What is a SALT project?

The Dallas County SWCD applied for and received a grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources funded by the 1/10th of 1% parks and soils sales tax for the Greasy Creek Watershed. The AgNPS (Agricultural Non-Point Source) SALT (Special Area Land Treatment) project will focus on the land draining into the Greasy Creek. This Project began July 1, 2005 and will end June 30, 2012.

The Greasy Creek Watershed consists of 41,963 acres in Dallas County and 4,264 acres in Webster County. This watershed was chosen because of its diversity in both topography and farming operations. Primary land use within the watershed is pasture, hayland and woodland.

The landowners in this watershed do not have to bear the burden alone. The Greasy Creek SALT Project has cost-share and incentive practices, technical assistance and informational programs to help landowners protect our natural resources.

Purpose and Objectives:

- Improve Water Quality
- Improve Pasture and Animal Health
- Reduce Soil Erosion
- Protect Woodlands
- Effective Nutrient and Waste Management
- Create Wildlife Habitat
- Inform and Educate Landowners
- Provide Cost-Share and Incentives to All Landowners within the SALT Watershed

Cost-Share Summary:

Composting Facilities
Manure Transfer
Nutrient Management
Permanent Vegetative Cover Critical Areas
Permanent Vegetative Cover Enhancement
Permanent Vegetative Cover Establishment
Permanent Vegetative Cover Improvement
Planned Grazing Systems
Riparian Forest Buffer
Spring Development
Waste Management Systems
Waste Utilization
Well Decommissioning
Woodland Protection - Livestock Exclusion
Participation in All Cost-Share is Entirely Voluntary

Some of the Best Management Practices featured in this Project are pictured below:

Pasture Management in Greasy Creek	Waste Management Systems
Stacking Shed	Composting Bins
Spring Development	Rotational Grazing Systems

For more information, call Matt Hale at 417-345-2312, Ext. 105