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Text Box: 2011 Accomplishments
State Cost-share Funding
6-farmstead/fieldwindbreaks  $9,403
2 NATIVE BUFFER Contract $965
NRCS EQIP Funding
8 New EQIP Contracts
2011 EQIP payments  over $225,000
FSA Program Highlights
15,768 acres under contract in Chippewa County
6,003 Acres Wetland Restoration with buffers
4,461 Acres Grass Filter Strips with Riparian Buffers
2,305 Acres Grass Habitat
1,929 Acres Rare and Declining Habitat
543 Acres SAFE program
499 Acres Field Windbreak/Shelterbelts/Living Snowfence
29 Acres General Trees
Local Water Plan Cost-share Funding
10-field/farmstead windbreak establishments   $13,119
2011 Outreach Highlights
Poster Contest Winners: Thein, VanderPol, Schwitters, Roskens
250- 5th grade students attend Conservation Field Days
Local Churches receive Soil Stewardship Materials for Observance of Soil Stewardship Week 
Participated in the “Little People’s Garden at Kinder Kare” and “Big Peoples Garden at Kids Korner”
Between 30-40 women attend the Women’s Field Conservation Event

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