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KATIE DENNIS - SOIL CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN

by Barbara Astle

Katie Dennis, was raised in Bonanza, Oregon and graduated from Oregon State University.

Katie began her job experience working for the BLM in Shoshone where she worked out of the Jar Bridge office as a Range Technician. Katie then took a job with the Idaho Department of Lands out of Jerome and worked for 3 years as a Range Resource Specialist. Finally an opportunity came to be a little closer to home so she jumped on the chance to apply and was hired.

Katie has been married for 4 years and she and her husband reside in Bliss, Idaho.

Katie is very excited to work with the landowners her in the Gooding County where she will help in engineering, surveying and many other facets of the job.

CONSERVATION PARTNER

JACK VERBREE

WEST OF WENDELL

The Gooding Soil Conservation District would like to recognize Mr. Jack Verbree's efforts regarding conservation, aeshetics and air quality. We believe that this will enhance and benefit his dairy operation, and the community. We hope that more dairyman take note.

The Gooding SCD along with the Natural Resource Conservation Servicer would like to help in anyway; survey, layout, windbreak and irrigation system design, ordering trees and the purchase of fabric mulch.

Please give us a call at the office anytime the number is 208-934-8481 and just ask about farm and field windbreak, shelterbelts and living snow fence.

The District relies heavily on its partners at the USDA Service Center for technical advice and frequently work together with these agencies to promote conservation ideas or to construct demonstration projects. Examples of this are the wetlands at Thousand Springs built to demonstrate the effectiveness of vegetation to remove phosphates and nitrates from agricultural return flows, allowing cleaner water to flow into the Snake River built with an NRCS design. Another example is the Southern Idaho Bio-Control Program that is under the umbrella of the Wood River Resource Conservation and Development, also located in the USDA Service Center. The Wood River RC&D provides fiscal authority over federal and state funds received to run the SIBC program. Over the many years of these partnerships, many conservation issues have been improved in Gooding County.

NRCS staff includes Steve Thompson-District Conservationist, Eric Moore-Soil Conservationist, Bob Josaitis-Range Conservationist. Ken Hasfurther retired on September 5th after 33 years with NRCS as the civil engineer.

Wood River RC&D - Polly Huggins, Coordinator

Farm Service Agency - Harold Boggs CED, Jill Moore Program Technician, and Sandra Miller Program Technician

All agencies in the USDA Service Center can be reached via telephone at 208-934-8481. An automated answering system will route your calls. Fax is also acceptable at 208-934-4327 and all USDA employees can be emailed at firstname.lastname@id.usda.gov

	Let us know if there are any events or updates you would like to share with fellow members. Gooding Soil Conservation District meetings are held the second Thursday of each month and are open to the public.