Delta Conservation District
Chairman: Klint Atkinson; Vice Chair: Brandon Anderson; Treasurer: Jared Bryan; Supervisors: Troy Davis & Jim Withers; Clerk: Stacey Lake
Delta CD Meeting Agenda
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Location: Millard County Extension Office
Address: 83 Manzanita Ave, Delta, UT 84624
1.Welcome and Introductions
2. Approve current agenda. (action item)
3. Approve meeting minutes for April 2, 2026. (action item)
4. Board Business:
- Tentative Budget for FY2027, discussion.
- Poster Contest: 'Soil, Where It All Begins'
o What grade to participate?
o Winners of the state contest determined in November with the NACD.
- 2026/27 Conservationist of the Year (action item)
- Gopher machine's status: rental and maintenance
- Upcoming Training and Renewals (action item)
o Modules
- Upcoming events or Meetings Supervisors plan to attend - Approval/reports (action item)
o District Strategy Meeting: May 14, 2026, Richfield, UT, 6:00 p.m. (SERA approved)
o June 4th, 2026: Budget Hearing FY2027
o June 4th, 2026: Scope of Work FY2027
o June 4th, 2026: Oath of Office
o July/August: Financial Report & Certificate FY2026
o July/August: Self Evaluation FY2026
o July/August: Fraud Risk Assessment FY2026
o July/August: End of Year Progress FY2026
- Project Ideas & Long-term capital projects (action item)
o Weed Control, Gopher Abatement, bridges, ditches
- Soil Health Workshop (action item)
- Approval of Ardl loans/projects (action item)
5. UDAF Business:
- Tree Program
- LeRay McAllister Working Farm & Ranch Fund: Now - Year-Round
- The LeRay McAllister Working Farm and Ranch Fund supports the preservation of Utah's agricultural lands through conservation easement grants. Eligible applicants include local governments, nonprofit land trusts, tribes, and other eligible entities capable of holding and stewarding perpetual conservation easements.
- Agricultural Voluntary Incentive Program: Now - June 22
o AgVIP is a voluntary, incentive-based program offered by the Utah Soil Health Program to help producers implement nutrient management and soil health practices on their operation. The goal of the program is to help agricultural producers improve soil health, water quality, and the overall resilience of their operation.
- Current information & updates
6. NRCS Business:
- SFP
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP): Deadline May 29, 2026.
o ACEP helps landowners, land trusts, and other entities protect, restore, and enhance wetlands; protect the agricultural viability and related conservation values of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses of that land that negatively affect the agriculture and conservation values; and protect grazing and related conservation values by restoring or conserving eligible land.
Agricultural land easements provide cost-share assistance to eligible entities to acquire easements from qualifying landowners, preserving agricultural use, including grazing, and protecting associated conservation values on eligible land.
o Entities and landowners interested in fiscal year 2026 funding should apply through NRCS at their local USDA Service Center. All applications must be received by May 29, 2026, to be considered in the second round of funding for fiscal year 2026. Funding is provided through a competitive process. NRCS will hold applications received after this date and consider them for subsequent rounds, as funding permits.
- Current information & updates
7. Extension Service Business:
- Progress on the research project placing GPS solar tags on cows that are grazing out towards Indian Peak.
- Attended the drought workshop in Richfield. BLM and Forest Service maintain optimism on numbers for permitees.
- Digital spreadsheet from the meeting that has tools to fill in hay and cattle prices and productivity to help ranchers figure out at what point they may need to cull or cut some numbers based on their profit margins.
- Workshop: Common Garden Pests & Problems: June 2, 2026, at 6:00 pm. At 83 Manzanita Ave, Delta (SERA approved)
- Current information & updates
8. Commissioner:
- Current information & updates
9. Financial:
- Review Financials (action item)
- Make a motion to pay all/any outstanding bills, including: (action item)
o FY26, Qtr 3, SERA payments to Supervisors (approved 03.05.26)
o Chronicle invoice (approved 03.05.26)
o Entity renewal (approved 04.02.26)
- Approve SERA for any other travel/meetings: (action item)
10. Other Business:
11. Delta CD - Volunteer Time (action item)
- Fill out SERA form with any volunteer time from previous month(s) and current meeting information.
12. Adjourn (action item)
- The next CD meeting will be held following the Budget Hearing on June 4, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. -
- If anything needs to be added to the agenda for next time, please contact Stacey at staceylake.cd@gmail.com or (435)979-4356.
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify
Stacey Lake
PO Box 181
Delta, UT 84624
(435)979-4356
staceylake.cd@gmail.com