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2008 BCD Accomplishment Report

The 2008 BCD Accomplishment Report reviews the year's progress.  These projects include helping orchardists convert to less toxic pesticides, assisting producers with irrigation coversions, and educating students.

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Cost Share Application

Cost Share assistance from Benton Conservation District may be available to landowners wanting to conserve natural resources.  To apply for cost-share, download and fill in the form or come into the office and staff will assist you.

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Interlocal Agreement

The Interlocal Agreement between Benton and Franklin Conservation Districts allows the sharing of staff, equipment and other resources for efficient implementation of programs for both districts.  This document includes specific terms for operation.

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Management MOU

This Memorandum of Understanding describes in specific terms the coordination of Benton Conservation District management tasks within the scope of the shared staff plan.

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Promoting and Attracting Bees

This article outlines ways for producers to improve forage and shelter to support healthy populations of bees and to prevent Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).

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Success Stories/Past Projects

Spinosad Brochure

By 2012, all orchard producers must switch their operations to non-organophosphate pesticides to comply with Environmental Protection Agency standards.  An approved, non-organophosphate, Spinosad, can assist producers in meeting the requirements set forth by EPA.  In 2008 Benton Conservation District cost-shared with 14 producers to pilot the use of Spinosad sprays on their farms.

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Temperature Profile of the Lower Yakima River

The following presentation was prepared by the Benton Conservation District for the Water Quality Workshop (November 2008).  The presentation provides the results for a thermal profile performed on the Lower Yakima River during the summer of 2008.  The thermal profile was performed in order to locate pockets of cool water habitat for migrating salmon.   Any questions or comments about the presentation please contact Marcella Appel at the BCD. 

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Water Stargrass Control Pilot Project

In 2007 the Benton Conservation District received a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to compare the effectiveness of two mechanical methods for reducing the density of water stargrass in the lower Yakima River, in eastern Washington.

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Xeriscape Demonstration Garden

Visit the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, a cooperative project with Benton Conservation District and Washington State Extension. Xeriscape is landscaping designed to minimize water use.

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