
Landowner tag
preference program
Attention.landowners: If your
property is currently registered
with the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife for the land
owner preference program, you
should have recently received the
1997 Landowner Preference Tag
Distribution forms.
You do not need to re-register
your property unless the owner
ship or acreage has changed. If
you need to re-register, contact
the Heppner office of ODFW.
To receive controlled hunt
LOP tags for the 1997 hunting
seasons, you need to:
1. Fill out and mail in the Tag
Distribution forms (yellow). For
each hunt senes, you will need to
complete the requested informa
tion. The first page is for buck
deer, the second page is for con
trolled elk, the third page is for
antlerless antelope, the fourth
page is for antlerless deer and the
last page is not needed for any
hunts in this area.
2. Be sure to list all eligible
applicants, including the register
ed owner of the property. Send
the completed form (s) to the
address listed on the lower, nght-
hand comer of each page by May
15, 1997.
3. All people listed on the Tag
Distribution form must apply for
their tags by May 15, 1997 and
list the appropriate hunt number
as their first choice and also list
the appropriate hunt number as
their Landowner Preference
choice.
If you have any questions
regarding the landowner pre
ference registration process,
please contact the Heppner office
of ODFW at 676-5230.
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