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Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District

        Every County in New York State has a Soil and Water Conservation District. The State passed enabling legislation for the creation of our agency after Congress, in 1937 established a federal conservation agency to address the nation's problems caused by the "dust bowl".The legislation empowered local soil and water conservation districts to carry out and promote soil and water conservation programs.

        The Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District was formed by County Resolution in April of 1965. We are goverened by a local Board of Directors appointed by the Ulster County Legislature to oversee programs and staff. Ulster's Board consists of representatives from the County Legislature, Farm Bureau, Grange, and At-Large.

            For over forty years the District has maintained it's long standing tradition as an agency of action: responsible for the direct design and implementation of engineering and agronomic practices intended for the improvement of water quality and the preservation of the County's natural resources, in both rural and urban capacity.

        Our Staff

        Gary Capella

        Executive Director

 

        Margarete Wagner

        Program Assistant

 

        Jake Wedemeyer

        District Technician, CCA, CPESC

 

        Adam Doan

        Acting Stream Project Manager

 

        Bobby Taylor

        Acting Streamside Assistance Project Coordinator

 

        USDA NRCS

 

       Kathleen Capella

       District Conservationist                         

  

          

            Board of Directors

 

             Leonard Tantillo

             Chair

 

             Fred Van Nostrand

             Vice Chair/Grange Representative

 

             William Wilklow

             Secretary/Treasurer

 

             Severyn "Joe" Hasbrouck

             At Large

 

              

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--March 14 Funding Workshop- Microloan & Value Added Producer Grants

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- Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) offered by USDA

- Stormwater Permitting Reference Center added to Stormwater Erosion & Sediment Control Page

Updated Tractor Safety Information

- Mobile Grass Pelletizer: Alternative Green Energy

-Wallkill River Watershed Conservation and Management Plan updated with plan and appendices.

-Updated copies of The Contractors Blue Book Erosion and Sediment Control Field Note Books are now available.