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National Association of RC&D Councils Announces: Circle of Diamonds for Panoramaland RC&D
Press Release – Circle of Diamonds May 4, 2012
April 3, 2012
Contact: Andrew Gordon, Executive Director, NARC&DC
The National Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils Announces Award to Panoramaland RC&D Council
The National Association of Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Councils is pleased to announce that Panoramaland RC&D Council of Richfield, Utah has been reauthorized as a member of the national RC&D Circle of Diamonds.
As a standing member of the Circle of Diamonds, Panoramaland RC&D Council continually demonstrates its positive impact on the quality of life within its local area and its accountability to the community it serves through its organizational structure, the processes it uses, and the outcomes it attains.
In earning reauthorization of its Circle of Diamonds membership, the RC&D Council promises to continue to maintain the specific benchmarks set forth in the program guidelines. This mark of excellence shows its honesty, integrity, and strong commitment to the RC&D mission.
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The NARC&DC represents America’s Resource Conservation and Development Councils, non-profitorganizations that work to protect natural resources and develop rural economies. RC&D Councils are grassroots organizations comprised of community members and local government representatives.
They deliver resource conservation and community development assistance throughout rural America, including soil and water quality projects, job creation programs, and renewable energy assistance.
NATIONAL RC&D WEEK - September 25- October 1, 2011
This year’s celebration of the Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) program commemorates the 50th anniversary its founding by the U S Congress. This program helps rural communities protect and develop economic, natural and social resources. Seven RC&D councils were established in the state of Utah as federally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. The Natural Resource and Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture was designated as the federal agency responsible for providing oversight of the program, providing a coordinator for each council whose board members serve in a volunteer capacity.
The 2011 federal budget changed that arrangement, withdrawing funding for the coordinators effective the end of April. RC&D councils throughout the nation have been adapting to the change. The Color Country RC&D Council, serving the Five-County area inSouthwest Utah, joined forces with the Panoramaland RC&D Council serving the Six-County area in the South-Central area of the state.
These councils are working together to implement the Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Credits Exchange Program (UPDHCEP), a major program addressing the problems associated with the Utah Prairie Dog, a species listed as threatened by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This program has the full support of the various federal, state and local governments involved as well as the participating private landowners, and once implemented, will assist in the delisting of the Utah Prairie Dog as a threatened species.
Each council continues work on many of the programs they have been pursuing, such as Panoramaland’s recycle project, development of a bio-fuel program using oil-bearing crops, support for the Cooperative Weed Management Areas and Color County’s rural community support including Food Bank, Senior Citizens, Suicide Prevention and Law Enforcement.
Both councils are exploring new partnership opportunities and look forward to hearing of new programs that would benefit our local areas. While no longer supported by the NRCS, their missions remain the same and they will continue to serve as stand-alone non-profit organizations, serving the communities of the central and southwestern part of our state.
© Panoramaland RC&D
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Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Credits Exchange Announced for Iron County
KCSG by Erica Wightman (Cedar City, UT) – The Panoramaland Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D) announced Monday the development of a Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Credits Exchange Program (UPDHCEP) and the establishment of a Utah prairie dog … New program will help Utah prairie dogs, land owners Prairie dogs Utah takes market approach to protect prairie dogs |
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Advancing vs. prairie dogs
St. George Daily Spectrum The Iron County Commission discussed the development of the Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Credit Exchange program during their meeting Monday. Photos by Kina Wilde / Daily News / Kina Wilde / Daily News By Josh Huntsman PAROWAN – Members of the Iron County … New program will help Utah prairie dogs, land owners Officials unveil Utah "credit" program, take market approach to protecting … |
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Remembering 2011 in Iron County
St. George Daily Spectrum -A growing number of residents are working with and offering criticism toward the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as they work to remove Utah prairie dog protection from the Endangered Species Act. -Though unemployment is at its lowest level since … |
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GOP lawmakers target Endangered Species Act
Boston Herald As an example, Suckling said, the Utah prairie dog went on the list in 1973, with an expected recovery time of 67 years, and its population already has grown from 3000 to 11000. "What we should be asking is: Are we preventing extinction? … |
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GOP lawmakers target Endangered Species Act
MiamiHerald.com As an example, Suckling said, the Utah prairie dog went on the list in 1973, with an expected recovery time of 67 years, and its population already has grown from 3000 to 11000. "What we should be asking is: Are we preventing extinction? … |
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How we can all find beauty in a broken world
Scholars and Rogues “The issues circling the Utah prairie dog are the same issues shaping politics and culture in the American West. How do we view progress?” Williams asks. She watches the prairie dog colony closely and documents the literal moment-by-moment movement of … |
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Utah Prairie Dogs at the Center of Endangered Species Battle
KUER PARAGONAH, UT (kuer) – The Utah Prairie Dog is listed as a threatened species under federal law, but if you ask some people in Iron County, it's not nearly threatened enough. They'd like to see the animals disappear, especially from the airport in … |
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Salazar releases 'roadmap' for solar energy in Utah
KSL-TV The National Park Service expressed concern about the Milford Flats zone potentially impacting 12 percent of the Utah prairie dog's habitat, and wildlife agencies want assurance that any projects also avoid nesting habitat of the greater sage grouse. … |
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Salazar releases 'roadmap' for solar energy zones in 6 states, including Utah
Deseret News The National Park Service expressed concern about the Milford Flats zone potentially impacting 12 percent of the Utah prairie dog's habitat, and wildlife agencies want assurance that any projects also avoid nesting habitat of the greater sage grouse. … |
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UPDRIP seeks standard for prairie dog barriers
St. George Daily Spectrum CEDAR CITY -The technical committee of the Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Implementation Program is designing standards for fencing meant to keep the rodents out of private land. UPDRIP Coordinator Elissa Black said that the standard is "long overdue. … |