MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County will be getting a boost in funding from New York State to help implement agricultural best management practices in the French Creek and Chautauqua Lake watersheds. Recently, Governor Andrew Cuomo awarded Chautauqua County Soil & Water Conservation District over $898,000. Of that money, nearly $600,000 will be used to control sediment and nutrients from entering the Chautauqua Lake watershed from agricultural practices.
County Executive Greg Edwards says that since 2006, the district3 has been successful in obtaining approximately $1.4 million in Federal, State and Local funds in an effort to reduce non-point source pollution problems and protecting water quality in Chautauqua Lake.
Edwards added that the money is used for various watershed projects, including stream and lake shore erosion stabilization, road ditch stabilization, best management practices on farms including nutrient management, manure pits, barnyard projects along with pasture and tillage practices to reduce erosion and prevent nutrients from reaching the lake.
The Chautauqua County Soil & Water Conservation District is a member of the Chautauqua Lake Management Commission, and provides expertise for meeting the county’s natural resource needs by working with farmers, homeowners, contractors or communities, on voluntary, incentive based conservation programs.
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