Range Improvement Cost Share Program

• Agriculture producers with operations in Lander County utilizing private land; owned or leased.

• Cash grants up to $500. Lander County Conservation District (LCCD) will refund up to 50% not to exceed $500 per project for contract labor and/or materials for installation of new range or pasture division fences, boundary fences, water developments and associated structures, and seeding projects.
• Projects that do not qualify include: corrals, chutes, buildings, roads or trails.

• May 1, 2004 through April 30, 2005, or until the allocated funds are exhausted.
• Application processed first come-first served with a limit of one application per ranch or farm unit through September 1, 2004. Thereafter funds for projects which qualify will be awarded in the order the application was received until the allocated funds are exhausted.
• Payment will be made immediately upon submission of receipts and the Report of Project Completion verifying the project was built or installed to specified standards. (Report of Project Completion found on application).

• Project must be built or installed on lands within Lander County, Nevada.

• Projects built or installed on private lands must comply with the standards for that type of project set by NRCS (Natural Resource Conservation Service).

• Complete the application for a cost share grant. Applications can be picked up at 815 North 2nd Street, Battle Mountain, Nevada.
• Return grant applications to the Lander County Conservation District, 815 North 2nd Street, Battle Mountain, NV 89820.
• Final decision as to whether any specific project qualifies for this program rests exclusively with the LCCD Board of Supervisors.
• Report of Project Completion is supplied on the application and must be submitted prior to payment.
  • Application and Report of Project Completion must be signed by applicant and attached with receipts for contract labor and/or materials.

• Contact Barb Richardson, LCCD District Clerk or Mike Mitchel, LCCD Chairman at (775) 635-5565, or e-mail us.