Professional Engineering Services Grants Summary: 2007 |
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
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The Professional Engineering Services Grants Program is a partnership between WSCC and Washington State's 47 Conservation Districts to help support safe, effective conservation practices.
Conservation districts with similar resource issues work in "clusters" to prioritize each participating district's engineering needs. Funding appropriated to the Commission by the Legislature is used to hire a Washington State licensed professional engineer for each cluster.
These professional engineers provide services to landowners for implementation of best management practices and engineering oversight to conservation district technicians. Services to landowners include engineering for dairy, small farm, habitat restoration, livestock, irrigation, and non-point water quality projects.
| Professional Engineering Grant Totals in 2007 |
| Number of landowners receiving technical assistance |
444 |
| Number of Best Management Practices implemented |
288 |
| Acres protected/enhanced/restored |
4,100 |
| Stream miles protected/enhanced/restored |
39.7 |
| Total grant dollars spent by conservation districts |
$791,326 |
| Total other funds leveraged by this grant |
$1,608,311 |
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