Section 650.310  Reporting Progress of Applied Conservation Measures to the Department

Accurate accountings of applied conservation measures will be recorded by the district for the purpose of measuring the progress being made in applying erosion and sediment control to the land. Progress shall be reported annually to the Department of Agriculture, Division of Natural Resources, State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Illinois 62706 in conjunction with a district's fiscal year budget. A reporting form will be provided by the Division of Natural Resources. The following information shall be reported.

a)         Number of operating units,

b)         Number of municipalities in the district,

c)         Number of municipal officials contacted,

d)         Number of cooperators and acres participating in the program,

e)         Number of individual agricultural-related contacts,

f)         Number of group meetings, tours and approximate attendance,

g)         Number of news releases and other informational bulletins issued,

h)         Number of 22.02a natural resource inventories prepared pursuant to Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 5, par. 127.2a

i)          Number of acres of land benefitted by application of conservation practices,

j)          Number of acres of land adequately protected or treated,

k)         Number of acres of land inadequately protected or treated, and

l)          Number of contacts made in high priority areas as designated by the annual plan of work.