Success Stories
 

Welcome to the Western RC&D Association Success Story webpage.  We are pleased to share at least one story from each of the 77 Councils within the 10 state area.  We think you will be impressed with the projects in terms or their scale and diversity.  In addition, highlighted Councils indicate that they have a website and we encourage you to visit their website as well.

Councils - if you are interested in updating your Success Stories, please submit your stories to:

Kathy Dingman, Webmaster
email:  webmaster@westernrcd.org
 

Arizona
Cocopai RC&D	1) Library Project: Verde Valley Online Database Access
Coronado RC&D	1) Invasive Weed Program in Cochise County 2) Eagle Creek Watershed Restoration Double Circle Ranch Phase 2
Hohokam RC&D	1) Business Suit Drive for Women 2) Grass Fed Beef Tour
Little Colorado River RC&D	1) RAC Forestry Grant - Invasive Weeds
Lower Colorado River RC&D	1) Water and Energy Seminar 2) Wellhead Water Information & Testing 3) FFA - Water Conservation Program
Navajo RC&D	1) Youth In Ag Education

 

Colorado
Colorado Big Country RC&D	1) 2009 Riparian Restoration Workshop
East Central Colorado RC&D	1) Four Schools Benefit from "Wind for Schools" Program 2) Community Energy Coordinator Positions
Northeastern Colorado RC&D	1) Determining Feasibility of a Mixed-Feedstock Food      and Ag Waste Digester 2) In-service Training and Decision-Making Tools for      Optimizing Livestock Mortality Management
Painted Sky RC&D	1) Painted Sky Receives $1 Million for Hartland Dam Project 2) Tamarisk Beetles Producing the Next Generation
Sangre De Cristo RC&D	1) A Decade of Cooperative Weed Management in the      Upper Arkansas River Basin 2) Five Counties Cooperate to Increase Heritage Tourism      in Southern Colorado
San Juan RC&D	1) ADA Accessible Picnic Area and Trail Opens at Vallecito Reservoir 2) Animas Watershed Partnership
San Luis Valley RC&D	1) Solar Photovoltaic Installation on Center Pivot Corners in      San Luis Valley, Colorado
Southeast Colorado RC&D	1) Governor's Energy Office - Community Energy Coordinators 2) Advancing Colorado's Renewable Energy Program

 

Idaho
Clearwater RC&D	1) Innovation in Noxious Weed Control 2) Nez Perce County Fire Mitigation Coordination
High Country RC&D	1) "Holding the Line" Yellowstone Leafy Spurge Project 2) Henrys Lake Protection: Aquatic Nuisance Species
Mid-Snake RC&D	1) Mid-Snake REDZONE Program
Panhandle Lakes RC&D	1) Coeur d'Alene Reservation Communities Build Capacity 2) Eurasian Watermilfoil Control in the Inland Empire
Southwest Idaho RC&D	1) Field Training for Defensible Space: Homeowners and Students      Working Together
Three Rivers RC&D	1) Wildland Fire Education and Prevention in 3 Rivers RC&D
West Central Highlands RC&D	1) Emmett Valley Friendship Coalition Food Pantry Project 2) Big Pine Creek Culvert Replacement Project
Wood River RC&D	1) Idaho's Bounty Cooperative Project

 

Montana  - Accomplishments
Beartooth RC&D	1) Grains of Montana 2) Warren Wind Project (Renewable Energy)
Bitter Root RC&D	1) Healthy Kids Healthy Forests 2) Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program
Central Montana RC&D	1) Bull Mountain Coal Mine 2) Regional Water Project
Eastern Plains RC&D	1) Safflower Technologies International Expansion 2) Biodiesel R&D Production System
Headwaters RC&D	1) Community Wildfire Protection Plans: Wildfire Fuel Reduction,      A Boost to the Local Economy and Job Retention
North Central Montana RC&D	1) Homebuyer Education 2) Friends of the Museum of the Plains Indian
Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D	1) Gallatin/Big Sky Noxious Weed Project
Northwest Regional RC&D	1) Provider Pals® 2) Northwest Regional RC&D Hazardous Fuels Program 3) A Whitefish Success Story in Developing Collaborative      Partnerships

 

Nebraska
Five Rivers RC&D	1) Wine School VII 2) Household Hazardous Waste Collections
Loup Basin RC&D	1) 2009 Scrap Tire Collections Project 2) Nebraska's Junk Jaunt® 2009
Nebraska Great Plains RC&D	1) The 2009 Nebraska Grazing Conference 2) Lower Platte Weed Management Area
Nebraska Loess Hills RC&D	1) Household Hazardous Waste Collections 2) Artist of the Month Project 3) Day-Trip Planner
North Central RC&D	1) Sand Hills Discovery Experience 2) Middle Niobrara Weed Awareness Group
Northeast Nebraska RC&D	1) Blossoms and Butterflies Tour 2) TV and Computer Recycling
Panhandle RC&D	1) Kiwanis Playground Project 2) Annual Intertribal Gathering
Prairieland RC&D	1) Nebraska Continuous No-till Project 2) Shell Creek Watershed Improvement Project - Phase 6
Sandhills RC&D	1) Central Platte River Restoration
South Central Nebraska RC&D	1) Prairie Loft - Center for Outdoor and Agricultural Learning
Southwest Nebraska RC&D	1) Republican River Restoration Partnership 2) Southwest Weed Management Area
Trailblazer RC&D	1) Thayer County Electronic Waste Collection

 

New Mexico
Adelante RC&D	1) Collaborative Forest Restoration Program 2) Ecological Restoration of the Rio De Los Pinos
Black Range RC&D	1) 7th Annual Red Paint Competition Powwow 2) Mimbres Paquime Connection (MPC) 3) Agricultural Water Enhancement Program
El Llano Estacado RC&D	1) Alternative Energy Conference
Hub RC&D	1) Targeted Watershed Restoration Initiative in Torreon Wash
Jornada RC&D	1) Palomas Creek Abandoned Cropland Protection Project 2) San Marcial Burned Area Recovery Project
Northern Rio Grande RC&D	1) TCLP-319 (h) Grant Project 2) Ecological Restoration of the Rio De Los Pinos
South Central Mountain RC&D	1) South Central Mountain RC&D Partners with New Mexico      State Forestry and Otero County
Sureste RC&D	1) Yarbro "Hands On" Nature Center

 

North Dakota
Dakota Prairies RC&D	1) Standing Rock Scrap Tire Removal Project 2) Burleigh County SCD Soil Health Program
Dakota West RC&D	1) Patterson Lake Winterkill Composting Project 2) Area V Canada Thistle Biological Control Initiative
Lake Agassiz RC&D	1) Buxton Bank Historical Preservation 2) North Dakota Rural Living Handbook
Northern Plains RC&D	1) Spirit Lake Park  2) Devils Lake Kids Preschool & Child Care Center
Red River RC&D	1) Stump Lake Park Master Plan 2) Cavalier High School Art Gallery Initiative
Sheyenne James RC&D	1) Farm Rescue 2009 2) The Wahlu Project
Upper Dakota RC&D	1) Farm Safety 4 Just Kids Participates in National RC&D Week 2) Roosevelt Park Zoo’s Backyard Conservation
Williston Basin RC&D	1) Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs 2) Williams County Wind Monitoring Study

 

South Dakota
Badlands RC&D	1) Grassland and Invasive Species Control 2) Youth Works
Black Hills RC&D	1) WHIP Saltcedar Demonstration Project 2) 2009 South Dakota Forestry Best Management Practices      Field Audits
Dakota Central RC&D (Applicant Area)	1) Upper Snake Creek Project 2) Hand/Hyde Enhancement Project
Lower James RC&D	1) Grassland Critical to Water Quality 2) Farm Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Development
North Central South Dakota RC&D	1) Organic Tours 2) USFWS COOP 2
Randall RC&D	1) Lewis & Clark Watershed Implementation Project - Segment II 2) Lake Andes Watershed Improvement Project
South Central Dakota RC&D	1) Playground Equipment for Parmelee, South Dakota 2) Value Added Use of Straw for Straw Bale Houses 3) Ted Turner Cuts Ribbon for Turner Youth Community Center
Tatanka RC&D	1) Cottonwood Re-Establishment Phase I 2) Perkins County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Vermillion Watershed RC&D (Applicant Area)	1) Parks and Recreation Projects 2) Vermillion River Watershed Restoration Project

 

Utah
Bear River RC&D	1) Bear River RC&D Wilderness Youth Camp 2) Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Castleland RC&D	1) Skyline Cooperative Weed Management Area CWMA) 2) Navajo Raincatchers
Color Country RC&D	1) 2009 UARCD Annual Convention Field Trip 2) Utah’s Patchwork Parkway
Dinosaurland RC&D	1) 15th Annual Con Amore Fishing Day
Great Salt Lake RC&D	1) Tooele County Weed Control 2) CSA Utah
Panoramaland RC&D	1) Bicknell Cemetery Project 2) On-Farm Biodiesel Production
Uinta Headwaters RC&D	1) Heber Valley Farmers Market 2) Mountain Spirit Heritage Festival

 

Wyoming
Big Horn Basin RC&D	1) Town of Dubois Voluntary Remediation Program Project 2) Regional Invasive Species Coordination
Historic Trails RC&D	1) Historic Trails RC&D Projects are in Carbon and Natrona Counties 2) Central Wyoming Fairgrounds Animal Waste
Northeastern Wyoming RC&D	1) Oilseed Field Trials and Biodiesel Feasibility 2) Wyoming Oilseed Working Group
Southeastern Wyoming RC&D	1) Landowner Wind Energy Associations 2) Carbon Credit Trading
Western Wyoming RC&D	1) Bedford Commerce Readiness & Fire Protection Project 2) Star Valley Farmers Market