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<br />" <br /> <br />GRANT APPLICATION - PART 2 <br /> <br />1. Provide a summary description of your proposed project. Be <br />sure to provide a description of; the need for your project, <br />how you would implement your project, and the participants in <br />your project. <br /> <br />The Bayfield School District has apprOXimately 12 acres of <br />land upon which they have built a school, some roads, and a. <br />parking area, leaving approximately 8 acres of land on which they <br />wish to put a soccer field. a ball field which will be irrigated, <br />and an outdoor lab and xeriscape landscaping which will be drip <br />irrigated. The school grounds will be used as a community <br />facility and experience heavy use. The school district wishes to <br />manage the land to meet the needs of the community, while also <br />demonstrating the benefits and alternatives available wIth proper <br />irrigation and xeriscape landscaping. <br /> <br />The school has avai labi lity of irrigation water sufficient to <br />meet their irrigation needs on this land if proper irrigation and <br />conservation measures are implemented. The school wishes to use <br />timers and soi I sensors on the above ground irrigation system for V <br />the bal I field and soccer field and a drip irrigation system for <br />the landscape plantings and outdoor lab plantings. The school <br />administration feels the need to be a leader in the community <br />regarding the education of the students and community members <br />with respect to water conservation. <br /> <br />Participants in this project include the Bayfield School <br />District, the Bayfield Elementary School Beautification <br />Committee. and the residents of Bayfield and surrounding <br />area who will use the facilities. <br /> <br />Xeriscaping - Bayfield Elementary School <br /> <br />Why Xeriscape? <br /> <br />Xeriscaping is rapidly increasing. To answer the question, "Why <br />Xeriscape?", perhaps one should first ask "Why plant conventional. <br />turf and flower garden areas?". Why fight undesirable weeds in <br />areas that are not in turf? <br /> <br />Large areas of uniformly dark green and well manicured lawns <br />quickly lose their appeal when their true costs are evaluated: <br /> <br />1. High irrigation water requirements. <br /> <br />2. Very large labor inputs for ferti I izing, mowing, herbicide <br />appl ication, mowing, disposal of lawn clippings, and more mowing. <br /> <br />3. High initial expense for sprinkler system and then high <br />maintenance costs, both in terms of dollars and labor. <br /> <br />1 <br />