Opening

Attendance- David Taylor, Zach Dimmich, Aaron Senesac, and Julie Clark from SWCD, Amy Stewart from NRCS, Diane Scheurich from FSA, Grace Adams from RITA program were present. Roger Sparenberg and Ryan Bell from SWCD were absent. David opened the meeting at 8:36 a.m.

Partner Updates

NRCS-Amy Stewart updated the board on ranking deadlines and informed the board of working long hours to meet EQIP and CSP Deadlines of April 17th. She emailed an update of the deadlines and amount of work she has been working on.

FSA- Diane Scheurich updated the board with a handout of deadlines. She also has been in contact with the landlord of the building about the flagpole and a few other things with the building maintenance items. Diane is still having to report attendance every day for capacity of the building guidelines. David asked about seeding a strip that is in a program since it is after April 1st. She clarified he can do that since he has seeding dates and approval to be in that area after the start of the nesting period, for him to be in compliance with the contract.

New Business

Warren County 4-H Fair- Big Tent- After the board discussed the commercial tent at the Warren County 4-H Fair, Zach motioned to approve setting up in the tent for a 10x20 size booth at $350 for the week and purchasing various promotional items for the fair such as stickers, ink pens, tote bags, rain gauges, yard sticks, and notebooks. Aaron seconded the motion, motion carried.

New flags- The board discussed ordering new survey flags since the supply is depleted of what was from years past. Julie inquired with Blackburn Flags from the previous order to gain a price of $470.11 for three boxes of 1000 flags each. Zach made a motion to approve the purchase as well as to raise our price to $15 a bundle from $12. Aaron seconded the motion, motion carried.

Mapping Solutions 2027 Plat Books- Julie informed the board of contact with Mapping Solutions for a new plat book for 2027 along with wall maps. The price would stay the same at $18 for our portion of the plat book, and $55 for the wall maps. Aaron made a motion to move forward with the production of the 2027 Plat books with purchasing 150 and 8 Wall maps, Zach seconded the motion, motion carried.

River Friendly Farmer Award- The decision of RRF is tabled to allow time to review potential candidates.

Friend of Conservation Award- The decision of FoC is tabled to allow time to review potential candidates.

Conservation Farmer of the Year for 2026- Aaron made a motion to select Tony and Lyn Martin for Conservation Farmers of the Year Award in Warren County, Zach seconded the motion, motion carried.

Arbor Day and Trees/4-H Youth Livestock Event- Julie will get the correct times needed for this event and report back to the board. It currently stands the trees will be the subject to talk to the students with each group and the trees will go back to the schools for teachers to hand out as the kids get on the bus to go home. Julie has contacted the principals of the grade schools and they are all in consensus of this.

Letter- David informed the board about a letter Julie received from her doctor concerning her allergy sensitivity to perfumes and air fresheners that are being sprayed in the office and how it affects her health. After some discussion and a phone call to Nathan Stoelting, it has been recommended David, chairman, should send the doctor’s note and the letter from the Warren County SWCD Board to the Area Conservationist and District Conservationist for NRCS as well as the County Executive Director for FSA for USDA Northwest Region and the Williamsport Service Center. Aaron made a motion to send the letters via email from David, Zach seconded the motion, motion carried.

Old Business

New printer- Aaron helped to get the printer to the NRCS side of the office after delivery to the FSA side. Julie managed to get the printer operating and connected to the Wi-Fi with technical support and repairs from Hewlitt Packard. The printer needed a new scanner to be installed for the original one was not operational, and the printer did not have Wi-Fi capabilities without an external device for the printer.

Monitor for conference room- More research needs to be obtained before a new monitor can be purchased for the conference room.

Dates-for the year (subject to change)

• April 1- Spring Fish Sale Starting

• April 11- Grace’s Weed Wrangle at Big Pine Creek Park

• April 13 – 14 CDP Training in Plainfield

• April 14- Big Pine Creek Watershed Meeting 1-3 pm

• April 16- Water Meeting at Beck’s 1-4 pm

• April 20- Pick up trees from Jasper-Pulaski

• April 21- Water Sampling BSW

• April 22- Package trees for 3rd graders

• April 24- Arbor Day-Trees handed out/Warren Co. 4-H Youth Livestock for 3rd Graders at Fair Grounds

• April 30- Creek Survey for Big Pine Creek

• May 1- Fish Orders are due

• May 7- Fish delivery

• May 13- Warren Co. SWCD Board Meeting

• May 13-Geology Tour with Big Pine Creek Watershed

After review of dates, the meeting was called to be dismissed at 10:24 a.m.