Irrigation Efficiencies Grants Program Summary: 2007 |
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
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The Irrigation Efficiencies Grants Program (IEGP) helps private landowners partner with local conservation districts to save water and aid in salmon recovery.
By implementing best management practices to increase the efficiency of
on-farm water application and conveyance systems, the IEGP converts
conservation water savings into beneficial instream flows in
tributaries where listed salmonid species will benefit from more
consistent and persistent water flows.
The IEGP is administered by the Washington State Conservation
Commission through a contracted partnership with the Washington State
Department of Ecology. The program began in 2001 as an appropriation to
Ecology that directed money to local conservation districts within 16
drainage basins identified as critically susceptible to drought.
| Irrigation Efficiencies Grants in 2007
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| Landowners initiating plans/practices |
83 |
| Number of Best Management Practices implemented |
17 |
| Acres protected/enhanced/restored |
1,515 |
| Stream miles protected/enhanced/restored |
23.4 |
| Acre-feet/year of water saved |
3,760 |
| Total grant dollars spent by conservation districts |
$2,158,649 |
| Total other funds leveraged by these grant funds |
$1,263,573 |
For more information, please contact Jon Culp.
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