FCD Bulletin - January 2025
Supplemental Cost-Share Funds: Call for Project Proposals
Fremont Conservation District is offering a one-time 20:80 cost-share opportunity for up to $5,000 to implement conservation projects or educational events in 2025 and 2026. (NOTE: this is serparate from our regular District Cost-Share). The application window closes February 5th, so please click HERE to find out more about this limited time opportunity and submit a proposal!
Resolution to Hold an Election
At the January meeting of the Fremont Conservation District, the Board passed a resolution to hold an election for Board Supervisors on May 6th, 2025. Two Board seats, currently held by Bart Adams and Trevor Aronson, will be up for election. The Fremont Conservation District Board of Supervisors has designated Daniel Morse as the Election Official. More information about the election will be provided in the February newsletter and in local newspapers. Please contact our District office with any questions regarding the 2025 election.
Registration now Open for UACWMA Annual Conference
The Upper Arkansas Cooperative Weed Management Area has worked for the past two decades to implement coordinated noxious weed management in Chaffee, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Lake, Las Animas, Park, Pueblo, and Teller counties. This collaborative effort includes weed inventory mapping, targeted weed management, and education.
As part of our ongoing collaborative effort, the Upper Arkansas Cooperative Weed Management Area will be hosting our annual conference on Thursday February 11th, 2025, at the Pueblo Convention Center from 8am to 4pm. Registered attendees will enjoy refreshments, lunch, materials, and continuing education credits for pesticide applicators. Anyone with weed management responsibilities should consider attending, including weed board members, advisors and managers; county commissioners, representatives of town or city governments; state and federal land managers; road department managers; conservation district board members, and interested private landowners.
Individual registrations are $60. Sponsorship registrations are $200. Please follow the link below to pay with card: SAVE THE DATE!! Upper Arkansas Cooperative Weed Management Area Annual Meeting - Fremont Conservation District, OR make check payable to "Fremont Conservation District” 248 Dozier Ave, Canon City, CO 81212.
Please contact the Fremont Conservation District office with any questions.
Upcoming Events
- Fremont Conservation District Monthly Meeting. Wednesday February 5th, 6:00 p.m. USDA Service Center. 248 Dozier Ave. Canon City, CO.
- Supplemental Cost-Share Proposal Deadline. Wednesday February 5th.
- UACWMA Annual Meeting. Tuesday February 11th, 8am-4pm. Pueblo Convention Center.
- President's Day. Monday February 17th. District office will be closed.
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