IDAHO SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION COMMISSION
FY 2019 CUSTOMER SURVEY

Please help us serve you better by completing this short survey!

Each district should formally respond as a board and provide input to the Commission on the hard copy form presented by their assigned Commission field staff member. Individual board members, staff, partners, and others are invited to provide feedback below.

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* 1. Conservation District Name

Conservation District

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* 2. About Me: please choose the group with which you most closely identify in responding to this survey:

District Supervisor

District Employee

Conservation Partner

Other (please specify)

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* 3. The Idaho Soil & Water Conservation Commission (Commission) connects districts: it provides opportunities to share information about district activities (via listening sessions, partner reports at Commission meetings, attending tours and visiting districts, compiling annual reports, conducting trainings, and making monthly field staff presentations at district meetings).

Strongly Agree

Somewhat Agree

Neutral

Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree

N/A

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* 4. The Commission informs districts: its newsletter, Conservation the Idaho Way, is informative and features stories that are interesting to districts.

Strongly Agree

Somewhat Agree

Neutral

Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree

N/A

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* 5. The Commission includes districts: invites districts to serve on advisory and work groups, to comment on new policies and/or processes, and to provide opinions and input on key decisions that impact us.

Strongly Agree

Somewhat Agree

Neutral

Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree

N/A

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* 6. The Commission has the appropriate number of field staff to provide districts with technical assistance and capacity building support as well as to operate other state-mandated programs like TMDL implementation plan development, CREP, etc.

Strongly Agree

Somewhat Agree

Neutral

Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree

N/A

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* 7. Overall, we are satisfied with the services and support provided by SWCC.

Strongly Agree

Somewhat Agree

Neutral

Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree

N/A

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* 8. Rank the following district needs according to what you believe SWCC should focus on in the next budget request we submit to the Governor's Office. Please rank in order of importance with "1" being most important and "8" being least.

Last year districts prioritized these needs as follows:

District operations support

District outreach and education efforts

The Water Quality for Agriculture cost-share program

The Conservation Improvement Grant program

Rangeland health issues

Healthy forests/wildfire mitigation

Fish & wildlife habitat conservation

Rural/Urban interface issues

Additional funds for healthy forest/wildfire mitigation and planning. A funding program that will enable districts to assess fire recovery needs, develop a recovery plan, and mitigate damages to private and municipal lands impacted by wildfire.

Re-fund the Water Quality Program for Agriculture (WQPA), a currently unfunded cost-share program that provides financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, conservation districts and other agricultural interests to reduce agricultural nonpoint source water pollution.

Additional funds for fish and wildlife mitigation projects. A funding program which would enable conservation districts to address endangered and threatened species.

Additional funds for district outreach and education efforts.

Additional funds for rangeland health. A funding program which would enable conservation districts to work with federal, state and
local governments to address rangeland health issues.

Re-fund the old Conservation Improvement Grants (CIG) program, a currently unfunded grant program administered by SWCC which provides match funds to a maximum of $10,000 per project for conservation improvements and projects.

Additional funds for general district operations.

Additional funds for rural/urban interface projects. A funding program which would enable conservation districts to work with federal, state and local governments to address issues impacting areas that are both urban and rural.

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* 9. Please provide any additional feedback about the Commission's performance and/or suggestions for future years in the space below. If you run out of space, feel free to submit additional feedback to SWCC via email.