The Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance (GLWWA) Advisory Board meeting will be held on December 27, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in the large first floor meeting room of the Mercer County Central Services Building at 220 West Livingston St., Celina. This meeting will give stakeholders an opportunity to recommend priority best management practices (BMPs) for the 2008 Agriculture Incentive Program.
The 2007 and 2008 Agriculture Incentive Programs for the Grand Lake St. Marys Watershed are made possible through a state budget line item. This line item was secured by Senator Keith Faber and totals $200,000 over two years. The 2007 program offered cost share or incentive on the following practices: waterways, filter strips, recharge areas, cover crops and tile control structures. The money for 2007 has been allocated; however the GLWWA is currently accepting applications to be placed on a waiting list.
The $100,000 for the 2008 Agriculture Incentive Program must be put towards agriculture BMPs in the Grand Lake St. Marys watershed. This could include the same BMPs as 2007 or a completely different list. This list depends on ideas and recommendations brought to the advisory board meeting on December 27, 2007.
Four other topics will be at the top of the discussion at the advisory board meeting.
These topics include:
Combining the Advisory Board meetings and the Lake Restoration Committee Meetings Environmental Monitoring: including the USGS ethanol plant monitoring proposal
Residential issues: lawn fertilizer program, rain gardens, Water Pollution Control Loan Fund
Centralized Manure treatment systems and other agricultural related items
The meeting is open to any topic related to the Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance. All recommendations will be presented to the Joint Board at their next meeting.
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