2010
Business
Plan and Calendar
I
find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what
direction we are moving – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Issue Action Step __________________ When
Wildlife Explore partnering with Ducks
Unlimited and Quail January
Unlimited to help fund the purchase
of a Plotmaster
(food
plot machine) or similar equipment.
New Years Day - Office closed, Friday January
1
Clean Water Indiana 2010 grant funds
received January
1
Drains Form a Stormwater Utility Workgroup and host meetings Annually
annually
to brainstorm/discuss drainage issues. Invite
Drainage
Board/county officials to be part of this workgroup.
Pasture
& Soil Quality
Accept
applications for 2009 SNRG cost share program thru
February 28
Drains Attend
Annual Conference and speak with legislators about January 12 - 14
the
need for increased funding to clear out drains.
Annual
Report (Winter
Newsletter) January
15
Address
drainage issues in newsletter & newspaper articles January 15
Pasture Promote EQIP and Grassland Reserve
Program (GRP) in January 15
newspaper and newsletter articles.
Martin Luther King - Office
closed, Monday January
18
Board Meeting, 7 pm,
Drains Work with Drainage Board and
Commissioners February
to increase the number of regulated drains.
Spring
Annual Dinner and Meeting, 6:30 pm,
SHS February 4
(Snow date: Feb. 11)
President’s Day - Office
closed, Monday February
15
Board Meeting, 7 pm, USDA Service Center March 4
Ag Day
Breakfast,
7:30 am - 9 am, Scottsburg High School March 6
Pasture
& Soil Quality
Deadline to notify 2009 SNRG cost share
participants March 15
Forestry Offer an incentive payment of $30 per acre
to landowners March 15
improving
their existing forest. Payments will be made
on
100
acres over 5 years, at approximately 20 acres/yr.
These
payments may piggyback NRCS programs.
Forestry Create newspaper articles to educate
landowners March 15
on
the importance of well managed forests.
Pasture
& Soil Quality 2009
SNRG cost share practices
implemented Mar. 15 - May 30
Wildlife Distribute wildlife seed. April
Good Friday - Office
closed April
2
Spring
Newsletter April 15
Wildlife Create newsletter articles pertaining to wildlife and habitat April 15
and
various programs available to landowners.
Board Meeting, 7 pm,
Arbor Day - Fourth
Grade Foresters (DNR trees) April 23
Hardy
Stewardship Week 2010
theme:
Conservation
Habits = Healthy Habits April 25 - May 1
Election Day - Office
closed, Tuesday May
4
Board Meeting, 7 pm,
Pasture
& Soil Quality -
Deadline for 2009 SNRG practices implemented May
30
Memorial Day - Office
closed, Monday May
31
Nature Camp June
Pasture
& Soil Quality - Deadline
for 2009 SNRG cost share receipts June
11
Board Meeting, 7 pm,
Pasture
& Soil Quality -
Deadline for 2009 SNRG cost share payments June
30
Wildlife
& Soil quality
- Fair Booth to promote Backyard Conservation July
Nature Camp July
Independence Day
Scott County Fair July
12 - 16
Summer
Newsletter July 15
Wildlife Promote wetlands and programs available
to landowners. July 15
Pasture Promote EQIP and GRP in newsletter articles. July 15
Board Meeting, 7 pm, Fairgrounds July
15
Pasture Host a pasture workshop to demonstrate
new lime spreader July 31
Fall
Education Programs sent out to County Elementary Schools August 15
Board Meeting, 7 pm,
Soil Erosion
and Soil Quality Erosion- ag land Publicize tillage
transect Fall
Conservation Poster
Contest
Labor Day - Office
closed, Monday September
6
Board Meeting, 7 pm,
Field Day September 11
Pasture Promote EQIP, GRP, BMPs, and proper fertilization at September 11
field days.
Address
drainage issues at Field Days September 11
Soil Erosion
and Soil Quality Erosion- ag
land
Promote
no-till and conservation programs/practices at
field days. September
11
Pasture Address specialty animals (e.g.,
goats, sheep, horses) at
field days. September
11
Columbus Day - Office
closed, Monday October
11
Fall
Newsletter October 15
Forestry Create newspaper and newsletter articles
to educate October 15
landowner
on the importance of well managed forests.
Soil Quality Promote cover crops in newsletter articles. October 15
Board Meeting, 7 pm,
land
conservation & preservation articles for the newspaper.
Election Day - Office
closed, Tuesday November
2
Veteran’s Day - Office
closed, Thursday November
11
Board Meeting, 7 pm,
Thanksgiving
Board Meeting, 7 pm, USDA
Service Center December 16
Christmas
Erosion- Promote
federal conservation programs such as Ongoing
ag land Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP) and conservation
practices such as
buffers.
Forestry Provide assistance to landowners such
as conservation Ongoing
planning
and resource information.
Agricultural
Land: Conservation and Preservation
Post information on the
SWCD website. Ongoing
Drains Post information on the SWCD
website. Ongoing
Drainage Education Post information on the SWCD
website. Ongoing
Erosion- ag land Post information on the SWCD website. Ongoing
Erosion- urban Post information on the SWCD website. Ongoing
Forestry Post information on the SWCD website. Ongoing
Pasture Post information on the SWCD website. Ongoing
Soil Quality Post information on the SWCD website. Ongoing
Wildlife Post information (to include Backyard
Conservation) Ongoing
on the SWCD website.