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Programs
Transylvania
SWCD offers a variety of services and programs for the
citizens of Transylvania County.
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
Streambank Stabilization Project
The Transylvania SWCD offers technical assistance to
farmers and other landowners to control erosion on their property.
We also have the following information available at our office:
- Soils information & maps
- Soil testing information
- Aerial Maps (historic photos back to 1953)
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GIS
Information
- Topographic Maps
- Urban Conservation Measures
- Watershed Planning
- Erosion Control Information
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
The Transylvania SWCD offers a variety of educational
programs and materials:
- Presentations
to school classes, civic organizations, community clubs, and others
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Annual Poster, Speech and Essay contests
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Environmental
Education Field days for students
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Food, Land, & People - Teacher
Workshops
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Mountain State Fair Exhibit
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Educational
Materials
- Resource
Conservation Workshop for high school students
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Envirothon
Competition (middle school and high school)
  
Cost Share Programs
North Carolina Ag Cost Share Program Environmental Quality Incentive Program
Community Conservation
Program
Designed to reduce the input of sediment,
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
Designed to treat polluted water runoff
nutrients, animal waste, & pesticides into & improve the water quality of our
our state's water. The NCACSP helps Wetland
Reserve Program state's waterways. Eligible participants
farmers install best management practices may be reimbursed up to 75% of
installation (vegetative, structural, or Conservation
Reserve Program
installation cost for cisterns, rain
management systems) by offering a 75%
gardens, vegetation establishment,
reimbursement of an average cost of the
Federal programs designed to address
riparian buffers and more.
BMPs. Some cost shared BMPs include;
various problems on agricultural lands.
Animal Water Systems, Grassed Waterways,
Field Borders, Stream Protection Systems,
& Stream Bank Stabilization.
District Director
Jeff Parker
District
Secretary/Education Coordinator
Jo Ann McCall
NRCS-District Conservationist
Bob Twomey
TRANSYLVANIA
SWCD Days/Hours of
Operation:
Regularly scheduled board
106 East Morgan Street
Monday - Friday meeting
3rd Thursday of the
Suite
138
8:00AM - 4:30 PM
month 5PM 1st floor DSS
Brevard, NC 28712
CLOSED conference room in the
(828)
884-3230
12:00-1:00 for Lunch Community Services Bldg.
Fax: (828)
884-9323
STAFF CAN BE IN THE FIELD, CALLING AHEAD IS ADVISED!
Transylvania
County Soil & Water Conservation District
Annual Report 2010-2011
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