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  • JVCD Advises of National Streambed and Land Preservation Act

    TOM CAREY JR, Jefferson Valley Conservation District|Feb 25, 2026

    The Jefferson Valley Conservation District (District) would like to advise you of the Natural Streambed and Land Preservation Act (310 Law) regarding the use of the emergency provisions of the law. The law defines an emergency as an unforeseen event, such as normal high water or normal low water due to drought, that does not count as unforeseen if they happen every year. If work is being completed in this fashion every year, it is a predictable event, and it does not constitute an unforeseen event. If emergency action is taken to safeguard...