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Directors and staff at OACD State Meeting!
Upcoming outreach event. For more information contact the Ottawa County Conservation District (918) 542-4576 Ext. 3
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Congratulations to OACD board member, 2022 CARE Champion, and Ottawa County Conservation District director Grant Victor!
Grant graduated from the Next Generation Leadership Institute this morning, February 13th, in New Orleans, LA at the 77th annual NACD meeting.
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What a fun time of year for the Ottawa County Conservation District to recognize students from local schools that were winners of the Annual Ottawa County Conservation Poster Contest and OACD Area 3 Contest.
OACD board member + CARE champion , Grant Victor with farm service agency administrator, Zach Ducheneaux meeting to discuss increasing equity in agriculture
@ The Intertribal Agriculture Council.
We very much appreciate Ducheneaux’s passion and commitment for truly helping farmers succeed.
Oklahoma EQIP applications are due by Friday, Dec 9, 2022 close of business to be considered for funding in FY2023. Contact your local NRCS office for assistance.
Emergency Drought Cost-Share application deadline is Monday, November 28th. Call 918-542-4576 extension 3.
The Ottawa County Conservation District is accepting applications for the Emergency Drought Program. Cost-Share practices include: pasture taps, watering facilities, pipeline for livestock, pond clean out, cover crop (for erosion control only), Pasture and Hay planting (excludes Bermuda grass), water well, and pumping plant. Call (918) 542-4576 Ext. 3 for more information! Application deadline is November 28, 2022.
The Ottawa County Conservation District is closed today in honor Veterans Day!
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Parkrose Permaculture https://youtu.be/_t8mYYVwCos
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Sign up period opens for Poultry Farms Regional Conservation Partnership Program – Neighbors Helping Neighbors
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Oklahoma City, Okla., November 7, 2022 – The Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the Natural Resources Conservation Service announce sign-up dates for the Neighborhood Solutions to Natural Resources Concerns Project– Neighbors Helping Neighbors. The sign-up period will close December 15, 2022 and allows either poultry growers or their immediate neighbors to sign up for one of several conservation practices to be installed on their farm.
The Neighbors Helping Neighbors project is funded in part from USDA NRCS with additional funding from the U.S. EPA Section 319 program and an appropriation from the Oklahoma legislature. Other partners include the Grand River Dam Authority, OSU Extension Services, Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts and the Poultry Federation.
“The purpose of the project is to bring poultry growers and their neighbors together with technical experts to discuss ways to address natural resource concerns,” said Shanon Phillips, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Water Quality Division Director. “The unique thing about this project is that we can implement practices on either the grower’s land or the neighbor’s. Some of the practices we are already working to get installed are tree barriers to help address odor and dust.”
The project will focus on the poultry growing areas of eastern Oklahoma and will primarily work directly between poultry growers and their immediate neighbors. On a larger scale, it will protect natural resources in eastern Oklahoma while also supporting the important regional poultry industry. Landowners that either own a poultry farm or land adjacent to one in the following counties could be eligible: Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Le Flore, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Ottawa or Sequoyah.
Some of the natural resource concerns that can be addressed through the program are odor and dust, water quality and light pollution.
The OCC encourages interested parties to contact Jeri Fleming at [email protected] or (405) 334-6343 for more information about the program. To sign up for the program visit your local NRCS county office.
Little changes can make a big difference
We've been enjoying lots of chocolate treats today, but did you know that the production of chocolate depends on the pollination services of highly specialized flies known as chocolate midges? Chocolate midges use their tiny bodies (1-3mm) to work their way into the intricate flowers found on cacao trees, transferring pollen and allowing these trees to produce large seeds from which chocolate is produced as seen in the illustration below.
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Illustration: chocolate midge pollinating cacao flowers, and large cacao seeds from which chocolate is produced. Artwork by Lindsay Wright
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Does your yard make the cut? Contact the Ottawa County Conservation District for more information! (918) 542-4576 Extension 3.
NRCS Application Deadlines:
EQIP Classic - December 9, 2022
EQIP CIC - December 16, 2022
CSP Classic - March 3, 2022
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The Ottawa County Conservation District is accepting applications for the Emergency Drought Program. Cost-Share practices include: pasture taps, watering facilities, pipeline for livestock, and pond clean out! Call (918) 542-4576 Ext. 3 for more information! Application deadline is October 19th!
Farmers + Ranchers ‼️
The emergency drought cost-share funds are being made available to all 77 Oklahoma counties via distribution by local Conservation Districts.
Projects included in the program are water well drilling, pumping facilities, pipeline, pasture tap, watering facilities, heavy use Area protection, cover crop planting, forage and biomass planting (excluding Bermuda grass) and pond clean out.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor Report showed just under 100 percent of the state (99.88) in Moderate to Exceptional Drought, including 94 percent in Severe to Exceptional drought.
Size of program: Allocate $33,000 to each County (not District) – hold back reserve to be allocated to Districts with greatest demand.
Cost share rate: Maximum 80%
Maximum payment: Not to exceed $7,500
Projected Timeline of Program: Guidelines were approved in the Oct. 3, 2022 Conservation Commission meeting initiating the start of the program.
Producers can contact their local Conservation District for more information on the program.
To find your local Conservation District, please go to..
https://conservation.ok.gov/conservation-district-directory/
Photo: Will Bauer
A monarch butterfly is shown here in a soil health garden in Ames, Oklahoma on Oct. 1. The no-till garden has just been broadcast seeded to a winter small grain cover crop mix. Gardeners can follow soil health principles too, by eliminating tillage and chemical amendments, growing something year-round, choosing a diverse range of plants, never leaving uncovered bare soil, and incorporating poultry, small livestock or manure compost.
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