HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1985 (07) RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
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WHEREAS, President Reagan's proposed budget for fiscal year
1986 would eliminate the following U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation
Serv pro
1. The Small Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Program like the Glen Hills Watershed.
2. River Basin Surveys such as those conducted for River
Falls and Glenwood City.
3. Resource appraisal and Program Development including
the one being conducted in Pepin County.
4. Inventory and Monitoring. This program was established
by Congress through the Resource Conservation Act to
monitor the nation's resources on a regular basis.
5. Great Plains Program which has done much to prevent the
erosion of range and cultivated land of the Great
Plains.
6. Snow Surveys and Water Forecasting which are so vital
to many western municipalities.
7. Resource Conservation and Development programs.
and
WHEREAS, the budget proposal would reduce the number of Soil
Conservation Service personnel nationally from over 13,000
employees to 5,000 employees; and
WHEREAS, this reduction would affect the three remaining
Soil Conservation Programs which are:
1. Conservation Operations -The program which provides
nearly all the Soil Conservation Service funds for
technical assistance to the county.
2. Soil Survey -This program with cost -share from the
county made it possible to develop the St. Croix Soil
Report on whcih county planning and land use is based.
3. Plant Materials Centers which carry out research in the
development of specialized plants for conservation
purposes.
and
WHEREAS, the proposed budget would eliminate the
Agricultural Conservation Program administered by Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Croix County Board
of Supervisors, meeting in regular session, that the St. Croix
County Board of Supervisors is in opposition to the proposed
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Presidential budget cuts relating to conservation programs and
the Soil Conservation Service.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Board of
Supervisors recognizes: 1) the fragile nature of the soil itself
which supports all life; 2) the effects of flooding to local
people; and 3) the importance of non - polluted surface and ground-
water; and continue our strong support of Soil and Water Conser-
vation programs for the benefit of all present and future
citizens of St. Croix County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk for St. Croix
County is hereby directed to immediately forward certified copies
of this Resolution to President Reagan, United States Sentators
Proxmire and Kasten, Congressman Gunderson, and any other approp-
riate federal agency.
Dated this /c9 11-4.
c day of March, 1985.
LAND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Negative Affirmative
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