Tuesday, 20 March 2007 23:40
The United States Department of Agriculture's Resource Conservation and Development

USDA provides technical and financial assistance, and
sponsors obtain additional funding and services from a variety of other
sources.” The Central Sierra Resource Conservation has 4 main
Goals as a district: 1 to
protect and restore watersheds; 2 to reduce the risk of fire in the
wildland/urban interface; 3 to promote sustained use and management of forest
land, grazing land, and crop land resources and promote sustained yield on
working landscapes; and 4th to stimulate natural resource based
tourism, recreation, and economic viability of area communities. The
question before the board today was whether or not they wanted to pay the $300
renewal fee to remain a member of the organization. The $300 fee is collected
from members of the district so the Central Sierra Resource Conservation
District can remain nonprofit. The
board decided that being a member is beneficial and voted to pay the renewal
fee. They also appointed Supervisor Oneto to sit on the Conservation Board.