The Small Project Cost Share offers 50% reimbursement and up to $3,000 to landowners implementing projects that improve natural resource conditions. An example would be a project to convert from an earthen ditch to a pipeline. If it costs $4,000 to do this project, including equipment, labor, and materials, the landowner would receive $2,000 from the program. The other $2,000 could be landowner cash or contributed by the landowner as "in-kind", meaning that the landowner could use their own backhoe to dig the trench or they could put the pipeline together themselves and count their hours. Important things to remember are that the projects must be designed and installed to meet Natural Resources Conservation Service specifications and that no project costs can be incurred until a cost share agreement has been approved by the KCCD Board of Supervisors and the landowner has been issued a "notice to proceed".
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Buried pipeline project funded by the Small Project Cost Share Program
The Fire Protection Cost Share Program provides cost share to landowners working to reduce fuels and fire danger on their property. This program doesn't have a specific reimbursement or cost-share rate, however landowners who provide part of the project cost are more likely to be funded. In the past, projects have received between $1,200 and $10,000 in funding from the program.
Landowners trim trees along access roads to reduce fire danger
In conjunction with the Fire Protection Cost Share Program, we have a consulting forester who assists with fire protection assessments. Thembi Borras accompanies our staff (usually Suzanne) to properties, conducts an assessment and provides recommendations to the landowners.
Thembi Borras inspecting a stand of pine trees.
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