Drought Assistance Opportunities

JSWCD staff are available to work with you on strategies for adapting your residential or agricultural property to address drought. Contact our agricultural resource conservationist or community water resource conservationist to learn more.

OTHER ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES

Farm Service Agency-Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP):

Provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish affected by adverse weather events, including drought, and disease. Learn more about the program and eligibility specifics in the fact sheet below.

ELAP Factsheet

This video demonstrates USDA FSA's new ELAP Feed Transportation Producer Tool used to calculate estimated payments for ELAP-eligible producers impacted by increased feed transportation costs due to drought.

ELAP Feed Transportation Tool Estimator

This program is only available after a drought declaration for a given year. However, you can always connect with your local Farm Service Agency representative in advance: Angela Powell, angela.powell@usda.gov.

Farm Service agency Livestock Forage Disaster Program

Provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock that also produce forage and suffered forage losses due to drought or were not able to graze on federal lands due to fire. Learn more about the program and eligibility specifics in the fact sheet below.

livestock_forage_program_lfp-fact_sheet.pdf

Website Accessibility Policy

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.

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.