Urban Cost Share Approved Watersheds:
Briar Creek
Irwin Creek
Little Sugar Creek
McAlpine/ McMullen Creek
Urban Cost Share Program Information:
Applications are reviewed quarterly. Application Deadlines are: January 1, April 1, and July 1, 2008.
An Urban Conservationist Technician will visit the site and discuss water quality issues with applicants.
Applications will be discussed and possibly approved at a board meeting in: January, April, and July 2008.
Once an approved applicant receives their conservation plan and contract signed by the Board, the applicant may begin implementing the conservation plan.
We will reimburse participants 75% of the cost, up to $3,000, associated with installing approved best management practices according to the conservation plan once the practice is in working order or completed. It is the participant's responsibility to keep the practice for a minimum of five years.
Apply Now to the UCSP!!!
Mail, Fax, or E-mail us your application!
Best Management Practices Offered:
Compost Bins: A bin designed to hold yard waste while it transforms into a soil enrichment product.
Critical Area Planting: Establishing permanent vegetation on sites that have steep slopes with high erosion rates, and on sites that have physical, chemical, or biological conditions that prevent the establishment of vegetation with normal practices.
Grassed Waterway (Swale): A natural or constructed channel that is shaped or graded to required dimensions and established in suitable vegetation for the stable conveyance of runoff.
Invasive Plant Removal: The process of eradication exotic invasive plants. For this program, the effected area has to be on a steam.
Nutrient Management: Managing the amount, source, placement, form and timing of the application of nutrients and soil amendments.
Pet Waste Receptacles: Receptacles and supplies to better manage pet waste, usually in public areas.
Rain Barrel: A specialized container to catch and store rainwater from downspouts. Get information about our next Rain Barrel Sale!
Cistern: Above or below-ground storage tanks for rainwater harvesting systems used to store collected rainwater. Fill out your monthly cistern reporting form!!!
Rain Garden: A landscaped area that collects storm water runoff.
Riparian Buffers: An area dominated by trees and/or shrubs located adjacent to and up-gradient from water courses or water bodies.
Tree/shrub Establishment: Establishing woody plants by planting seedlings, potted, or burlap specimens.
