Gilliam County Riparian Buffers; 2003-2004 Annual Reports.
- Gilliam Soil and Water Conservation District, Condon, OR
Interest appears to be at an all-time high for riparian conservation programs in Gilliam County. With the recently added Herbaceous Buffer and the already established CREP program interest is booming. However, more and more people are turning towards the herbaceous buffer because of expense. The riparian forest buffer is becoming too expensive. Even with the excellent cost share and incentives landowners are having trouble with Farm Service Agency's payment limitation. Because of this payment limitation landowners are not receiving their full rental and incentive payments, usually in year one. This has cooled the installation of riparian forest buffers and peaked interest in the CP-29 (Herbaceous Buffer for Wildlife). Either way, riparian lands are being enhanced and water quality is being improved. Year three should be very similar to the accomplishments of year 2. There has already been several projects proposed that may or may not be approved during year 3. I am currently working on three projects that are all over 2.5 miles long on each side and total anywhere from 60 to 250 acres in size. Along with these three projects there at least seven small projects being proposed. Four of those projects are riparian forest buffers and the remaining are herbaceous buffers.
- Research Organization:
- Gilliam Soil and Water Conservation District
- Sponsoring Organization:
- United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
- DOE Contract Number:
- 00009483
- OSTI ID:
- 897653
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP-00009483-2; R&D Project: 200203500; TRN: US200705%%211
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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