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JACKSON SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT “Turning natural resource concerns into opportunities” Annual Report July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 Highlights Contents Bradshaw Drop Irrigation Improvement Project page 7 Manager’s Message Inside Cover Financial Report i Oregon Department of Our Board 1 Agriculture’s Strategic Implementation Areas pages 10 & 12 Our Staff 2 Our Partners in 3 Conservation Project Achievements 6 & Success Stories Community 14 Education 2017 Oregon Envirothon Champions page 14 The Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District is dedicated to helping the people of Jackson County protect and improve their natural resources. We work with both individuals and communities to analyze and implement science-based solutions to various natural resource concerns, while still protecting the cultural, social and economic values of Jackson County. Manager’s Message on 3 creeks to monitor pesticide levels. Staff also participated in meetings to evaluate Another great year has come and gone and the data and plan for future monitoring. our remodeling, annex, and parking lot This will help all partnering organizations construction projects provide improved “Better Management are complete. Our Practices” for pesticide application, workload increased through education and outreach events. to the level that we hired a Natural Partnership development was instrumental Resource Technician, in the implementation of natural resource Jenna Sanford, to stewardship projects. Working with help landowners the Rogue River Watershed Council plan and implement their stewardship (RRWC), 2 very successful ODA Strategic projects. Our short-term staffing will Implementation Areas (SIA’s) were initiated include hiring an Office Assistant to within Jackson County, totaling just under greet and help clients find the needed $300,000.00. The District is also working resources, people and information, with Rogue River Valley Irrigation District to initiate their planning process. and the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) on the design, engineering Our outreach efforts included 13 workshops and funding to pipe 3.2 miles of with 281 participants, the distribution conveyance ditch. Once completed the of several fact sheets and brochures. District, working with RRWC, NRCS and Additionally, 3 newspaper articles, our other organizations will help individual web-site and Facebook helped inform landowners with on-farm irrigation the general public about the work of the conversion projects. The District and RRWC District and its partners. This helped the are monitoring pre-project implementation District provide 153 on-site visits and 218 of return flows into Antelope Creek to landowners receive technical assistance, help evaluate water quality and quantity while developing 5 new conservation plans improvement, post implementation. and funding 7 landowner projects, utilizing the District Funds program. The District Please review the following pages of this report continued working with the Oregon for more in-depth information on these and Department of Agriculture’s (ODA) other great JSWCD projects and programs. Pesticide Stewardship Partnership and Randy White several local partners, sampling several sites District Manager Jackson SWCD Year End Financial Statement Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017 Statement of Activities-Cash Basis Receipts of Income Property Taxes $920,311 Oregon Department of Agriculture Grant $72,674 Tours, Workshops, Classes 10 Interest $11,983 Grant Revenue $122,259 Lease Revenue $61,255 Miscellaneous $1,950 Total Receipts $1,190,442 Disbursements Personnel Services $426,883 Materials & Services $597,120 Captial Outlay $464.248 Total Disbursements $1,488,251 Balance of Receipts over Disbursements -$297,809.00 Change in net position - cash basis -$297,809.00 Beginning of Fiscal Year $1,254,256 End of Fiscal Year $956,447 i Legend . o C Jackson h ñ t Summit Lakes a m a Soil and Water l About Our Board Stream Section K Conservation District Interstate TownRange Cop T30S eland C Jackson County, Oregon re Hwy/Road R 3E Bybee Creek ek T30S T30S R 4E 1:470,000 R 2E Castle k Cr e Urban k eek e e r e C r ñ f C f Quartz Mountain t u n order to represent the varied a T31S l k dr ee R 2E F r C oo l il W ñ M Miles k ek r re o F 0 2.5 5 10 15 C T31S k h c t T31S i r R 4E interests of Jackson County, L o r N k R 1E e ee t r t C i l Heck Rock Mi l e B Cr ek nkgo ñ S Gi I u g a Date: r p i n e the Oregon Department of C r ñ Bald Mt. e e k e Red Blanket Mt. 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