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If you are interested in learning more about any of these projects or smaller projects not listed
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Agriculture Energy
Partner with Fall River Electric Cooperative to provide free energy efficiency audits to willing landowners through Rumsey Engineering. In addition, assist landowners in identifying avenues for energy efficiency implementation. Lastly, to participate with the Idaho Food Bank to offer landowners an avenue to recover unsaleable food or cash contributions to distribute through local Food Banks. BPA Agriculture energy project
Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMA) and other Weed Control Projects: These weed control projects are an effort to manage, contain, reduce and eradicate noxious weeds in the High Country Area. There are many different projects addressing a variety of situations and needs. The projects address many aspects of weed management including: educating the public about noxious weeds; spraying weeds; land owner cost-share programs eradicating weeds on private property; biological weed control using insects to control weeds; and other measures.
For more information on weed control and Cooperative Weed Management Areas, visit High Country's CWMA page.
Wild land Urban Interface Community Assistance: As communities develop and more homes are being built in or adjacent to forestland the need to prevent fires is ever present. Because these homes are so close to fire fuels (timber) they are at high risk in the case of a wild fire. On many properties heavy fuels have accumulated creating severe fire hazards. These projects seek to reduce hazardous fuels through mechanical treatments and educating private land owners. Grant funds are used for hazardous fuel clean up, workshops, and landowner work days.
For more information, visit High Country's Wiland Urban Interface page.
Cloud Seeding Program: The RC&D Cloud Seeding committee was formed to investigate the need and interest in a Cloud Seeding program in Eastern, Idaho for the winter seasons. The committee decided to move ahead on a program and proceeded with fundraising efforts. Total funds raised for the 09/10 winter seasons were $120,000. Funding partners include: Water district 1, Idaho Power, Counties, Cities, Irrigations Districts, Ground Water Districts, Power Companies, and Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and Recreation Clubs. Clark County was awarded the contract. A total of 25 manually controlled generators and 14 remote controlled generators were set up in Bingham, Bonneville, Clark, Fremont, and Teton counties which are operated by Idaho Power. This project will be and on-going effort for the next five years. For more information, visit High Country's Cloud Seeding page. attached is the 2021-2022 report
Holding the Line Bio-saturation Project: This project began in 2009 to prevent Leafy spurge from currently expanding its range within eastern Idaho and moving eastward into Yellowstone National Park. The Project Area include all or parts of ten counties in east central Idaho. In the future the project will include southwestern Montana and northwestern Wyoming. The project is funded by the USDA- Forest Service. During 2009, nearly 2.2 million Flea beetles were released at 365 new sites on the Rexburg Bench in Madison County. In Fremont County the Conant Creek Watershed and the Ashton Hill were targeted for bio-saturation. 350,000 beetles were released at 65 locations along ten miles of Conant Creek where spurge has almost created a monoculture and destroyed valuable habitat. Over 400,000 beetles were packaged into 78 “bug bombs” and released from the helicopter onto spurge infested sites along the Ashton hill. An additional 300,000 flea beetles were carried in on horseback to 17 remote locations.
Community Emergency Preparedness: Community emergency preparedness is being improved
through a Citizens Corps program. This program helps people across America take a more active role in crime prevention, support the emergency medical community, and be better trained in a wide range of emergency preparedness and disaster response activities. Many communities in the RC&D Area are in outlying areas. If a disaster was to occur, these communities could have critical need for emergency services and only be able to rely on themselves and closely neighboring communities. Citizen Corps was formed to coordinate training, planning, response and recovery activities during emergencies. Another aspect of the Citizen Corps program is Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT). This project promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people they serve in seven counties. The goal is for emergency personnel to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic emergency response skills. This project, thus far, has trained 27 CERT instructors; taught 30 CERT classes; and graduated 309 CERT certified volunteers in seven counties.
email our office at [email protected].
Agriculture Energy
Partner with Fall River Electric Cooperative to provide free energy efficiency audits to willing landowners through Rumsey Engineering. In addition, assist landowners in identifying avenues for energy efficiency implementation. Lastly, to participate with the Idaho Food Bank to offer landowners an avenue to recover unsaleable food or cash contributions to distribute through local Food Banks. BPA Agriculture energy project
Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMA) and other Weed Control Projects: These weed control projects are an effort to manage, contain, reduce and eradicate noxious weeds in the High Country Area. There are many different projects addressing a variety of situations and needs. The projects address many aspects of weed management including: educating the public about noxious weeds; spraying weeds; land owner cost-share programs eradicating weeds on private property; biological weed control using insects to control weeds; and other measures.
For more information on weed control and Cooperative Weed Management Areas, visit High Country's CWMA page.
Wild land Urban Interface Community Assistance: As communities develop and more homes are being built in or adjacent to forestland the need to prevent fires is ever present. Because these homes are so close to fire fuels (timber) they are at high risk in the case of a wild fire. On many properties heavy fuels have accumulated creating severe fire hazards. These projects seek to reduce hazardous fuels through mechanical treatments and educating private land owners. Grant funds are used for hazardous fuel clean up, workshops, and landowner work days.
For more information, visit High Country's Wiland Urban Interface page.
Cloud Seeding Program: The RC&D Cloud Seeding committee was formed to investigate the need and interest in a Cloud Seeding program in Eastern, Idaho for the winter seasons. The committee decided to move ahead on a program and proceeded with fundraising efforts. Total funds raised for the 09/10 winter seasons were $120,000. Funding partners include: Water district 1, Idaho Power, Counties, Cities, Irrigations Districts, Ground Water Districts, Power Companies, and Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and Recreation Clubs. Clark County was awarded the contract. A total of 25 manually controlled generators and 14 remote controlled generators were set up in Bingham, Bonneville, Clark, Fremont, and Teton counties which are operated by Idaho Power. This project will be and on-going effort for the next five years. For more information, visit High Country's Cloud Seeding page. attached is the 2021-2022 report
Holding the Line Bio-saturation Project: This project began in 2009 to prevent Leafy spurge from currently expanding its range within eastern Idaho and moving eastward into Yellowstone National Park. The Project Area include all or parts of ten counties in east central Idaho. In the future the project will include southwestern Montana and northwestern Wyoming. The project is funded by the USDA- Forest Service. During 2009, nearly 2.2 million Flea beetles were released at 365 new sites on the Rexburg Bench in Madison County. In Fremont County the Conant Creek Watershed and the Ashton Hill were targeted for bio-saturation. 350,000 beetles were released at 65 locations along ten miles of Conant Creek where spurge has almost created a monoculture and destroyed valuable habitat. Over 400,000 beetles were packaged into 78 “bug bombs” and released from the helicopter onto spurge infested sites along the Ashton hill. An additional 300,000 flea beetles were carried in on horseback to 17 remote locations.
Community Emergency Preparedness: Community emergency preparedness is being improved
through a Citizens Corps program. This program helps people across America take a more active role in crime prevention, support the emergency medical community, and be better trained in a wide range of emergency preparedness and disaster response activities. Many communities in the RC&D Area are in outlying areas. If a disaster was to occur, these communities could have critical need for emergency services and only be able to rely on themselves and closely neighboring communities. Citizen Corps was formed to coordinate training, planning, response and recovery activities during emergencies. Another aspect of the Citizen Corps program is Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT). This project promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people they serve in seven counties. The goal is for emergency personnel to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic emergency response skills. This project, thus far, has trained 27 CERT instructors; taught 30 CERT classes; and graduated 309 CERT certified volunteers in seven counties.
