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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 2002)
The INDEPENDENT February 20. 2002 Paae 5 SWCD, Watershed Council explain strategies for salmon programs A joint meeting of the Colum bia Soil and W ater Conserva tion District (SWCD) and the Upper N ehalem W atershed Council, will be held Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7:00 p.m., at the Mist-Birkenfeld Fire Station, to provide information regarding programs to assist landowners in complying with the Oregon Plan for Salmon and W ater sheds. The C olum bia SW CD, in conjunction with the National Resources Conservation Ser vice (NRCS) assists landown ers with CQnservation programs designed to protect riparian L areas, while meeting needs of farmers, ranchers and other ow ners of land adjacent to streams used for spawning by salmon, steelhead, sea-run trout or other anadrom ous species. Participants will re move land from agricultural production and then plant that land to trees and shrubs. The Conservation Reserve Enhancem ent Program (CREP) is available for lands bordering streams in cropped fields or grazed pastures. Buffer widths range from 35 to 180 feet in width, depending on the topography and the owner’s eo n etti s Pizza & Grill Buy 1 lg. Pizza at Reg. Price Set 2n d P izza j / 2 p ■ „ of same value a t . .......................... JL / jf /*<✓ <✓ •• WE DELIVER • PARTY PLATTERS AVAILABLE • FO O D TO GO OPEN MON-SAT 1 1 - 9 * N O W OPEN SUNDAY 1 2 - 7 721 Madison Ave., Vernonia • 503-429-5018 preference. Initially, the landowner plants trees or shrubs in the set-aside area and fences livestock out of the streamside zone. CREP will provide cost sharing in amounts up to 75 percent of the cost of the fence and plantings (cost limits apply), and assist with developing alternative w a ter sources for livestock, if nec essary. Property owners agree to maintain the practices for 10 to 15 year periods to assure that the riparian plantings are well established. What does this do for the fish? Cattle in a stream can dam age spawning beds by tram pling the nests of fish eggs and by polluting the stream with their waste. Keeping cattle out of spawning streams allows the fish to reproduce unhindered. Preventing cattle waste from entering the streams keeps nu trients at levels tolerable to fish. W hat’s in it for the landown er? Landowners will be reim bursed for 75 percent of the cost of installing the set-aside area. There is also a practice incentive payment of 40 per cent of the cost of installation (cost limits apply). A landowner can potentially be reimbursed for 115 percent of the cost of in stalling the fence and establish ing alternate water sources. Landowners receive annual rental payments in the amount of $66 an acre for pastureland within the fenced buffer bound aries. They receive an addition al 50 percent incentive ($33 an acre) for buffers planted to trees and shrubs. In addition to these pay ments, the landowner receives up to $10 an acre for maintain ing plantings, fences and water developments. Potential annual payments add up to $109 per acre per year of the contract. There is also a one time in centive payment for signing up for the CREP program. This is calculated by taking $10 an acre of land in the buffer area times the contract length. On 10 acres of buffer that is signed up for 15 years, the incentive payment is $1,500. An additional cum ulative payment is available in some circumstances. The cumulative FEBRUARY S M T W T F $ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 9 10 11 12 13 14 1S 1« 17 1» 1» 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 VERNONIA Alcoholics Anonymous Mondays Alcoholics Anonymous Saturdays American Legion Post #119 2nd Thursday Arts & Crafts Society 2nd Thursday Boosters 2nd Wednesday Boy Scout Troop 201 Tuesdays Boy Scout Troop 860 Wednesdays Cemetery Beautification Comm. 2nd Thursday Chamber of Commerce 2nd Wednesday Cub Scout Pack 201 Scout Cabin Doll Club 4th Tuesday Friends of the Library 1st Tuesday Izaak Walton League 3rd Thursday Lions Club 1st & 3rd Tuesdays Nehalem Valley Car Club Preschool Story Hour Mondays T.O.P.S. Wednesdays Upr Nehalem Watershed Council 4th Thursday Vernonia Airport Committee 3rd Wednesday Vernonia Cares Directors Vernonia City Council 1 st & 3rd Mondays Vernonia Comm. Dev. Corp. 2nd Tuesday Vernonia Grange 2nd Friday Vernonia Health Center 2nd Monday Vernonia Planning Comm. 1 st Thursday Vernonia Pride Vernonia Ridge Riders Last Thursday Vernonia RFPD Board 2nd Tuesday Vernonia School Board 2nd Thursday Vernonia Sr. Center Board 1 st Friday Vem. Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. 1 st Thursday Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters 2nd Monday WOEC Directors 3rd Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Head Start Bldg. 7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg. 627 Adams Ave./ 503-429-4000 2:00 p.m., City Library 7:30 p.m., VHS Library 7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg. 7:00 p.m., LDS Church 7:00 p.m., Leonetti’s Grill Noon, Lew’s Place For Info Call 503-429-0188 1:00 p.m., Senior Center 7:00 p.m., Vernonia Library For location call 503-429-7193 6:30 p.m., Lew's Place For Info Call 503-429-4074 10:30 a.m., City Library 6:30 p.m., First Baptist Church For location call 429-2401 7:00 p.m., City Library For location call 503-429-1414 7:00 p.m., City Hall Noon, City Hall 7:00 p.m., Grange Hall 6:00 p.m., 510 Bridge St. 7:00 p.m., City Hall For Info Call, 503-429-5201 7:00 p.m., City Library 7:00 p.m., Fire Station 8:00 p.m., District Office 1:00 p.m., Senior Center 7:00 p.m., Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Fire Station 7:00 p.m., WOEC ------------ C T Â ÏÏT ÎÏ----------- $ M T W T 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 17 11 1« 20 21 24 25 26 27 26 U M1§T-BIRKENFELD M-BRFPD Board Business h tg. M-BRFPD Board Workshop M-B Ambulance Assoc. M-B Firefighters Assoc. M-B Rescue M-B Helping Circle Natal Grange T.O.P.S. F 6 1 2 6 » 15 16 22 23 29 30 bonus impact incentive is de signed to encourage adjoining landow ners to e n te r larger stretches of stream into this program. If landowners join to gether to apply buffers on at least 50 percent of a five-mile segment of river, they all quali ty for the incentive. For more information, call the CSW D/NRCS office at 503- 397-4555, extension 104 or 105, or Maggie Peyton at the Upper N ehalem W atershed Council at 503-429-2401. OLCC okays Nesmith The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has appointed a new agent to the existing store in Vernonia. Jay Nesmith of Rainier is the new agent of the store located inside Vernonia Hardware at 1026 Bridge Street in Vernonia. Nesmith owns Vernonia Hard ware. He has been the tem po rary agent for five months, re placing Agent W illiam Fisher, who retired. Nesmith is a graduate of Seaside High School and at tended Utah Technical and Clatsop Comm unity colleges. A P R IL S M 1 7 1 14 15 21 22 26 26 2nd Tuesday 4th Tuesday 1st & 2ndThurs. 1st & 2nd Wed. 3rd Wednesday 2nd Wednesday 2nd Wednesday Sundays 7 2 J 16 23 30 MAY W 7 F S 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 17 16 16 20 24 25 26 27 S M S 6 12 13 18 20 26 27 7 W 7 1 2 7 8 6 14 15 16 21 22 23 26 28 30 F S 3 4 10 11 17 16 24 25 31 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 10:00 am, 755-2346 for info. 7:30 p.m., Grange Hall 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station BANKS Alcoholics Anonymous Fridays 8:00 p.m., Methodist Church Banks City Council 2nd Tuesday 7:30 p.m., City Hall Banks Planning Commission Last Tuesday 7:00 p.m., City Hall Banks School Board 2nd Monday 7:30 p.m., Jr. High Library Banks Youth Group Sundays, Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., UMC Youth Bldg. Chamber of Commerce 1 st Thursday 12:30 p.m., Brown Derby Citizen Participation Org. 3rd Monday, odd months 7:15 p.m., City Hall Friends of the Library 2nd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., City Library Lions Club 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., Methodist Church Sunset Park Assoc. 3rd Wednesday 8:00 p.m., Gun Club T.O.P.S. Wednesdays :00 p.m., Administration Bldg. Tri-City RFPD Board 2nd Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Station 13 COLUMBIA COUNTY (All meet in St. Helens unless otherwise noted.) Board of Commissioners Wednesdays 10 a.m., Courthouse Citizens for Senior Justice 2nd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Sunset Park Church COLCO Transportation 2nd Friday 10:30 a.m., Courthouse County Council of Seniors 2nd Friday 1:00 p.m., Courthouse County Fair Board 2nd Monday 7 00 p.m., Fairgrounds 4-H Bldg. County Parks Commission 3rd Mon day 6:00 p.m., 1054 Oregon St. Emergency Comm. Dist. (9-1-1) 3rd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Courthouse Historical Society 4th Wednesday Noon, location call 429-3713 Organizations and meeting dates not listed may be included by calling 429-9410 or by mail to The INDEPENDENT, 725 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064.
