2008 Program

25 projects for Conservation Districts were funded this year through the Colorado State Conservation Board. Project size ranges from $5,925 to $25,000 for a total of $491,000 in state funds. Matched with an equal amount of cash and in-kind funds from the Districts and their partners, an investment of $982,000 in natural resources is being made for the benefit of the citizens of Colorado today and in the future.

Please click on the District name to view the report. The projects funded for 2008 are:

Conservation District	County/Region	Project
Agate	Elbert	Rangeland health and erosion prevention cost-share
Baca County	Baca	Range grazing management stock water cost-share
Burlington	KitCarson	Windbreak repair and installation cost-share
Centennial	Logan	Diffuse knapweed control cost-share
Center	Saguache	Noxious weed education, IPM planning + cost-share spraying
Costilla	Costilla	Weed control with goats
Debeque Plateau Valley	Garfield	Irrigation water control structures cost-share
Delta	Delta/Gunnison	Yellow toadflax and cinquefoil control on Coal and N. Anthracite creeks
Double El	Elbert/El Paso	Conservation practices cost share
Douglas County	Douglas	Conservation practices cost share on small acreage properties
Gunnison	Gunnison/ Hindsdale/ Saguache	Noxious weeds control cost-share
Kiowa	Elbert	Conservation plans practice implementation cost share
Mancos	Montezuma	Riparian restoration on Mancos River
Northeast Prowers	Prowers	Windbreak installation costshare
Olney Boone	ElPaso/Crowley	Range grazing management stock water cost share
Prowers	Prowers	Range grazing management stock water cost share
Prowers/ NE Prowers	Prowers	Landowner weed control education and cost share
Rio Grande	Rio Grande/ Mineral/ Hinsdale	Noxious weed spray cost-share within IPM plans
Rio Grand Assn CDs	SanLuis Valley	Conservation Education Specialist for San Luis Valley
San Juan	Archuleta/ Mineral/ Hinsdale	Small acreage workshops on forest health and irrigation followed by practices cost share
San Miguel Basin	Montrose/ San Miguel	Mapping and treatment of yellow cinquefoil
Shavano	Montrose/Ouray /Gunnison/Delta	Pinion-Juniper forest management on Uncompahgre Plateau
Upper Huerfano	Huerfano	Conservation practices cost share-esp. limited income landowners
Yuma	Yuma	Conservation practices cost share
Yuma County	Yuma	Knapweed control on Arickeree/Republican River