Benefits to Agriculture. The cooperative societies have played an important role in popularizing improved seeds, good cattle breeds, fertilizers, implements and pesticides. The cooperatives provided a whole package of credit, input supplies and services and have thus significantly contributed in the modernization of agriculture and increase of agricultural production in the country.
Benefits to Agriculture. The property in question is in current use by a lessee who pastures cattle. Project partners have been in contact with the lessee and will take design considerations into account to keep this land in productive use. Many of the buildings on the property are a liability risk and by demolishing them and restoring their footprint to pasture lands we will be adding productivity to the property. We will also be reducing risk to livestock and the need to transport livestock in the emergency of a flood event. Protecting lives and reducing public risk: As detailed above, and in Figures 1 and 2 below, South Prairie Creek floods regularly due in large part to the conditions described above regarding the disruption of natural processes. This flooding results in risk to life and livestock, property damage, and high maintenance costs for local and state governments on adjacent transportation routes. Water quality impairment to be addressed: South Prairie Creek has a Fecal Coliform Bacteria and Temperature water cleanup plan, or TMDL, approved by the EPA. Restoration activities began in 2006 but as of this writing both fecal coliform and temperature are outside of state standards. Though not identified as a source, the demolition of buildings, particularly the manure lagoon and restoration of that area into pasture, along with the floodplain reconnection project and associated riparian restoration, resulting in greater shade, slower moving water, and deeper pools, will lead to improvements in both water quality and temperature. Creating jobs and promoting economic stimulus: The economic and jobs benefits derived from a project similar to this proposed project has resulted in prevailing wage jobs for local contractors, businesses, and their families for a 7-month period between April and October 2020. Some of the A multi-benefit, long-term solution to the problem: Through acquisition, demolition, design, and implementation of this floodplain reconnection project, we will be providing both short term and long term benefits of economic stimulus, flood risk reduction, maintenance cost reduction, salmon habitat restoration, water quality improvement, and helping keep agriculture as a vital and productive component of the watershed. Any other pertinent information.
