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The Morrison SWCD provides technical assistance to landowners interested in conservation practices.  The assistance provided includes site evaluation, survey, design and construction inspection of conservation practices.  All technical work is guided by NRCS specifications for conservation practices.

 In many cases, cost share money is available for landowners to install conservation practices.  State cost share will cover up to 75% of the total cost to install a practice.

 The following is a list of cost sharable practices that technical assistance is offered:

  • Field Windbreak - a strip of permanent vegetation, usually trees, established at the edge or around the perimeter of a field.
  • Grassed Waterway - a constructed channel that is shaped or graded to required dimensions and established with suitable vegetation.
  • Waste Storage Facility - an impoundment made by constructing an embankment and/or excavating a pit, or by fabricating a manmade structure; examples include holding ponds and concrete tanks.
  • Waste Treatment Lagoon - an impoundment made by excavation for biological treatment of animal or other agricultural waste.
  • Waste Utilization  - using agricultural wastes such as manure and wastewater or other organic residues to avoid potential pollution problems.
  • Wetland Development and Restoration - the construction of a wetland facility to provide the hydrological and biological benefits of a wetland.

The Morrison SWCD also belongs the West Central Technical Service Area.  The purpose of this board it to provide engineering and other technical assistance for various local, state and federal conservation programs.

 

The Morrison SWCD prohibits discrimination in any of its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status.