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Smith
Creek Restoration Project
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Clean Streams Initiative
The Shenandoah Valley Clean
Streams Initiative will harness the collaborative
efforts of the Virginia Waste Solutions Forum (WSF, the
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR),
Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD), the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), Virginia Tech,
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and Shenandoah Valley
community organizations and local governments to support
the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in
delivering targeted Chesapeake Bay Farm Bill funding to
high-density animal production watersheds in the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. More>>
Eastern Brook Trout Joint
Venture
The Eastern Brook Trout Joint
Venture (EBTJV) is a recognized Fish Habitat Partnership
operating under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan.
The EBTJV coordinates efforts that build private and
public partnerships to improve brook trout habitat. The
long-term goals of the EBTJV are to implement a
comprehensive conservation strategy to improve aquatic
habitat, raise public awareness, and prioritize the use
of federal, state and local funds for brook trout
conservation.
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Livestock Exclusion (Flex Fencing) Project
A project of
Shenandoah RC&D.
In
Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, streams are ailing. Cattle
and other livestock that wander through the streams are
a significant source of bacteria, nutrients, and
sediment in the waterways. Both the USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service and the Virginia
Department of Conservation and Recreation offer programs
to help farmers pay for fencing and other practices that
keep livestock out of streams. Here is a flexible
fencing program that is also available in Smith Creek.
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NRCS
Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI)
The Shenandoah Resource
Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council, a private,
nonprofit organization based in Verona, has received a
three-year partnership agreement with nearly three
quarters of a million dollars annually ($720,000) to
help farmers with conservation practices. The funds
were provided through the USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service’s Cooperative Conservation
Partnership Initiative (CCPI
Farmers must sign up by August 15
in their local NRCS offices
in Harrisonburg, Verona, Strasburg or
Lexington. The NRCS district conservationists will help
them fill out the application for this year’s funding.
The RC&D CCPI funding is
available in Rockbridge, Augusta, Rockingham,
Shenandoah, Page, Warren, Clarke and Frederick counties.
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Fact Sheet
More detail about CCPI Funding
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