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^ <br /> �G�` � <br /> CI � n�� -. . ' <br /> � _ ~ � 'Report - Page 3 � <br /> . <br /> . <br /> � <br /> . � <br /> . ` <br /> � . . <br /> in the Back Creek Critical Area Treatment Resource Conservation <br /> and Development Project, eleven landowners have received a total <br /> of $24,748 for work completed in this watershed since July 1. � <br /> In all, h123,056 in federal monies have been paid to participants �^ <br /> in Back Creek to protect the proposed Quaker Creek Reservoir. <br /> � . <br /> E. coming Year - Continue Basic Program Objectives and Increase <br /> _ � Rendered Services. <br /> Since the Orange Conservation District opened its doors in 1939 to <br /> serve all the citizens of Orange County, we have tried to offer a <br /> balanced conservation program. This consisted of providing technical <br /> services to landowners and 'operators on land use problems; providing <br /> ' services to control urban erosion; providing consultive services to <br /> contractors and land developers and others; providing technical set-- <br /> vices to government agencies and departments; and educating the <br /> youth as well as adults on the merits of practicing good conservation <br /> of our natural resources. We do not know how we could expand our <br /> programs to cover additional services. However, we can always Yn- <br /> fi creasa our existing services, but that takes additional manpower <br /> and space which are our greatest limitations. <br /> This past year a new cost sharing program was started to encourage <br /> • the installation of conservation practices to control non-point <br /> ' <br /> sources of pollution and sedimentation of our land that drains into <br /> our present and future water reservoirs. We expect this program to <br /> greatly expand in the next few years so we need to gear up our man- � $ <br /> power and other resources to meet this demand for the services that <br /> we provide in Orange County. <br /> Ou r long <br /> ong rang� program and objective then is to increase the number <br /> of services to citizens in Orange to help them solve their land use <br /> problems. Our challenge is to meet this ever increasing demand on <br /> our natural resources. <br /> . � <br /> � . <br /> ! <br /> � <br /> . <br /> MED. <br />