ECSWCD Conservation Connections

Summer 2012	New Board Members - Terrence McCracken and Dr. Kelly Frothingham USDA, NRCS Revised Nutrient Management Standard Tonawanda Creek Watershed Ag Implementation Project Completed 2012 Fish Stocking Order Form AEM Program Progress and Future Goals USDA FSA Acreage Reporting
Winter 2012	District Receives $853,215 Agricultural Grant for Cattaraugus Creek Great Lakes Basin Erosion & Sediment Control - Buffalo Creek Great Lakes Basin Stream Restoration Project Tree and Shrub Order Form Lake Erie Watershed Protection Alliance - LEWPA USDA Initiatives District News
Summer 2011	New Board Member - Ray Waterman $ 5 Million in Emergency Watershed Protection New District Engineer - Chris Fry Envirothon - Congratulations to Buffalo HS Cattaraugus Creek Ag Implementation Project Complete Erie County Farm Planning AEM Program Progress
Winter 2011	Commemorating 30 Years of Service - Francis Gernatt District Receives $675,631 Agricultural Grant for Upper Buffalo River Great Lakes Basin Stream Restoration Project Flood Recovery Partnership Eighteenmile Creek Ag Implementation Project Complete Tree and Shrub Order Form Upcoming Events
Summer 2010	New Board Member - Legislator Christina Bove EWP Response to August 2009 Storm Damage Envirothon - Congratulations to Springville HS New NRCS Staff - Suzika Pagan Riestra Grazing and AEM Tree and Shrub Results Fish Stocking Order Form Upcoming Events
Winter 2010	District Receives Agricultural Grant for Seven Creeks Watershed Stream Team Update: Fall 2009 2010 Conservation Funding Available New Open Burning Regulations CREP Project Completed in the Cattaraugus Creek Watershed Tree and Shrub Order Form Earth Team Volunteer of the Year New District Staff - Allen Young Upcoming Events
Summer 2009	Landon Brook Bridge Project Farmers Needed: Integrated Pest Management Sabertooth at the Envirothon Erosion and Sedement Control Training Confirmation of EAB in Cattaraugus County Envirothon Raffle Landowner Incentive Program / Grassland Protection
Winter 2009	New Board Member - Samuel Chivetta Buffalo Creek Watershed Update Envirothon Challenge Erie County FSA News CREP Project Completed Sign -up for 2009 Conservation Programs Tree and Shrub Order Form Bluebird are Looking for Nesting Sites
Summer 2008	District Expands Conservation Efforts on Eighteenmile Creek AEM Progress and Future Goals Envirothon - Congratulations to Springville HS Wetland Reserve Program Stormwater Construction General Permit NYACD Annual Meeting Upcoming Events
Winter 2008	$65,993 Water Quality Improvement Project Completed Environthon - Calling All Schools Agricultural Assesment Program FEMA Stream Debris Clean-Up Beginning Farmer Loan Program Board Vacancy What is a Conservation District Upcoming Events
Summer 2007	Stream Update Spring/Summer Help Our Farm Grow Prescribed Grazing Systems Tree and Shrub Program Fish Stocking Order Form Upcoming Events
Winter 2007	District Receives Agricultural Grant for Tonawanda Creek Watershed Agricultural Assessment Program Holiday Trees NYS Conservation Easement Tax Credit Tree and Shrub Order Form Envirothon Western NY Trade Show
Summer 2006	Eighteenmile Creek Watershed Project Update District Receives Agricultural Grant for Cattaraugus Creek Watershed NRCS 2007 Program Sign-ups Farm Assessments Available New Staff Members: Melanie Saunders and Craig Domanowski New Board Members: Legislators John Mills and Robert Reynolds
Winter 2006	District Receives Agricultural Grant for Eighteenmile Creek Watershed District Assists Erie County Highway Department Cleansweap Program Eighteenmile Creek Streambank Stabilization Partnership Agricultural Assessment Program Tree and Shrub Order Form
Summer 2005	Uncertain Future for the District Envirothon - Congratulations to Springville HS 56,000 Trees and Shrubs Planted
Winter 2005 .75 MB PDF	2005 Tree and Shrub 2005 Environthon Eighteenmile Creek Partnership New Board Member New Staff Member Annual Banquet NRCS News
Summer 2004 1.0 MB PDF	2004 Environthon Winner! Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) New Board Member Fish Stocking Invasive plants - Giant Hogweed Financial Assistance for Soil and Water Conservation Upcoming Events New Staff
Winter 2003 1.3 MB PDF	Conservation Tree and Shrub Seedling Program Order Form 2004 Envirothon - Sign up now to compete! Rural and Urban Neighbors Banquet Awards District Assists Erie County Bureau of Forestry with Management Plan Agricultural Pesticide Clean Sweep 2004 Envirothon Raffle Winners NRCS News Holiday Gift Ideas
Fall 2003 1.4 MB PDF	Phase 1 of Streambank Partnership Complete Farmer Information Meeting to be held in Tonawanda Creek Watershed Rural and Urban Neighbors Banquet - October 21st Envirothon Raffle Invasive Plants - Giant Hogweed and Cow Parsnip District Spreads Conservation Message at Summer Events USDA Conservation Funding Assistance - Don't Give Up on It! AmeriCorps Provides Valued Service Fall Trout Stocking Ag Construction Continues
Summer 2003 1.3 MB PDF	Orchard Park Wins Erie County Envirothon 87,000 Trees and Shrubs Planted Stream Cleanups help Improve Our Waterfront District Welcomes New Board Member - Legislator David Dale New District Staff - Denise Goinski Fish Stocking Program Invasive Plants - Garlic Mustard
Spring 2003 1 MB PDF	District Assists with Historic Canoe Launch Rehabilitation at Ellicott Creek Park New Changes to Agricultural Assessments Invasive Plants - Shrub Honeysuckle District Board of Directors Spotlight: Jeanne Z. Chase Use Barley Straw to Control Pond Algae New Federal Stormwater Regulations County Plan of Approved Conservation Practices
Summer 2002 2.6 MB PDF	Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District Hosts First Local Envirothon Caring for Bare-Root Seedlings and Transplants District Demonstrates Biotechnical Streambank Planting Techniques Area Students Work to Restore Cazenovia Creek Streambanks Invasive Plants - Purple Loosestrife Welcome Sarah Kron, Soil Conservationist Erie County Forest to Re-open Camp Fish "Fry" Anyone Rain Gardens Improve Water Quality Funding Received for Streambank Protection