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from left, Craig Ellis, Jerome Thomas, and John Frampton sign a cooperative agreement to improve wildlife habitat on nearly 10,000 acres in Newberry County, South CarolinaA Unique WHIP Partnership
Nearly 10,000 acres of the Indian Creek Wildlife Habitat Restoration Initiative in Newberry County, South Carolina will be enhanced thanks to Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) funding through a partnership between NRCS and other Federal, State, and local partners.

 

NRCS Earth Team volunteers help reestablish a maritime-forest ridge and marshland that protect the coast and provide habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife in southeast LouisianaBuilding a Coastal Maritime Ridge and Marshlands in Louisiana
The NRCS Golden Meadow Plant Materials Center (PMC) is working with the Barataria-Terrebourn National Estuary Program and the Greater Lafourche Port Commission to help reestablish a maritime-forest ridge and marshland that protect the southeast Louisiana coast and provide habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife.

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USDA Announces 2005 CSP Contracts
NRCS will offer 12,700 Conservation Security Program contracts across the nation. These 2005 contracts being offered translate into more than a $1 billion long-term commitment to conservation over the next 10 years. The CSP contracts offered cover about 9 million acres of private land in the 220 watersheds selected for this year’s program.

(from left) NRCS South Carolina State Conservationist Walter W. Douglas, NRCS East Regional Assistant Chief Richard Coombe, CSP participant Lewis Holmes, and Edgefield NRCS District Conservationist Bob Bowie sign an official CSP contract at a July 26 ceremony
 
Richard Coombe, NRCS Regional Assistant Chief, East announced in Edgefield County, South Carolina, that approximately 150 contracts will be offered under the Conservation Security Program (CSP) in South Carolina.  (from left) NRCS South Carolina State Conservationist Walter W. Douglas, NRCS East Regional Assistant Chief Richard Coombe, CSP participant Lewis Holmes, and Edgefield NRCS District Conservationist Bob Bowie sign an official CSP contract at a July 26 ceremony

from left, District of Columbia Soil and Water Conservation District Citizens’ Advisory Council member Robert Hyman, National Association of Conservation Districts CEO Krysta Harden, and NRCS Resource Conservationist/Manager for the District of Columbia Leslie Burkes recently participated at a storm water drain marking event at the U.S. Department of AgricultureD.C. Continues Efforts to Prevent Dumping in Storm Water Drains
NRCS resource conservationist/manager for the District of Columbia Leslie Burks, National Association of Conservation Districts CEO Krysta Harden, and District of Columbia Soil and Water Conservation District Citizens’ Advisory Council Robert Hyman recently participated at a storm water drain marking event at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington D.C.

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soil survey logoRisk Assessment and Exposure Analysis On The Agricultural Landscape
The NRCS National Soil Survey Center (NSSC) joined the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL) and the USDA Risk Management Agency RMA) to develop a "Risk Assessment and Exposure Analysis on the Agricultural Landscape.” The 2002 agreement tasked the National Soil Survey Center (NSSC) to develop the soils component of the project sponsored by RMA.

 

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