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YCCD Demonstration Grazing Project Cooperator Information Meeting

Tue, Dec 06

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Homestead Hall

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YCCD Demonstration Grazing Project Cooperator Information Meeting
YCCD Demonstration Grazing Project Cooperator Information Meeting

Time & Location

Dec 06, 2022, 1:00 PM – Dec 07, 2022, 4:00 PM

Homestead Hall, 9550 County Road DD, Idalia, CO 80735, USA

About the event

The YCCD was awarded a demonstration project grant by the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts (CACD) in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). This grant is for $10,000 with 75 percent being the grant and 25% funded by the YCCD.

Due to the Republican River Compact between Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas, took precedence over water storage at Bonny and was consequently drained to meet water demands of the compact. Since December 2011 waterflow through the Bonny site has been impaired by a significant amount of phreatophytes, invasive and noxious trees, plants and weeds that multiply annually. The goal of this project is to clear out the phreatophytes, trees and weeds by utilizing intensive grazing to harvest and breakdown the nonbeneficial biomass in the reservoir area.

YCCD will work with specialists from the Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, US Fish and Wildlife, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension…

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OUR MISSION

Provide a legal organization to assist in the effort to accomplish maximum economical and beneficial use and conservation of all land, water, and plant resources by providing technical assistance, facilities, and equipment as is available.

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OUR GOAL

To create as many good stewards of natural resources as possible without the use of mandates and regulations.

CONTACT >

Tanya Fell, District Manager

Shirley Deason, Office Assistant

Rafael Trejo, District Conservation Technician

T: 970-332-3107 ext. 9002

E: yccd77@gmail.com

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