Last Updated 08/12/02

CONTRACT SUMMARY

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Date filled out: July 25, 2002

A) Contract Information Please use complete phrases/sentences. Fields will expand as necessary as you type.
1. Contract Number: 00-147-253-0
2. Project Title: Erosion Control and Nutrient Management in the Pajaro and Salinas Valleys
3. Project Purpose – Problem: (problem being addressed)
Enhance Water Quality: Erosion and Sedumentation, nitrates, and persistent pesticieds absorbed to soils from historical use.
4. Project Goals:
a.  Short-term Goals:
Short-term goals include direct implementation of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Agriculture and Rural Lands
Action Plan. This goal will be achived by providing direct technical assistance to growers and landowners interested in
exploring and implementing conservation practices; Providing direct support for and technical assitsance to established and
emerging Farm Bureau led watershed working groups within Monterey County; Completing an inventory of the conservtion
practices implementedthrougout the project area; Developing and sustaining a technical advisory committee coordinate efforts
and guide project priorities; Organizing and particpating in technical trainings/ workshops to address irrigation water
management, nutrient management, cover cropping, critical area planting; Organizing and participating in “train-the-trainers”
workshops to ensure the information developed and distributed to landusers and the recommendations made relating to
consevation practice implementation are consistent, up-to-date and accurate; Initiating and providing follow-up visits to
workshop and training participants to gauge the effectiveness of those events and to provide assitance and recommendations
on the topics presented; and finally, a technical tool-kit describing conservation practices will be developed and distributed
to growers, landowners, and technical staff throughout the region.
b.  Long-term Goals:
Long-term goals include improving water quality through education and direct technical assistance to reduce off-farm transport
of sediment and pesticides absorbed to soil particles, reduce off-site transport of nitrates to surface and ground water and
improve irrigation and nutrient management to reduce runoff and sea water intrusion. The long-term success of this project
will be achieved by encourgaing voluntary implementation of conservation practices throughout the Salinas and Pajaro River
watersheds.
5. Project Location: (lat/longs, watershed, etc.) Salinas River Watershed, Pajaro River Watershed(Lat/longs: N/A)
a. Physical Size of Project: (miles, acres, sq. ft., etc.)
4,150 square miles / b. Counties included in the project:
Monterey
c. Legislative Districts: (Assembly and Senate)
Assembly District 27 & 28, Senate District 15
6. Which SWRCB program is funding this contract? Please put an "X" by the one that applies.
___ Prop 13 __X_ EPA 319(h) ___ Other
B) Contract Contact: Refers to contract project director.
Name: Emily Hanson / Job Title: Executive Director
Organization: RCD of Monterey County / Webpage Address: N/A
Address: 744 LaGuardia Street, Building A, Salinas, CA 93905
Phone: 831-424-1036 x124 / Fax number: 831-424-7289
Email:
C. Contract Time Frame: Refers to the implementation period of the contract.
From: February 1, 2001 / To: December 31, 2003
D) Project Partner Information: Name all agencies/groups involved with project. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Monterey County Farm Bureau, University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE), Communioty Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), Monterey County Water Resources Agency(MCWRA), Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District (SCCRCD), Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Water Quality Protection Program (MBNMS-WQPP).

E) Nutrient and Sediment Load Reduction Projection (if applicable): N/A

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