Agricultural Water Use

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Are you irrigating enough? Too much?

Use this guide developed by the Natural Resource Conservation Service to help you estimate your soil moisture content before, after, and in-between waterings.

Resources for Dealing with Drought in Agriculture

1) Oregon Disaster Assistance Payments (ODAP): starting mid-April farmers who suffered losses in 2021 due to the drought can apply for loan forigveness. Farmers need to demonstrate farm losses in 2021 compared to 3-year average income. Learn more here.

Implementing "Cut-off" Flood Irrigation

With appropriate scheduling and water application, flood irrigation can be as efficient as most other irrigation methods. Read the PDF available below to learn how you might be able to implement the "…

Website Accesibilty Policy Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District

Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations

Call us at (541) 423-6159

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found. In our ongoing commitment to transparency, we make the last three months' reports available to the public.

August 2021 Website Accessibility Compliance Report

July 2021 Website Accessibility Compliance Report

June 2021 Website Accessibility Compliance Report

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (541) 423-6159.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.