Morgan County Soil and Water Conservation District
Assistance Available
The Morgan County Soil and Water Conservation District has cost-share funds and is currently holding a sign-up for cost-share assistance. Cost-sharing is authorized for practices that provide erosion control benefits and is made available through the one-tenth-of-one-percent parks, soils and water sales tax. These practices may also provide agricultural uses including livestock water, irrigation, permanent vegetation cover or fire protection. Cost-sharing can be paid for 75 percent of the actual or county average cost, whichever is the lowest cost of each eligible component. If you think you have an area that would benefit from assistance, please sign up as soon as possible.
Some of the practices available include:
Ponds: Used to stop gully erosion.
Terrace Systems: Used to build terraces on cropland.
Diversions: Used where normal terraces will not work.
Sediment Retention Erosion or Water Control Structure: Used to stop gully erosion. This is meant to be a "dry" structure.
Sod Waterways: Used for terrace outlets-new or existing systems.
Permanent Vegetative Cover Enhancement: Used to promote no-tilling legumes into existing pastures. This practice does not require an erosion problem, but does require a four pasture rotation for grazing.
Planned Grazing System: Used to promote a rotational grazing based forage system. Assists landowner with cost of changing management on pasture land. This practice does not require an erosion problem.
Woodland Protection through Livestock Exclusion: Used to protect soil and plant resources from grazing livestock.
If you would like additional information please stop by the SWCD office at 100 S. Burke Street, Versailles. Requests for assistance are serviced in the order that they are received.
