Schuyler SWCD

AGRICULTURAL FUNDING 
For Best Management Practices
Total Agricultural Project Funding: $26,272,299

1. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: 6 Farms – Rotational Grazing
$74,000 Total Project Cost

2. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: 5 Farms – Lined Waterways, Diversions, Access Roads
$146,000.00 Total Project Cost

3. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funding: 10 Farms – Low volume pesticide applicators, weather stations for Integrated Pest Management
$155,000.00 Total Project Cost

4. Ag Nonpoint Funding (Schuyler): 8 Farms – Cover Crop, Composting Facility
$161,000.00 Total Project Cost

5. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Chemung) 1 Farm – Silage Leachate, Manure Storage
$444,200.00 Total Project Cost

6. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Yates and Schuyler) 27 farms – Mulching/Cover Crop/Pesticide Spill Containment
$428,220.00 Total Project Cost

7. Ag Nonpoint Funding (Yates, Schuyler) 7 Farms – Diversions, Access Roads, Waterways
$407,120.00 Total Project Cost

8. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Seneca, Schuyler, Chemung): 25 farms – Rotational Grazing
$279,046.00 Total Project Cost

9. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Yates, Schuyler): 8 Farms – Manure Storage/Barnyard water Management System/Pesticide Spill Containment/Diversion/Pasture Management
$619,560.00 Total Project Cost

10. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Yates, Seneca, Cayuga, Steuben, Tompkins, Onondaga, Jefferson, Chemung, Schuyler) (Great Lakes funding Some not in Seneca Lake Watershed): 49 Farms – Rotational Grazing
$647,870.00 Total Project Funding

11. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Schuyler) 2 Farms – Manure Storages/Closure/Transfer Repair
$768,440.00 Total Project Funding

12. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Yates, Schuyler) 21 Farms – Mulching/Cover Crops
$129,200 Total Project Funding

13. Ag Nonpoint Funding: (Schuyler, Chemung, Steuben) 3 Farms – Manure Storage/Barnyard Water Management
$910,925.00 Total Project Funding


14. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Schuyler, Yates, Seneca, Chemung) 14 Farms – Waste Storage, Diversions, Covered Barnyards, Pesticide Spill Containments. $830,065 Total Project Funding

15. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Schuyler) 2 Farms – Waste Storage
$800,300 Total Project Funds

16. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Schuyler, Chemung) 4 Farms– Covered Barnyards, Waste Storage, Petroleum Spill Containment
$1,103,700.00
 
17. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Chemung) 5 Farms – Covered Barnyard, Waste Storage, Pasture Management
$654,950 Total Project Funds
 
18. Agriculture Environmental Management (Schuyler) 30 Farms – Comprehensive Planning
$85,000 Total Project Cost
 
19. Agriculture Environmental Management (Chemung) 15 Farms – Comprehensive Planning
$50,000 Total Project Cost
 
20. Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Program (Schuyler) 13 Farms – Economic/Environmental Enhancement
$1,000,000 Total Project Cost
 
21. Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Program (Chemung) 6 Farms – Economic/Environmental Enhancement
$500,000 Total Project Cost
 
22. Soil Health (Schuyler, Chemung) 20 Farms – No-Till, Cover- Crop, Education
$50,000 Total Project Cost
 
23. Upper Susquehanna Natural Infrastructure Project (Schuyler, Chemung) 6 Farms – Rotational Grazing, Fencing, Watering Systems, Riparian Buffer, Access Control
$105, 780 Total Project Cost
 
24. Upper Susquehanna Coalition West Grazing Management (Schuyler, Chemung, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Alleghany) 100 Farms – Grazing Education, Assistance and Follow Up.
$50,000 Total Project Cost

25. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Chemung, Schuyler) 2 Farms- $307,100

26. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Yates, Schuyler, Seneca) 10 Farms- $637,150

27. Ag. Nonpoint Funding: (Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca) 3 Farms- $674,815

28. CRF (Schuyler and Chemung Counties) – 10 farms. Cover Cropping Inter-seeder. $379,960 Total Project Cost

29. CRF ( Schuyler) – 1 farm. Manure Storage Cover and Flare. $1,275,700 Total Project Cost.

30. CRF (Schuyler) – 3 Farms. Diversion, Retention Ponds, Access Road, Rotational Grazing, Riparian Buffers. $231,600 Total Project Cost.

31. Great Lakes Initiative – 8 Farms. Cover Crops. $44,000 Total Project Cost.
32. Upper Susquehanna Coalition (Schuyler, Chemung) 25 farms. Cover Crops. $250,000 Total Project Cost.

33. Ag. Nonpoint Funding (Schuyler) – 2 farms. Silage Leachate Collection, Waste Storage, Riparian Buffers. $566,190 total project cost.

34. Ag. Nonpoint Funding (Chemung) – 1 farm. Silage Leachate Collection, Riparian Buffers. $283,732.50 total project cost.

35. Ag. Nonpoint Funding (Chemung, Schuyler) – 2 farms. Waste Storage, Riparian Buffers. $1,028,100 total project cost.

36. Ag. Nonpoint Funding (Schuyler) – 2 farms. Waste Storage, Riparian Buffers. $513,100.00 total project cost.

38. Ag. Nonpoint Funding (Schuyler) – 2 farms. Waste Storage, Riparian Buffers. $955,100.00 total project cost.

39. Ag. Nonpoint Funding (Schuyler) – 2 farms. Ag. Chemical Mixing Facilities, Diversion, Riparian Buffers. $192,545.00 total project cost.

40. Ag. Nonpoint Funding (Schuyler, Chemung) – 3 farms. Ag. Chemical Mixing Facilities, Composting Facility, Rotational Grazing, Riparian Buffers. $313,700.00 total project cost.

41. Ag. Nonpoint Funding (Schuyler) –1 farm. Access Road, Alternative Watering System, Retention Pond, Riparian Buffers. $91,350 total project cost.

42. Ag. Nonpoint Funding (Chemung) – 1 farm Access Road, Covered Barnyard, Crossing, Riparian Buffer. $450,000 Total Project Cost.
16. Seneca Lake Pure Waters – 8 Farms. Cover Crops. $20,000 Total Project Cost.

43. AEM Implementation (Schuyler and Chemung) – 6 farms. Composting facility, retention ponds, rotational grazing, irrigation riparian buffers. $400,000 total project cost.

44. EBM (Schuyler) – 1 Farm Irrigation water management. $11,000 total project cost.

45. AEM (Schuyler) 45 farms. Conservation Planning. $450,000 total project cost.
 
Total Agricultural Project Funding: $26,272,299 for 770 Farms

Non-Ag Funding 
Total Non Ag Project Funding $11,344,632

1. Schuyler County Streams Program
Total Project Funding $20,000

2. FL-LOWPA
Total Project Funding $44,000

3. National Fish and Wildlife Streams Grant with Finger Lakes RC&D
Total Project Funding $299,000

4. Chemung River Ditch Stabilization
Total Project Funding $299,532

5. Lamoka Waneta Lake Watersheds Ditch Stabilization
Total Project Funding $222,000

6. WQCC Annual Reporting
Total Project Funding $9,500

7. Snowmobile Trail Maintenance
Total Project Funding $40,000

8. National Forest Service Stream Stabilization/Riparian Buffer Grant
Total Project Funding $150,000

9. FL-LOWPA - Municipal Assistance, Critical Area Seeding, Stream Stabilization, Wildlife Education, Natural Resource Education and outreach
Total Project Funding $56,000

10. FL-LOWPA - Municipal Assistance, Critical Area Seeding, Stream Stabilization, Wildlife Education, Natural Resource Education and outreach. 
Total Project Funding $80,000

​11. WQIP Cayuta Lake Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Project – Stream Stabilization, Road Ditch Stabilization, Wetland Retention
Total Project Funding $373,900
 
12. WQIP Schuyler and Chemung Counties  Multiple Barrier Approach to  Flood Damage Repair and Prevention – Stream Stabilization, Wetland Basins, Retention Ponds
Total Project Funding $584,550
 
13. WQIP Schuyler &  Chemung Counties Road Ditch Stabil. Flood Damage Repair and Prevention Imp. and Training – Road Ditch Stabilization
Total Project Funding $420,550
 
14. WQIP Multiple Barrier Approach Phase II Project – Stream Stabilization, Road Ditch Stabilization, Retention Pond
Total Project Funding $650,000
 
15. WQIP Schuyler and Chemung Counties Catharine Creek & Seneca Lake Sediment & Nutrient Reduction Project – Stream Stabilization
Total Project Funding $260,000
 
16. Upper Susquehanna Wetland Assistance – Wetland Education and Outreach
Total Project Funding $10,000
 
17. National Forest/National Fish and Wildlife Project – Fish Passage
Total Project Funding $483,000
 
18. Trout Unlimited/ National Fish and Wildlife Project – Fish Passage
Total Project Funding $363,000
 
19. NYS EPF Flood Attenuation Project – Culvert Replacement
Total Project Funding $250,000
 
20. NYS EPF Stream Stabilization Projects – Yates County
Total Project Funding $300,000
 
21. NYS Ag & Mkts Part B Projects – Stream Stabilization
Total Project Funding $6,000
 
22. NYS AG & Mkts Part C Projects – Stream Stabilization
Total Project Funding $90,000
 
23. WQIP Schuyler County Stormwater Implementation and Demonstration – Flexi Pave, Rain Garden
Total Project Funding $32,000
 
24. Ducks Unlimited Project – Mitigation Wetland
Total Project Funding $250,000
 
25. FL-LOWPA- Municipal Assistance, Critical Area Seeding, Stream Stabilization, Pesticide handling facility, alternative watering facility, Natural Resource Education and Outreach
Total Project Funding $88,000

26. WQIP Multiple Barrier Approach Phase III Project- Stream Stabilization, Road Ditch Stabilization, Retention Pond
Total Project Funding $650,000

27. WQIP Cayuga Lake TMDL Project- Fish Passage, stream stabilization
Total Project Funding $400,000

28. WQIP Schuyler and Chemung County Road Ditch Stabilization.
Total Project Funding $410,187.50
 
29. WQIP Schuyler Multi Barrier Phase IV.  Stream Stabilization, Culvert Upsizing, Retention Ponds, Road Ditch Stabilization
Total Project Funding $650,000.00
 
30. WQIP Chemung County Hydro-seeding.
Total Project Funding $130,000.00
 
31. WQIP Cayuga Lake Multi Barrier. Stream Stabilization, Culvert Upsizing, Retention Ponds, Road Ditch Stabilization
Total Project Funding $484,225.00
 
32. WQIP Schuyler and Chemung County Road Ditch Stabilization.
Total Project Funding $410,187.50
 
33. NYS Ag & Mkts Part C Projects – Salt Storages, Stream Stabilization, Culvert Upsizing, Retention Ponds, Road Ditch Stabilization
Total Project Funding $850,000.00
 
34. NYS Ag & Mkts Part B Projects – Retention Ponds, Stream Stabilization.
Total Project Funding $64,000.00
 
35. Seneca Lake Pure Waters – Hydro-seeding
Total Project Funding $10,000.00
 
36. FL-LOWPA Project Funding – Culvert Upsizing, Retention Ponds, Stream Stabilization, Road Ditch Stabilization.
Total Project Funding $1,020,000.00
 
37. Bridge NY Funding – Box Culvert Implementation.
Total Project Funding $550,000.00
 
38. Schuyler County Stream Program Funding – Stream stabilization
Total Project Funding $335,000.00


Total Non Ag Project Funding $11,344,632

Awards

2014- NYS SWCD Director Award
2011- Media Award & Merit Award
2010- Media Award & Division IV Merit Award
2009- Districts in the News Award & NYS CDEA Merit Award
2008- Empire Chapter Soil and Water Cons. Society Merit Award & NYS SWCD Director Award
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Glenn Larison, (Past SWCD Board Representative) was awarded the 2014 NYS SWCD Director of the Year Award
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Glenn Larison, (Legislative Board Representative) recieving the 2011 Silver Award Conservation Districts in the News Award for the district.
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Elaine Dalrymple, (District Field Technician) recieving the 2010 Division IV Merit Award.
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John Wickham, (USC Grazing Specialist) receiving the 2009 Division IV Merit Award.
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Anthony Specchio, (SWCD Board of Directors Chairperson) was awarded the 2008 NYS SWCD Director of the Year Award