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Franklin County Conservation District |
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About Us |
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Conservation district board of supervisors meet the first
Thursday of each month for regular monthly board meetings.
They establish local priorities, set policy, and administer
non-regulatory conservation programs during monthly board
meetings. The supervisors are not paid a salary, they all
volunteer their time and dedication to the protection of our
natural resources.
The
non-regulatory conservation programs which are administered
through the Franklin County Conservation District include
the
Non-Point Source Pollution Control Program
and the
Water Resource
Cost-Share Program,
Riparian Area Protection Program,
Conservation Buffer Program
and several
grants
(including
WRAPS
and
KAWS
funded projects)
related to
water quality improvement.
All
programs of the Franklin County Conservation District are
available without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, marital status, age or handicap.
An annual meeting is held each January to report
district activities and accomplishments since the
last annual meeting and to advertise district
programs. An
election is also conducted to fill a three year term
for position of supervisors.
The
Kansas Bankers Association Awards
program has
been a part of the district annual meeting since
1945. Each
fall the key banker, representing the Franklin
County Bankers Association, the county extension
agent, chairman of the extension council, chairman
of the conservation district and NRCS District
Conservationist tour farms who have been nominated
to receive the recognition.
In addition to the bankers awards the
conservation district has added a wildlife
conservation award, grassland award and most
recently a conservation buffer award was added in
2005.
The Franklin County Conservation District is a member of the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts, National Association of Conservation Districts, State Association of Kansas Watershed, Kansas Alliance of Wetlands and Streams, Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education and the Franklin County Farm Bureau Association. The Franklin County Conservation District also provides contributions to the Kansas Association of Conservation District Employee Organization, Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom Education Committee, Marais des Cygnes Watershed Restoration And Protections Strategies Livestock Projects Grant, Marais des Cygnes Drainage District and the Kansas Water Quality Buffer Initiative through the work of our local employees. 2008 Board of Supervisors Chairman: Gene Van Horn Vice Chairman: J. Harry Peckham Treasurer: Ron Dunbar Member: Bill Miller Member: Cecil Rockhold
District Staff District Manager: Keri Harris Buffer Coordinator: Diane Mailen Senior Community Service Employment Program Office Assistant: Florence Johnson
Ottawa NRCS Staff District Conservationist: Gary Bruner Conservation Technician: Kent Scott Civil Engineering Technician: Alan Gentry
Conservation Pledge:
I give my pledge as an American to save
and faithfully to defend from waste the natural resources of
my country- its air, soil, and minerals, its forests, water
and wildlife.
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