|
Milestones and Actions |
Start
Date |
End
Date |
Lead |
% Comp |
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Seek and promote cooperative efforts to achieve conservation
goals. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
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Establish partnerships to help people get conservation on the
land through Federal, State, and local partnership dedicated to
natural resource conservation through locally led efforts. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Hubbs, AC's |
50% |
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Attend the SWCD area meetings |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Hubbs |
100% |
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Establish relationship with EKU, WKU, Morehead and Murray State
to hold field days relating to locally led conservation |
02/01/08 |
09/30/08 |
AC's |
25% |
|
Continue relationship with UK and KSU |
10/01/07 |
9/30/008 |
Hubbs |
20% |
|
Continue visiting with individual counties |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Hubbs |
40% |
|
Work with Conservation Commission to effectively utilize the
State Cost Share Program to complement Federal Farm Bill
Programs |
10/01/07 |
01/30/08 |
Waggoner |
100% |
|
Support RC&D coordinators to work with RC&D councils and partner
to conduct compost workshops to promote use of animal by
products |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
AC's |
40% |
|
Support and coordinate implementation of the National
Cooperative Soil Survey. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Craddock |
100% |
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Establish two MLRA offices (Frankfort, Owensboro) |
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|
Craddock |
50% |
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Through training and collaboration with U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, streamline the Endangered Species Act consultation
processes. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Waggoner |
100% |
|
Develop strategy to increase Farm Bill participation in Eastern
Kentucky highlighting TSI on private forestland |
01/02/08 |
09/30/08 |
Waggoner, Bradley, RC&D |
30% |
|
Develop and implement initiatives for diversity and outreach in
Cooperative Conservation. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Hubbs |
50% |
|
Hold area outreach field day emphasizing the new farm bill and
its potential for underserved clientele |
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|
CRC, AC's |
20% |
|
Coordinate NRCS and partner easement programs and investment
strategies to provide more effective land planning and use of
agricultural easements to maintain active agriculture. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
AC's |
40% |
|
Implement the FRPP for 2008 |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Wheby |
75% |
|
Develop and implement a community conservation action plan that
provides a policy statement and plan for providing technical
information, data, and tools to help communities to address
natural resource concerns associated with land fragmentation,
water quality degradation, and loss of natural system function. |
10/01/07 |
03/31/07 |
AC's |
35% |
|
Work with Urban DC to aid local communities on providing
technical information, data and tools to address natural
resource concerns associated with land fragmentation, water
quality degradation, and loss of natural resource function. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
AC's |
20% |
|
Work through RC&D councils to aid local communities to develop a
farm land protection program. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
AC's |
35% |
|
(EQIP) Implement two State level Conservation Innovation Grants
with University of Kentucky |
10/1/07 |
7/8/09 |
Wheby |
10% |
|
(WHIP) Complete Mill Branch Stream Restoration work in
conjunction with U of L, KDFWR, USFWS, Cumberland Valley RC&D,
others |
11/1/07 |
3/1/08 |
Wheby |
100% |
|
(WHIP) Complete Mill Branch Fish Passage project in conjunction
with USFWS, Cumberland Valley RC&D, others |
11/1/07 |
3/1/08 |
Wheby |
75% |
|
(FRPP) Work with Kentucky PACE, US Department of Defense, and
Fayette County RLMB to acquire conservation easements on prime
and statewide important soils and/or those of historical or
archaeological importance |
10/1/07 |
9/30/07 |
Wheby |
50% |
|
Provide guidance to Conservation Districts to call Local Work
Group meetings to identify local natural resource concerns for
program activities |
10/1/07 |
12/31/07 |
Wheby |
100% |
|
Ensure field offices achieve at least 95% of their goals (See
PRS) |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
AC's |
45% |
|
Review, revise and execute the Kentucky State Level Agreement
with the State Historic Preservation Office with the goal of
streamlining and reducing field workload |
10/1/2007 |
9/30/2008 |
kuhn |
50% |
|
Develop strategy and prioritization system for the development
of "area of potential impact" maps for PL-566 flood control dams |
10/1/2007 |
9/30/2008 |
Kuhn |
60% |
|
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Facilitate the growth of market-based opportunities that
encourage business and industry to invest in conservation on
private lands. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
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Work with RC&D to hold meetings on carbon credits |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
AC's, Hafner |
90% |
|
Provide information and assistance to encourage and enable
locally led, watershed-scale conservation. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
|
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Attend Water Quality Watershed meetings |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
AC's |
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Complete Rapid Watershed Assessment. |
10/01/07 |
06/30/08 |
Kuhn |
100% |
|
Develop a strategy assess priority watershed to utilize the RWA |
01/02/08 |
08/30/08 |
Kuhn |
20% |
|
Prepare a strategy for piloting an approach to report technical
and financial assistance and track accomplishments on a
watershed scale. |
10/01/07 |
07/31/08 |
Hafner |
40% |
|
Provide training and conduct comprehensive review of all
watershed sponsor operation and maintenance agreements, land
rights, and breach maps to better assist sponsors in managing
their federally-funded watershed infrastructure and meet their
obligations |
10/1/2007 |
9/30/2008 |
Kuhn, ac's |
60% |
|
Provide training and conduct operation and maintenance
inspections on all PL-566 funded watershed dams |
10/1/2007 |
9/30/2008 |
Hartsell |
50% |
|
Develop a strategy for utilizing the RWA in Kentucky and develop
a prioritization system for selection |
10/1/2007 |
9/30/2008 |
Kuhn, ac's |
20% |
|
Provide information to assist Local Work Groups to meet on a
watershed or regional basis (EQIP ranking areas) to identify
local natural resource concerns and ranking issues for inclusion
in EQIP and other programs. |
10/1/07 |
12/31/07 |
Wheby |
100% |
|
Develop and deliver new or revised Natural Resource Conservation
technology. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
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Train appropriate personnel on the use of Manure Management
Planner |
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(EQIP) Implement two State Level Conservation Innovation Grants
with University of Kentucky. Encourage the use of these proven
technologies by our customers. |
10/1/07 |
7/8/09 |
Wheby |
10% |
|
Train appropriate personnel on the use of EFT |
12/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Hartsell |
|
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Complete development and deployment of programs self assessment
tools (e.g. soil quality, grazing land, wildlife habitat). |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Waggoner, Wheby |
55% |
|
Train field on RUSLE 2 |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Waggoner |
90% |
|
Update 10 conservation practice standards |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Hartsell, Waggoner |
0% |
|
Develop and Implement the payment schedule. |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
Waggoner |
100% |
|
Implement Prescribed Grazing Technology Transfer |
10/01/07 |
09/30/08 |
AC's, Waggoner |
20% |
|
Conduct Energy |