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2010 RC&D Success Stories by Category
 

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 of their scale and diversity.

The Success Stories are organized by Category.  We welcome new Success Stories year round.  Please submit stories to Kathy Dingman at kdingman@plrcd.org.  Sample templates can be found at the bottom of the page.

We hope you enjoy these Success Stories!!

Categories:

Fuels Reduction/Biomass/Fire/Forestry

Adelante - New Mexico
Jornado - New Mexico
North Central - Nebraska
Mid-Snake (1) - Idaho
Mid-Snake (2) - Idaho
West Central Highlands - Idaho
Bear River - Utah
Vermillion Watershed - South Dakota
Bitter Root - Montana
Headwaters - Montana

Northern Rocky Mtns - Montana
Northwest Regional - Montana

Bartley Hazardous Mitigation & Fuels Reduction Program
Hop Canyon Wildland Fire Fuels Mitigation Project Protects Landowners
Niobrara Valley Prescribed Fire Association

Mid-Snake Responds to the Auger Falls Fire
Firewise Landscape Nurseries Help Local Schools
Gem County REDZONE Fire Hazard Assessment
Bear River RC&D Wilderness Youth Camp & Other Highlights
Tree Planting/Forestry Projects
Selway-Bitterroot Foundation
Butte Green Geo-spatial Infrastructure Analysis
Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program
Whitefish Area Fires Safe Council (WAFSC) 2010 Activities
 

Weeds/Invasive Species

Adelante - New Mexico
Five Rivers - Nebraska
Loup Basin - Nebraska

Nebraska Loess Hills - Nebraska
Southwest Nebraska - Nebraska
High Country - Idaho
Panhandle Lakes - Idaho

Color Country - Utah
Castleland - Utah
Panoramaland - Utah
Northern Rocky Mtns (1) - Montana
Northern Rocky Mtns (2) - Montana
Northwest Regional - Montana
Sangre de Cristo - Colorado
San Juan - Colorado

San Luis Valley - Colorado

Mora & San Miguel Counties CWMA Project Weeds Out Problem Areas
2010 Noxious & Invasive Weeds Conference
Sandhills Weed Management Area

Education: Noxious Weed - Pocket ID Guide
Southwest Weed Management Area
"Holding the Line" Project & Other Snapshots
Hauser Lake Watercraft Rinse Station & Signage
Virgin River Tamarisk Days
Skyline CWMA
Cove Fort Thistle Project, Sand Ledges Spray Day Thistle Project
Lower Jefferson River Valley Cooperative Weed Control Project
Invasive Species Mapping of Highway 191 & Other Stories
Hot Springs Sustainability Project
Upper Arkansas Cooperative Weed Management Area
Improving Weed Management in Southwest Colorado Through Interagency Cooperation
Noxious Weed Coordinator Hired for the San Luis Valley Noxious Weed Program
 

Rangeland Improvement

Black Range  - New Mexico
Northern Rio Grande - New Mexico
Dakota Prairies - North Dakota
North Central - South Dakota
Tatanka - South Dakota

Arizona - New Mexico Borderlands Initiative Benefits Both States
TLCP Partners to Rebuild Decades-old Corrals
Grazing Lands Coalition Mentorship Program
Accomplishments & Highlights for Fiscal Year 2010
2010 Rangeland Days
 

Watershed

Black Range - New Mexico
Hub - New Mexico
Northern Rio Grande - New Mexico
Southwest Nebraska - Nebraska
Three Rivers RC&D - Idaho
Black Hills - South Dakota
Dakota Central - South Dakota
North Central - South Dakota
Vermillion Watershed - South Dakota
Central Montana - Montana
Coronado - Arizona
Little Colorado River - Arizona
 

Paired Watershed Study on Burro Mountain to Measure Moisture Improvements
Targeted Watershed Restoration Initiative in Torreon Wash
Conejos Watershed Group and RC&D Install Rock-Weir Structures

S.O.S (Save Our Swanson)
Downey Watershed Protection Plan
Spring Creek Watershed
Accomplishments & Highlights for Fiscal Year 2010

Accomplishments & Highlights for Fiscal Year 2010
Vermillion River Watershed Restoration Project
Musselshell Watershed Coalition
Hay Mountain Watershed Water Quality Restoration Project

4th Annual Winter Watershed Conference & Other Snapshots

Community Gardens

El Llano Estacado (1) - New Mexico
El Llano Estacado (2) - New Mexico
South Central Mountain - New Mexico
Prairieland - Nebraska
Northern Plains - North Dakota
Upper Dakota - North Dakota
Panhandle Lakes - Idaho
Dinosaurland - Utah
Great Salt Lake - Utah
Randall - South Dakota
Lower Colorado River - Arizona
 

Community Garden of Tucumcari
Tucumcari Community Garden Builds Hoop House
Hondo Senior Center Adds Water Storage Tanks and Raised Planters
Columbus Community Garden
Eddy County Community Gardens
Mystical Horizons Adds Native Plant Garden
Great Gardens in North Idaho
Dinosaurland RC&D's Vernal Community Garden
High Tunnel Initiative Pilot Project in Utah
Farmers Market and Community Garden Project
Future Farmers of America and Colorado River Indian Tribe Garden Project

Tribal

Panhandle - Nebraska
Prairieland - Nebraska
Dakota Prairies - North Dakota
Castleland - Utah
Panoramaland - Utah
North Central Montana - Montana

Lower Colorado River - Arizona
Navajo - Arizona

11th Annual Intertribal Gathering
Regional Intertribal Pow Wow
United Tribes Technical College Recreation Trail Project
Navajo Sheep & Wool
Sevier Valley Students Learning Center Resources for Navajo Curricula
Students Who Build Grant helps purchase Tools for Designing and Other Highlights
4th Annual Winter Watershed Conference & Other Snapshots
Navajo Nation Local Work Group Meeting
 

Trails/Recreation

Jornada - New Mexico
Dakota Prairies - North Dakota
Red River - North Dakota
Southwest Idaho - Idaho
South Central Dakota - South Dakota

 

Healing Waters Trail Project Builds 3-mile Trail
United Tribes Technical College Recreation Trail Project
Stump Lake Park Campground Map

Ten Great Walks in the Treasure Valley
Prairie Rangers 4-H Club plant trees to develop the recreational area at the Murdo North Dam

Education/Workshops

South Central Mountain - New Mexico
Five Rivers - Nebraska
Loup Basin - Nebraska
North Central - Nebraska
Northeast Nebraska (1) - Nebraska
Northeast Nebraska (2) - National
South Central Nebraska - Nebraska
Trailblazer - Nebraska
Dakota Prairies - North Dakota
Dakota West - North Dakota
Lake Agassiz - North Dakota
Red River - North Dakota
Upper Dakota - North Dakota
Clearwater - Idaho
Badlands (1) - South Dakota
Badlands (2) - South Dakota
Tatanka (1) - South Dakota
Tatanka (2) - South Dakota
Historic Trails - Wyoming
Eastern Plains - Montana
Northwest Regional - Montana
Painted Sky - Colorado
Coronado - Arizona
Hohokam - Arizona
Little Colorado River - Arizona
Navajo - Arizona
 

Cloudcroft FFA Uses $2500 Grant to Refurbish Shop Classroom
Small-Scale Commercial Wine Making School
Your Business & Non-Profit Legal Questions Answered Workshop
Beef Hotline

Antique Critique Show & Tell
Makin' Money Camp
No-Till Farming Workshop
Fourteenth Annual Women’s Wilderness Weekend
Grazing Lands Coalition Mentorship Program
Make-A-Splash Water Festival
American Legion Post 88 Natural Learning Site & Veteran’s Memorial
Red River Riparian Project - 2010 Highlights
2010 Eco-Ed Reaches Nearly 600 Students
Streambank Soil Bioengineering Technical Training Workshop
2010 Lacreek Wildlife/Conservation Day
2010 Livestock Producer Field Day
2010 Rangeland Days
West River Wind Power Workshop
Natrona County Rural Living Program
Mon-Dak Ag Open 2010
Flathead Core Watershed Sourcebook
Business Technical Assistance
Workshops for Small Acreage Landowners in Southeastern Arizona
Natural Resource Education Center Coolidge, AZ
4th Annual Winter Watershed Conference & Other Snapshots
Agricultural Day in Many Farms, AZ

Downtown Beautification/Promotion

Sureste - New Mexico
Nebraska Great Plains - Nebraska
Sandhills - Nebraska
Trailblazer - Nebraska
Southwest Idaho - Idaho
Wood River - Idaho
Bear River - Utah
South Central Dakota - South Dakota
Tatanka - South Dakota
Big Horn - Wyoming
Sangre de Cristo - Colorado

 

Eunice Downtown Beautification Project Achieves its Goal
2010 Seward County Cleanup Day & Other Success Stories
Byway Receives $99,900 Grant
Community Tree Improvement Program
Treasure Valley Cities Receive Stimulus Funds for Priority Pruning
Wood River RC&D's 2010 Summary Newsletter
Bear River RC&D Wilderness Youth Camp & Other Highlights
From a Dream to a Reality for the Youth in White River
West River Wind Power Workshop
Wyoming Tourism Development
Five-County Cultural Heritage Tourism

Community Facilities

Sureste - New Mexico
Lake Agassiz - North Dakota
West Central Highlands - Idaho
Bear River - Utah
Lower James - South Dakota
South Central Dakota - South Dakota

Historic Trails - Wyoming

Central Montana - Montana
North Central - Montana

Sureste RC&D Helps "Raise the Roof" at the Yarbro!
American Legion Post 88 Natural Learning Site & Veteran’s Memorial
Ola Community Hall and Church Restoration Project
Bear River RC&D Wilderness Youth Camp & Other Highlights
Wessington Springs Park Improvements
Prairie Rangers 4-H Club plant trees to develop the recreational area at the Murdo North Dam
Historic Trails RC&D Partnered Projects are in Carbon and Natrona Counties, Wyoming

Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System
Students Who Build Grant helps purchase Tools for Designing and Other Highlights
 

Recycling

Nebraska Loess Hills - Nebraska
South Central Nebraska - Nebraska
Western Wyoming - Wyoming
 

Natural Resources Protection: Recycling
"Another Bright Idea"
Star Valley Recycling/Diversion and Other Highlights

Energy

Panhandle - Nebraska
Sandhills - Nebraska
Randall - South Dakota
Tatanka - South Dakota

Historic Trails - Wyoming

Northeastern Wyoming - Wyoming
Southeastern Wyoming - Wyoming
East Central Colorado - Colorado
Painted Sky - Colorado
Southeast Colorado - Colorado
 

Banner County Wind Energy Association, LLC
Mullen High School Receive Wind Turbine
Risk Management for Producer Wind Development

West River Wind Power Workshop

Historic Trails RC&D Partnered Projects are in Carbon and Natrona Counties, Wyoming
Oilseed Opportunities for Wyoming

Landowner Wind Energy Associations
Community Energy Audits - Rural Services Pilot Project
Business Energy Efficiency Loan Fund
Governor’s Energy Office “Community Energy Coordination” & Other Stories

Quality of Life

Williston Basin - North Dakota
Bitter Root - Montana
Southeastern Wyoming - Wyoming
 

"File of Life" Area Wide Project
Bitter Root RC&D Receives Awards and Recognition as a Program of Excellence
Carbon Credit Trading
 

Land Rehabilitation/Reclamation

Williston Basin - North Dakota
San Juan - Colorado
San Luis Valley - Colorado
 

Cartwright Train Tunnel C.A.T. Project
Silver Ledge Mine Reclamation
Willow Creek Reclamation Committee

Water/Riparian/Streambank

Dakota West - North Dakota
Lake Agassiz - North Dakota
Northern Plains - North Dakota
Red River - North Dakota
Clearwater - Idaho

Color Country - Utah
Black Hills - South Dakota
Eastern Plains - Montana
 

Make-A-Splash Water Festival
River Bank Dumping Information Campaign
Restoring the New Rockford Reservoir
Red River Riparian Project - 2010 Highlights
Two Degrees Northwest: Where Art Meets the Land
A Lesson in Desert Hydrology
Black Hills Stream Temperature Assessment
Fairview Tunnel Erosion Restoration

Agriculture/Food

Dakota West - North Dakota
Sheyenne James (1) - North Dakota
Sheyenne James (2) - North Dakota
Three Rivers - Idaho
Castleland - Utah
Uinta Headwaters - Utah
Badlands - South Dakota

Northeastern Wyoming - Wyoming
Beartooth (1) - Montana
Beartooth (2) - Montana
Colorado Big Country - Colorado

Northeast Colorado (1) - Colorado

Northeast Colorado (2) - Colorado

 

Coronado - Arizona
Navajo (1) - Arizona
Navajo (2) - Arizona
 

Improving Soil Health Through Cover Crops
Stutsman Aerated No Till Plots Project
Best Management Practice Team
Local Foods and Sustainable Agriculture
Specialty Crops
Local Summit County Beef for Local Summit County Markets
2010 Livestock Producer Field Day

Grow Local Gillette
Das Kuchenhaus
LTL Inc. Manure/Compost Business Expansion Project
Colorado Big Country Assists Local Entrepreneur with Business Planning for USDA-inspected Slaughter Facility
Determining Feasibility of a Centralized Hog Waste Digester near Haxtun, Colorado
Utilizing Liquid Beet/Cane Molasses for Nematode Control and an     Alternative Organic Nitrogen Source
Workshops for Small Acreage Landowners in Southeastern Arizona
Farm Committee Expansion
Agricultural Day in Many Farms, AZ

Veterans

Lake Agassiz - North Dakota

 

American Legion Post 88 Natural Learning Site & Veteran’s Memorial

Tourism

Clearwater - Idaho

Southwest Idaho - Idaho

Sangre de Cristo - Colorado
 

Two Degrees Northwest: Where Art Meets the Land

Ten Great Walks in the Treasure Valley
Five-County Cultural Heritage Tourism

Art

Clearwater - Idaho
 

Two Degrees Northwest: Where Art Meets the Land

 

Endowment Funds

Lower James - South Dakota

John Deppe’s Lower James RC&D Memorial Fund
 

Youth

Badlands - South Dakota

Northeast Nebraska - Nebraska

Panoramaland - Utah

Bear River - Utah
South Central (1) - South Dakota
 

South Central (2) - South Dakota

Tatanka - South Dakota

Lower Colorado River - Arizona

 

Hohokam - Arizona

Big Horn - Wyoming

North Central Montana - Montana

 

2010 Lacreek Wildlife/Conservation Day

Makin' Money Camp
Sevier Valley Students Learning Center Resources for Navajo Curricula
Bear River RC&D Wilderness Youth Camp & Other Highlights

Prairie Rangers 4-H Club plant trees to develop the recreational area at the Murdo North Dam

From a Dream to a Reality for the Youth in White River

2010 Rangeland Days

Future Farmers of America and Colorado River Indian Tribe Garden Project

Natural Resource Education Center Coolidge, AZ
RC&D Youth Development

Students Who Build Grant helps purchase Tools for Designing and Other Highlights
 

Conservation

East Central Colorado

Natural Resources Matching Grants for Conservation District Partners

 


 

Success Story Template 1 (PowerPoint)             Success Story Template 2 (Fact Sheet)

Success Story Template 3 (Fact Sheet)             Civil Rights Statement

 

 

 

   

 Last Modified: 05/13/2011

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