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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
 Yesterday’s Board of
Supervisor’s meeting must have set a record time with the open session
discussion lasting for a total of 7 minutes. The only open session item before
the Board Tuesday was consideration of the renewal of their membership the
Central Sierra Resource Conservation District. According to the District’s
website, “The United States
Department of Agriculture's Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D)
program helps people in rural areas plan and carry out activities that increase
the conservation of natural resources, support economic
development, enhance the environment and standard of living in local
communities
USDA provides technical and financial assistance, and
sponsors obtain additional funding and services from a variety of other
sources.” The Central Sierra Resource Conservation has 4 main
Goals as a district: 1 to
protect and restore watersheds; 2 to reduce the risk of fire in the
wildland/urban interface; 3 to promote sustained use and management of forest
land, grazing land, and crop land resources and promote sustained yield on
working landscapes; and 4th to stimulate natural resource based
tourism, recreation, and economic viability of area communities. The
question before the board today was whether or not they wanted to pay the $300
renewal fee to remain a member of the organization. The $300 fee is collected
from members of the district so the Central Sierra Resource Conservation
District can remain nonprofit. The
board decided that being a member is beneficial and voted to pay the renewal
fee. They also appointed Supervisor Oneto to sit on the Conservation Board.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 April 2007 )
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