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    • Board member-rogue, legal implications Does anyone have advice for a District dealing with one particular board member (newly appointed) that is posing serious potential legal implications (completely false) with their long time employee? Verbally harassing her and threatening her and the rest of the board with legal action on almost anything he can think of. At what point is questionable mental sanity called in to question in a sensitive situation with PTSD? Do you have any suggested policies, procedures or ideas of how to deal with someone like this? Any preventive measures for other Districts?

      Started by: Nikki Brinson

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    • 4 years, 9 months ago

      Brian Farkas

    • CREP Agreements & Current Status with New Farm Bill Does your state have a current Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Agreement with the USDA? If so, is your state’s program held up as rulemaking occurs on 2018 Farm Bill programs? Are you pursuing any action from USDA on this, and what is the latest news you have heard from USDA? Thank you in advance for any responses.

      Started by: Doug Thomas

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    • 4 years, 9 months ago

      Colleen Meredith

    • Job Descriptions for Shared Positions Oklahoma is looking for job descriptions for district employees who work jointly for NRCS and the Conservation District. If you could send examples of those to Lisa Knauf Owen at the Oklahoma Conservation Commission we would greatly appreciate it.

      Started by: Lisa Knauf Owen

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    • 4 years, 10 months ago

      Donna Meader

    • What is your state doing? State Level MOA/Funding Agreements Idaho is working on a plan to help implement Farm Bill programs under the new State level MOA and funding agreement. It is critically important to hear if any of you have been able to negotiate the payment of overhead or if your state con/headquarters is allowing that. Because state support is low and districts have no taxing authority, if there is no overhead allowed to partially cover costs we cant sign on. Please respond ASAP. Thank you.

      Started by: Teri Murrison

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    • 4 years, 10 months ago

      Shana Joy

    • Conservation commission/committee structure I have a few questions regarding conservation commissions/committees: What agency is the commission/committee housed in? How long do the commission/committee members serve? Do they have term limits? Who do they represent? (DNR, DWQ, Dept of Ag, Past Presidents, Current CD Supervisors, Association Representation) We would appreciate replies before March 17th. Thanks!

      Started by: Sherie Edginton

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    • 4 years, 11 months ago

      Beverly Migliore

    • Partnership Questions Please help us reinvigorate the Idaho conservation partnership by answering the following: Does the state: 1. Help implement Farm Bill programs. If so, how? 2. Receive funding from NRCS? If so, for what and how much? 3. Hire staff to work on Farm Bill programs? If so, how many? 4. Operate other state programs? If so, what and how much? 5. Provide technical assistance to districts for other projects? Thanks!

      Started by: Teri Murrison

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    • 4 years, 11 months ago

      Frank Minch

    • Vehicle insurance providers We are having trouble finding an insurance carrier to underwrite the district vehicle insurance. Our agent thought he had it secured with Progressive but they just bailed out. I’m curious to know what carriers other states are using.  Thanks so much!

      Started by: Cynthia Bearden

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    • 4 years, 11 months ago

      Lisa Knauf Owen

    • Forest Conservation, Projects, and Partnerships 1. What are your districts’ primary forestry issues? 2. What are your districts’ needs regarding forestry? 3. What are your districts engaged in regarding forestry, such as plans, projects, education, etc.? 4. Who are your districts’ primary partners specific to forestry?

      Started by: Rachel Theler

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    • 4 years, 11 months ago

      Ben Schram

    • Conservation district board elections Multi-part question from Washington State on elections: • Are conservation district board elections on the general ballot in your state? • What role (if any) does your agency have in setting the procedure for and overseeing conservation district elections? • Have any issues around district elections (e.g. low voter turnout, lack of publicity/transparency) come under fire in your state by the media or legislature? If so, how was that handled or resolved?

      Started by: Laura Johnson

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    • 4 years, 12 months ago

      Vernon Cox

    • Technical Certification Programs Does your state have one or more technical certification programs for conservation delivery professionals? If so, briefly describe the programs and who operates them. Thank you.

      Started by: Mike Brown

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    • 5 years ago

      Colleen Meredith

    • Members or districts holding conservation easements Hi all! Do any NASCA members out there (or your state’s conservation districts) hold conservation easements or participate in securing or monitoring conservation easements of any kind? This could be Farm Bill easements, state program easements on ag lands or forest lands, conservation planning for easements or monitoring compliance with easement terms in some way. Any and all information you can share about this topic and your experiences with it in your state would be much appreciated. Thanks all!

      Started by: Shana Joy

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    • 5 years ago

      Colleen Meredith

    • Partner Survey Questions Have any of our members conducted any studies or surveys to determine why partners and potential partners work with or choose not to work with conservation districts? If so, what questions were used in these efforts?

      Started by: Mike Brown

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    • 5 years, 4 months ago

      Jackie Thomas

    • Job Approval Authority Does your State have a system that assigns Job Approval Authority to state and/or local government staff for State conservation programs, independent of the NRCS? If so, how was the system authorized, and how is it structured? Doug Thomas, Minnesota

      Started by: Doug Thomas

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    • 5 years, 5 months ago

      Marty Comstock

    • District-owned park areas One of our conservation districts was “given” an historic 5 acre parcel of overgrown trees and decadent landscaping. It cost 10’s of $1,000’s to bring the landscape back to an acceptable standard and an historic building must be demolished and replaced. They are interested in knowing of other conservation districts that might manage parcels and how they offer it for use by the community and/or program it for conservation education purposes. If you have a district in your state that might be programming areas like this, would you let me know so we can have a conversation with them? Thanks!

      Started by: Cindy Lair

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    • 5 years, 5 months ago

      Susan Metzger

    • CD health insurance plans Montana CD’s are looking for advice on group health insurance plans that other states may have for the conservation districts. Are your CD employees offered health insurance? Does your state association carry the overall plan, do individual CD’s? If you do have health insurance, what kind of premiums are you looking at? Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated as well! Thank you for any info you can provide!

      Started by: Karl Christians

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    • 5 years, 7 months ago

      Frank Minch

    • Conservation District Dissolution Process Have any State Agencies gone through an actual district dissolution process to legally dissolve a conservation district? Our state statute has a terribly onerous process and I am interested how other states compare. Any information from a state that has actually implemented a legal process would be appreciated. We thought of helping them become “inactive” but it may not be in the state or districts best legal interest. Thanks! Cindy

      Started by: Cindy Lair

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    • 5 years, 8 months ago

      Bill Smith

    • brochures and license plates Would anyone mind sharing samples of brochures that individual NRCD’s use that folks think are successful? Also do other states have license plates that generate revenue for districts and what do they look like? I am facilitating an art contest and then working with a graphic designer. I am interested if other states have conservation vanity plates and how they designed them.

      Started by: Jackie Thomas

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    • 5 years, 9 months ago

      Bill Smith

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