JCSD1 Board to Consider MOU for Kaycee Orchard

At the school board meeting Monday night in Kaycee, the Johnson County School District Board of Trustees will consider a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the school district and the Powder River Conservation District (PRCD) concerning the proposed Kaycee Community Orchard.

The project, if approved, will be housed on school district property just south of and adjacent to Kaycee School, and will be similar to the one built on school district property in Buffalo.

According to information in the meeting agenda, the proposed project, will be constructed over the next four years and will become a valuable food source, providing fresh produce for the Kaycee community.

The PRCD Project Plan calls for the planting of one Canada Red Cherry Tree, one Goodland Apple Tree and two McIntosh Apple trees this year, year one of the project.

In the second and third years of the project, the PRCD plans to plant four to five trees each year with yet-to-be determined varieties like apricot, peach, pear, cherry, plum, apple and nut trees.

The board will discuss the proposal at their meeting Monday night at the Kaycee School, beginning at 6 p.m.