Land Committee and Projects
(updated
07.01.08)
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Our volunteers focus on the protection
of farmland, including woodlands, wetlands, prairies, pastureland, and
wildlife habitat. . . |
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NEW . . . |
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cost-share program for people living in the Elkhart River Watershed.
Grants are available to cover up to 75% of the cost of installing rain
gardens, rain barrels, pervious concrete, green roofs, bioretention,
wetland restoration, and naturalized wet-bottom detention basins.
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NEW . . . |
. . . Rural
cost-share program now
available for farmers in the Elkhart River Watershed. Applicants
can receive up to 75 % of the cost approved conservation practices.
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Conservation Easement
Information
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Spotlight on
Conservation Easement Property Owners
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Mike & Rhonda Yoder protect 70 acres
of their Elkhart County dairy farm with a conservation easement.
Eugene Myers
protects his 140 acre farm in St. Joseph County Indiana with a
Farmland Conservation Easement.
Charles Knight Property
Easement
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Community Service
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Continuing Projects
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Completed Projects
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Check our calendar for when the Committee
next meets. If you are interested in receiving agenda or minutes of upcoming or
past meetings,
please contact us.
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