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Upping Our Game Enhancing Commission and District Communications

The Game Plan  Increase communications between districts and Conservation Commission  Increase public awareness of districts and Commission  Boost communications with social media  Improve website usability, design, and content  Preserve our shared conservation history

OCC-District Communications Tell us about it! Farm fests, natural resource days, new equipment, crop circles.

Increase Public Awareness

Featuring…you! Cost Share Governor Activates Emergency Drought Co mmi ssion to Quench Dry Counties In an executive order Governor Mary Fallin declared Jackson Tillman Greer Harmon and Texas counties to be in a state of extreme-to-exceptional drought The declaration activates the Emergency Drought Commission and makes the above mentioned counties eligible to receive aid from the Emergency Drought Relief Fund established in 2012 by the legislature

Cos t Share Governor Activates Emergency Drought Co mmi ssion to Quench Dry Counti es In an executive or de r Governor Mary Fallin declar ed Jackson Tillman Gr ee r Harmon. and Texas counties to be in a state o f extreme-to-exceptional drought The declaration activates the Emergency Drought Commission and makes t he above mentioned counties eligible to receive aid from the Emergency Drought Reli ef Fund est ablished in 2012 by the legislature News Ki ds get W ater Wi se at Grove Valley W ater Festival Hosted by Oklahoma County Conservation District Dewey Coun ty Conservation District Hosts Legi slative Tour of Conservation P ro jects

Dewey County Legislative Tour Get the Get the attention of attention Legislators of media Get the attention of No-till is great, customers honest! and cooperators

Natural Resource Days

~comentsm Ecologue 810 Calendar Events Education How To Tutorials Manuals Agriculture Members Links Pi es Videos 1 11 1 I ll Categories EcoLogu Agriculture Ill view: fiL I s umm ary Composting (6} Earth Friend y !46) Posted on .hty 9, 2013 at 3:45 Pl\ 1 , Energy Efficiency f7) Local Foods­ Local Producers (12) Pollution (13) Recyc.liog 121) Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose (11) Waste Stream (8) Water (20) I am a big fan of finding some peace and quiet , that is one of the reasons why I love my garden. I go into Welcome to the CleYeland Co . the earden to calm m nerves relieve m stress, find some inner eace

~ ~6fi ~ ughes County Conservation District #24 419 E Highwa, H aldem · .ofle OK - .$848 405 3'9-::ro phor.e ""0 ­ ­ ~g -o -) •. _ ax ., J}~ h u.g r.t;ud@, t:o1~.:en:auon. ok.gov In This l.s..'>uc: Home HCCD Hosts County Land Judging Contest Neetings Personnel The Hughes County Conservation Distnct (HCCD) hosted the county Land Judg i ng contest at the Fair on Saturday, August 24, 2013. The DIStr ict lnvrt ed all area schools to Rentals & C ustom participate, however only three schools wrth a total of 5 ceams partiopated in thiS year's Service event. T he seventeen students who partiopated were from Holdenville, Moss and Vvetumka schools. Watershed O&M HCCD ''orked closely •Nith the rJatural Resources Conservation Serv1ce (tl RCS) and the Education Hughes County OSU Extension office to provide the students with soil texrure types and booklets for a land judging school wh1ch was taught by Oklahoma Agriculture Teachers Hall of calendar of Events F ame W1nner Gerald Roberts. fl.1r. Roberts was Inducted into the Hall of F ame on August 2nd Links of thts year. 1"1r. Roberts taught Vo - Ag to many generations of Holdenville h1 gh school HCCO Activi ties - students. The students learned how to 1 dentJfy the different textures of Oklahoma so1ls and Photos ho•N to determine land features such as: slope, erosion, permeability, runoff and recommended land creatments. Informa ti on and The 1 Ninn ers of the H ughes County Land Judging contest are as folla .. ·~s. 1st pl a ce- Awards Wetumka = 2 Nith 636 p01nts - team members: Brrtton P utman, Garrett \Nillrams, T aylor P ack and Gab1e Mo a yedl. 2n d place - vVetumka =3 •Nith 602 p01nts- Team members: B rody Haynes, Tristan Smith, r~1elisa Allen and Stetson V /dkerson. 3rd Place - Moss =1 •Nrth 463 p01nts- Team members: Kalhe Crawford, Patan CroweU and Cody f•lcCoy. st o n- 1 1 I r • r,..... r 1 • r h 1 " 1 1 ~ \ •

Kay County Conservation District 5501 N Pleasant Vie\\r Ave Newkrrk OK 7 46~ 7 ( 580 )362 -2 438 Ema rl kayccd@conservatron ok gov

Oklahoma Coun Conservation District Our dtstnct admlmsters the State of Oklahoma Conservation Cost-Share State Cost-Share Program Program 1n Oklahoma County The State makes cost-share funds avatlable to conservatton d1stncts to help landowners Implement cost-share pratlces that protect our soil and water resources Approved conservation practices may Include brush control eroston control grass plantmg ponds waterways water wells. and terraces Applicants for the conservation cost-share program must be a d1stnct cooperator With a conservatton plan PartiCipants must certify that they own or operate at least 20 acres of land from whtch more than $1 000 of soil-dependent prOducts are sold annually The maximum cost-share payment that can be made to any participant from these funds 1s $5 . 000 The maxtmum cost-share rate available 1s 75% Local cost-share rates are established by the Board or Directors at the start of each program year and may vary depending on the amount of state funds recetved Please contact the d1stnct office for further Information regarding the cost- share program available funds and stgn-up periOds Our district cooperates w1th the USDA Natural Resources conservation servtce (NRCS) The NRCS provtdes free techmcal asststance to landowners for the Installation of conservation pracltces All programs and serv1ces of the Oklahoma county Conservation Dtstnct are offered on a nondiscnmtnatory basts wtthout regard to race color, nat10na1 ongtn rehgton age gender mantal status or phystcal 1mpa1rment See ptctures of best management practiCes Natural Resources Conservation Service Programs NRCS provides conservation technical assistance and 1nformat1on to tndtVIdUals . commumttes tnbal governments local agenc1es. and many others The local NRCS Field omce partners wtth our district state agenctes and w1th volunteers Financial assistance 1s proVIded by NRCS through a number of government programs NRCS programs available in Oklahoma County Include

Social Media Listen up, whippersnapper, I don’t need all this newfangled internet hoopla.

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•••'*"t"'"ll -·r-•n..,.,...,,., _,,,, ..... ..,.,.. , ... chine~ ~ ch~. ~ ~ th:o. Cleveland Co. Conservation Distrid • YES ... WE'RE Oc:tobe OPEN Happy t>londay! It IS ttme for our last 55 GaRon Ran Barrel Drum Grve Awayl F rom 9 am today unt 10 pm ton1ght, srnply come to our FB page , e :he page, fnd the ongnal post and leave a corrrnent, then share the post. You rrost be able to piCk up the barreln Uorman . Check back on our FB page tomorrow, October Bth to see rf you have won!!! Good Luck! L i1c e COfl'll'l'lti1t Sh&re 6 K;;rr; Syers Shc:o k, RebKc:a Perot- -r.pp and 2 oth;:rs ·e this. Cleveland Co. Con5ervation District shared For ,ro &r<S Foods OKC's status • • ...,.. tober l II' Eat 1n g out? Eat at one of the many locally ownded restaurants and deb's 1n Cleveland Co. that us e local producel Doesn't thiS sound Yummyl SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2013 Lisa Sooley, He.a .Jchr:~r .. .Z:r. _r MeA :ster ~ ­op Cor:li'MMs • 9 others ths. Regular soups today are creamy tomato bas d and vegg1e Scott C.vner :f l , • ..,.,, : M hop.ng that f.l.chMl w'l tum The speciCII soup IS Hunganan rroshroom. ntc an RlD2 barre a."t l • Octob­ 7 7 •:!3arn via mOb Remember, an produce tS organiC and / or local and eggs are Jenny Cordill Davidson \VOL;\d love to vnn 7hinks for the free-range and local. B ut most of ant the lunches are """"'--'--""'- .. ...___