SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Senator Rachel May (D-Onondaga, Madison, Oneida) is proud to announce Round 27 of Agriculture and Market’s Agricultural Nonpoint Source Abatement and Control Program which will award more than $1.7 million in funding to the Soil and Water Conservation Districts in the 53rd Senate District.
Onondaga County:
- $128,462 for the Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District to work with two farms in the Oneida Lake Watershed:
- Implement a Silage Leachate Runoff Control and Treatment System to collect leachate
- Implement 252 acres of Prescribed Rotation Grazing, which will provide significant reductions in nutrient and sediment loss
- Eliminate unrestricted livestock access from a nearby stream
Madison County:
- $1,041,600 for the Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District to work with three farms in the Susquehanna River Watershed:
- Implement two Waste Storage and Transfer Systems, a Livestock Heavy-Use Area Runoff Management System, and a Silage Leachate Runoff Treatment and Collection System
- Target a watershed with a Total Maximum Daily Load
- Improve manure management to allow for the application of nutrients during environmentally suitable conditions
- Reduce the potential risk of surface and groundwater contamination
- $474,858 for the Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District to work with two farms in the Upper Unadilla River Watershed: a sub-watershed of the Susquehanna River:
- Address a high priority watershed identified in the NYS DEC Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan
- Reduce nutrient loading into a tributary of the Unadilla River
- Improve manure management, allowing the farm to utilize nutrients more efficiently
- $76,290 for the Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District to work with six farms in several sub-watersheds of the Susquehanna River:
- Support the implementation of over 900 acres of cover crops on high-risk fields
- Reduce nitrogen leaching and soil erosion from fields with highly vulnerable soil types
–The Office of State Senator Rachel May