The ND Legislature may appropriate state funds each session to help defray costs of the local soil conservation districts for conservation activities. These funds are used to cover salaries of SCD employees who plan and design local soil conservation projects. The SSCC allocates the funds to the districts based on the data each district inputs on the ranking report in DART. NDSU Extension notifies each district of their funding allocation and reimburses them for salary expenditures each quarter after receiving their quarterly DART report.

The District Activity Reporting Tool (DART) has been developed with the input and support of the North Dakota Conservation District Employee Association (NDCDEA) to have a uniform statewide reporting tool. DART includes a set of assigned tasks that, when completed, will facilitate the collection of financial data for the purpose of ranking, planning, and quarterly reporting that will standardize in total how the Soil Conservation District Assistance Program funds were used statewide.

• Login to DART
• DART Instruction Manual
• DART Training Video