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Partners

Fremont SWCD works with many different non-profit organizations and state and federal agencies on a daily basis. These partners help local landowners with everything from cost-share programs to purchasing land for public use. Following is a list of groups that the District works with and an explanation of Fremont SWCD's relationship with that organization.

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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS): 
This  agency has employees in every Service Center.  Brian Gross, District Conservationist, and Marvin Freed, Conservation Specialist, are NRCS Employees.  The NRCS is also responsible for funding many of the big programs that the Service Center offers, including WRP, EWP, EQIP, WHIP, GRP.  See a detailed explanation of these programs on the program page.
                                           · Brian Gross - District Conservationist
                                           · (712) 374-2014, fax: 374-2563
                                           ·
http://www.ia.nrcs.usda.gov/


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Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship-Division of Soil  Conservation and Water Quality (IDALS-DSCWQ):
Providing both staff and program dollars to the conservation effort.   Located in the Sidney Service Center are Conservation Assistant, Tammy Grebert and Soil  Conservation Technician Kevin Brannen, both employees of the DSCWQ.  The DSCWQ  distributes cost-share money for terrace systems through the Iowa Financial Incentives Program (FIP) and wildlife with Resources Enhancement and Protection 
Program (REAP).
                                            · (712)374-2014, fax: 374-2563
                                            
http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/soilConservation.asp
                                            · IDALS Financial and Reports Management System:
FARMS
 

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Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR):
The  DNR has long been a partner with the Soil and Water Conservation District,  providing advice and financial assistance for the District and landowners.  The  DNR has also been working with the District and the NRCS to purchase some of the  floodplain easements within the county to expand their Riverton Wildlife  Area.
                                            · Matt Dollison, DNR Biologist 
                                            · (712) 374-3133, fax: 374-2563
                                            ·
http://www.iowadnr.com/


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US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE):   
The  Army Corps of Engineers has long been an agency in this area.  In the 1920's,  the ACOE straightened the lower reaches of the Nishnabotna River, then conducted  the stabilization of the Missouri River in the 1930's and 1940's.  Compare the  Missouri River at Bartlett, Iowa, in 1938 (top) and in the 1990's (bottom) on  the right.  The federal levee system was then created on the
Missouri River  after the flood of 1952.

Now,  the Corps of Engineers, is looking to the future in a whole new way.  The ACOE  is looking for willing sellers along the Missouri River for mitigation projects,  including some of the wetland and floodplain easements that the NRCS already has  within Fremont County.  They are conducting large restorations, creating sandbar  habitat and back-water areas for wildlife
habitat, as well as maintaining a  navigable waterway for barge traffic.
         · For Mitigation questions, contact Jerry Smith, Reality Specialist
         · (402) 221-4319, fax: 221-3025
         ·
Omaha District Homepage
         · Mitigation Homepage


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US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS):
The  Fish and Wildlife Service offers advice and financial assistance to landowners  who are interested in improving wildlife habitat on their land, especially when  the land is not eligible for USDA programs.  Located at Desoto Bend National  Wildlife Refuge, Refuge Operations Specialist Steve Van Riper is in charge of  cost-share funding for Fremont County and much of southwestern Iowa.  Steve is a  very good source of information for wildlife issues, especially  waterfowl/wetland habitat.
                                                · Steve Van Riper
                                                · (712) 642-4121
                                                ·
http://www.fws.gov/


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USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA): 
The  sister agency of the NRCS, the FSA works hand-in-hand with NRCS on programs like  the Conservation Reserve Program.  We have an entire page dedicated to the
Fremont County Farm Service Agency; look  for additional information there.


Loess Hills Alliance
Loess  Hills Alliance has been a partner with Fremont SWCD for the past several years  providing financial assistance for hiring district employees. Loess Hills  Alliance also provides cost share programs to the landowners in the Loess  Hills.

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Conservation Districts of Iowa (CDI) and  National Association of Conservation
Districts
(NACD):  
These two organizations help give SWCDs in Iowa and across the country more of a  voice in government.  These private organizations lobby for conservation dollars  that will be spent by the federal and state governments in districts  nationwide.



Local DrainageDistricts: 
Some  of the local drainage districts within Fremont County have partnered with  Fremont County SWCD and the NRCS to control flooding, and as a side benefit have  helped improve wildlife habitat within the Districts boundaries.  Missouri  Valley Drainage District, which includes much of the Missouri River Valley in  Fremont County, actually paid for the construction of miles of levees to control  flooding near the town of Hamburg.  They also work with the landowners to  improve wildlife habitat in ways that do not affect surrounding  landowners.

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Fremont County Board of Supervisors: 

The  local board of supervisors has worked with Fremont SWCD on
a parcel of land that  is to be developed as an outdoor learning center through
the Two Rivers  Project.  The Supervisors held the land and bid out the contract
to remove the  buildings from the site, then transferred the land to Fremont
County Soil and  Water.

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Fremont County Extension Office:
Offering up-to-date information to landowners
and farmers, Iowa State Extension  can provide information on everything from
pesticide and herbicide rates to tree  farms and nurseries.  The Fremont County
Extension Office has sponsored the  Fremont County Fair and the Conservation
Expo, both of which Fremont County SWCD  actively participates in.
           
              · (712) 374-2351
              ·
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/


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Iowa Pheasants Forever (PF):  
Pheasants Forever has been a big partner the last few years with many districts  throughout the state.  They have supplied SWCDs with dollars to hire district  employees and purchase equipment.  Since 1999, the state chapter has donated a  cash match of at least $6,000 to Fremont SWCD.  They also donate seed to local  landowners when they plant grass mixes that are beneficial to pheasant and other  wildlife.
                                                ·
http://www.pheasantsforever.org/


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Ducks Unlimited (DU):  
Ducks Unlimited sponsors local landowners with technical assistance.  They also  have a cost-share program that gives landowners funds to do non-program  funded projects.  The Regional Ducks Unlimited has sponsored a NAWCA grant for  the Missouri River Area in Iowa and Nebraska, as well as sponsoring projects  with the Iowa DNR.
            ·
http://www.ducks.org/


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