Author: Chadwick Conway
Planning Unit: Knott County CES
Major Program: Water and Soil Quality and Conservation
Plan of Work: Ag Production & Natural Resources
Outcome: Initial Outcome
The catastrophic flood of late July left the Knott County Agriculture Agent scrambling to find much-needed resources for his community. One area of need was the demand for grass seed for the increase in multiple slides, silt filled yards,pastures, and stream bank erosion. The grass seed was needed to suppress soil erosion and creek bank stabilization increased. Therefore, the agent reached out to the local soil conservation board of directors to see if they could assist with this need. The Knott County Soil Conservation Board approved to purchase of enough grass seed to supply 300 families with assistance.
The Cooperative Extension Service assisted with handling and distributing the grass seed. Also, they provided each family with educational information on growing grass and offers free soil testing. Two drive-thru event was held at the Knott County Cooperative Extension Service Office one in the Fall and and 2nd in the early spring, with over 400 – 10 pound bags of grass seed for bare soil distributed to these households. Our community was very much in need of these drive-thru event to help control soil erosion on bare ground and stabilize soil.
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