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July 5, 2012

High Plains RC&D to meet July 26

Gary Engel Woodward News

Woodward, Okla. — The public is invited to attend the High Plains Resource Conservation and Development District's (HPRC&D) annual meeting and banquet on July 26.

The meeting and banquet will be held at the Woodward Convention Center, 3401 Centennial Drive.  The meeting will start at 3:30 p.m., with the banquet to follow at 6 p.m.  There's no charge to attend either event.

During the board meeting, RC&D Chair Coleta Bratten said, "A review of the recent Legislative session will be conducted."

As part of this review, attendees will hear about programs to aid conservation and improve the economy in the High Plains RC&D area that originated in the legislature, Bratten said.

The High Plains RC&D serves Woodward, Beaver, Cimarron, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Texas and Woods counties.

Bratten said the meeting will also include discussion about the various conservation and economic development projects the nonprofit organization is involved with, said Chair Coleta Bratten.

"At the meeting, we will highlight projects we've conducted and hope to announce new ones," Bratten said.

"In the past year, we worked on getting grants for small businesses," she said. "Among them, we helped the Vici Grocery in Dewey County expand, and with getting a walk-in freezer for the Walnut Creek Farms store in Woods County."

For the future, High Plains RC&D plans to continue efforts to obtain grants for businesses, as well as stay involved with conservation matters, as its name alludes to, Bratten said.

"One of the projects we're working on is obtaining lab equipment for testing various cedar products and oils," she said. "Right now, that has to be done in Canada."

The cedar project is part of efforts to evaluate the marketability of various products that could be made from the prolific red cedar found across Northwest Oklahoma.



FUNDED NOW THROUGH DONATIONS

Bratten notes that over the last 10 years, High Plains RC&D has brought more than $150 million in grants and other funding into the area.

But the source of funding for the agencies own continued operations has changed, she said.

"Until 2011, we were funded by the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service," Bratten said. "With federal budget cuts, that support has ceased. But today, HPRCD continues its work to enhance life for those who live and work in Northwest Oklahoma."

It is now taking tax deductible donations and memberships "from those who believe in continuing to improve (the area)," she said.

For more information about High Plains RC&D, how you can donate, or to register to attend the annual meeting and banquet, call the RC&D office at (580) 735-4222 or Bratten at (580) 922-1248.

Reservations for the meeting and banquet are due by noon July 23, with reservations also accepted by e-mail at hprcd@pldi.net.

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