Programs

This cost share is designed to help tax payers establish windbreaks on their properties for conservation purposes.

This is designed for land that has recently expired from the CRP program. This cost share encourages landowners to keep their land in grass and utilize it for grazing. This cost share supports land improvements that allow the landowner to graze this property.

This cost share supports the drilling and installation of a livestock well that is used to water livestock that are grazing a 140-acre piece of land.

This cost share helps ranchers upgrade their existing livestock well system to a system that functions in a more efficient way.

This cost share is intended to fence livestock out of riparian areas to help support improved water quality and reduce soil erosion. (A riparian area is an area along a river, stream or other moving body of water.)

The goal of the small acreage irrigation cost share is to provide irrigation improvements to smaller landowners, maximum of 20 acres.

Domestic water, livestock water and irrigation water – Available to private WGCD landowners only.

Test the nutrients in your soil. Available for private WGCD landowners only.

Encourages landowners to try new conservation methods on their property.

The purpose of this grant is to help groups within our District obtain conservation grade trees, shrubs, and perennial plants at a minimal cost. These trees, shrubs and perennial plants will be taken from the overflow plants from our yearly seedling tree sale, you may accept or pass on available items.

WGCD offers seed drilling to small acreage landowners, 15 acres or less. This cost share is provided to landowners at an inexpensive price to get grass established on their property. We use a 5 ½ ft. wide no-till drill and a smaller tractor. This program is intended to plant native pasture grasses to reduce soil erosion.

The West Greeley Conservation District partners with the Colorado State Forest Service to provide conservation seedling trees to local landowners at a nominal cost. We do this to encourage the establishment of conservation tree plantings such as Windbreaks, Living Snow Fences, Erosion Control, Wildlife Habitat, Visual Screens or Noise Barriers.

• School educational programs in water, soils, wildlife, and other natural resource educational programs.
• Tree planting efforts across the county.
• Reseeding of native grasses in open spaces throughout the metro areas of Weld County to stabilize the soil and help provide recreational opportunities and habitats for wildlife.
• Sponsorship of an economical tree sale program for those with approximately 1 or more acres of land with the realization that trees add value to property, help control home heating and cooling, provide soil and wind stabilization, as well as provide attraction of wildlife and increase the quality of homeowners lives.
• Representation on state and local efforts for air and water quality initiatives.
• We offer scholarships to local students whose parents are members within the district, and are interested in studying the sciences, agriculture, environmental pursuits, or other natural resource oriented studies.

• We provide classroom lesson plan support for natural resource issues ranging from water, air, wildlife, soils, and energy.
• Provide technical support and input to Weld County Planning and Zoning.
• Summer educational opportunities are also afforded to local residents in such programs as landscape design for water efficiency, wind energy and solar opportunity education, reclamation of land disturbed by local energy development.
• Mitigation of soil loss situations due to blowing or eroding soil.
• Technical support for enforcement agencies dealing with blowing soil or water issues.
• Work directly in ensuring the local economic base of agriculture is secured for the future.

• Supporting conservation planning that promotes local, agronomic and economic sustainability through wise land use;
• Providing innovative outreach and education to citizens and stakeholders;
• Researching, recording, and disseminating information about WGCD’s natural resources;
• Promoting a comprehensive conservation ethic for the effective and appropriate management and sustainable use of natural resources;
• Actively participating in local forums designed to promote comprehensive resource management within the WGCD.
• Partnering and Collaborating with other groups and organizations.
• Implementing on the ground conservation projects.