Double El Conservation District
Conserving Natural Resources
Double El Conservation District has chosen Ted & Nancy Reeves of Simla, Colorado as Outstanding Ranching Conservationist of the Year for 2014. They were chosen for their dedication and work towards improving the land resources on their operation, which is in the Upper Arkansas Watershed and consists of 1,930 acres of range-land and 113.7 acres Conservation Reserve Program. […]
Double El CD received $12,000 in Matching Grants for 2014 to provide assistance to landowners for range-land health conservation practices. Double El donated an additional $1,328 from their own funds to the grant funds to provide more cost share assistance. Six landowners received approval for cost share assistance on range-land. Projects Funded: 4 solar pumping […]
Double El Conservation District received $10,000 Matching Grants for windbreak/living snow fence cost share assistance. Double El CD provided an additional $5,333 funds to assist more landowners and projects. Projects Funded: 10,193 ft of windbreaks were installed by 11 landowners 12,429 ft of living snow fences with Elbert/ El Paso counties and six landowners Total […]
Double El Conservation District honored the following Living Snow Fence Partners for their efforts in 2014: Curtis & Rebecca Stanko: CR 46 for 2,000 ft Justin Jackson; Harrisville Rd for 2,250 ft. Ruth Davis Family: W Ramah Rd for 500 ft Linda & Doug Glidden: Harrisville Rd for 1,250 ft Mary Stockdell: W. Ramah Rd […]
Double El & Agate Conservation Districts completed 7 Living Snow Fence (LSF) projects in partnerships with El Paso County and Elbert County and matching Grant funding. This marks seventeen years of partnership with El Paso County and five years of partnership with Elbert County. Elbert County – 3 Projects: County Rd 58 (T Cross Ranch) […]
Winners of the 6th Grade Conservation Poster Contest “Dig Deeper” theme received awards at the Double El CD Annual Meeting, Oct. 27th: Big Sandy: 1st – Hailie Dyrcz 2nd -Natalie Rivera 3rd – Halle Lutz Calhan: 1st – Hailey Reynolds 2nd – Ryin Carlon Frontier Charter Academy: 1st – Donika Meyers 2nd – Natalie Hlatki 3rd – […]
Morgan Helton, a graduate of Calhan High School received the 25th annual Double El Conservation District (CD) scholarship for $500 with a renewable option of $1000. She graduated with a 4.064 GPA and was involved in numerous activities during her high school career including volleyball, basketball, and track, National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of […]
El Paso County and Elbert County partnered with Double El and Agate Conservation Districts again for the 2013 Living Snow Fence program. This marks sixteen years of partnership with El Paso County and fourth year of partnership with Elbert County. Elbert County- 1 Project Resolis Rd (Lasater Ranch) 300 Rocky Mt Junipers, 2,400 feet of […]
Double El CD Matching Grants program provided $25,000 grant funds for cost share reimbursement to landowners to address resource issues and provide needed maintenance on Pl566 dams to address public safety concerns and reduce downstream flood hazards. Twenty-one requests were received, resulting in $43,869 cost share assistance on total project costs of $86,126 Thirteen conservation projects […]
