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A partnership between
Wise Soil and Water Conservation District,
Wise County Water Control and Improvement District #1,
Wise County Commissioners Court,
Tarrant Regional Water District and
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Eagle Mountain Lake Watershed Conservation
Initiative
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The coordination of partners to provide technical assistance to
agricultural producers to plan and implement conservation treatment to
reduce the high levels of nutrients and sediment loadings into Eagle
Mountain Lake
Purpose
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Goals
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To develop 150 conservation plans in Wise County within the Eagle Mountain Watershed
Focus the bulk of the outreach to land-owners in the Walnut, Blue and Salt Creek sub-watersheds
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Financially assist landowners with conservation plan and practice implementation through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program(EQIP)
Reduce the amount of sediment and nutrients deposited in Eagle Mountain Lake Watershed Map
From this… To this…
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Partner Roles
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Wise Soil and Water Conservation District:
Serve as project manager and administrator
Employ five part-time District Technicians to perform technical assistance in conservation planning, application, administrative and rural community outreach during the 15 month period
USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Provide fifty percent of the cost of the project not to exceed $200,000
Provide technical guidance to District Technicians and availability to NRCS technology and technical tools
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These partnering organizations have agreed to provide
financial support through matching and in-kind services to secure NRCS funding for technical assistance:
Tarrant Regional Water District
Wise County Commissioners Court
Wise County Water Control and ImprovementDistrict No. 1
Sub-Watershed Map
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District Technicians
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Phillip
Askey
District Technician-Outreach
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Mikel
Thomas
District
Technician
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Lewis
McCuistia
n
District
Technician
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Tyler Garrison
District
Technician
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Jerry Payne
District
Technician
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Garry Bible
District
Technician -
Administrati
ve
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Outreach Status
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Designed a Brochure to highlight the project
Direct mailing sent to 430 landowners within the Walnut Creek, Blue Creek, Salt Creek, Garrett Creek and Martin Branch sub-watersheds
Distributed brochures to ag related businesses in watershed
12 direct on-farm outreach visits
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12 direct phone outreach calls
Currently identifying landowners in the 3 priority sub-watersheds
25 contacts have requested conservation planning assistance
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Conservation Planning Status
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Fourteen conservation plans in progress
Approximately 1,476 Acres planned within 8 Sub-Watersheds
Conservation Planning Map
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1604 West Business 380Suite 200
Decatur, Texas 76234(940) 627-2268 x 5
Wise Soil and Water Conservation District