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Lazarus
Creek and Del Clark Dedication
The recent Lazarus Creek dedication marked the completion of the Lazarus Creek
flood control and Del Clark projects. For the NRCS Minnesota State office and
area office in Marshall, Minnesota, the project dedication meant the
culmination of a lot of hard work over the last several years to make these
projects become reality.
Festival
Park Restoration of Coastal Marsh and Maritime Forest
The NRCS Plant Materials Center in Cape May, New Jersey, helped restore 1,500
feet of coastal marsh and maritime forest along Festival Park's eroding
shoreline. Not only was this Wilmington, North Carolina area marsh an
important habitat for oysters, fish, sea grass, and wildlife but it also
supported commercial fisheries.
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USDA
Signs Agreement with Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control,
Inc.
USDA has signed an agreement with CPESC that will allow farmers and ranchers who
need technical assistance with soil erosion and sediment control and storm water
quality to obtain that assistance from certified technical service providers (TSPs)
or third-party vendors. NRCS Chief Bruce Knight and CPESC Executive Director
David Ward signed a three-year memorandum of understanding during the Soil and
Water Conservation Society’s annual conference. CPESC’s experts will be able to
help private landowners plan, design and implement conservation practices such
as buffers, conservation tillage, vegetative land stabilization and channel and
stream stabilization.
Gary
Mast Named Special Assistant to the Chief
Former President of the National Association of Conservation Districts
Gary Mast recently joined NRCS as a Special Assistant to Chief Knight. Gary will
be involved in program delivery liaison work with conservation districts and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will also assisting the Chief in other
capacities as well. Gary is no stranger to NRCS having worked in conservation
since 1980; he is familiar with the agency’s people, programs, and policies.
National
Geospatial Development Center Established
The result of a collaborative effort between NRCS and West Virginia University (WVU),
the newly created National Geospatial Development Center (NGDC), located in
Clark Hall on WVU’s downtown Morgantown, West Virginia campus, will support the
natural resource business needs of NRCS through the innovative use of geographic
information science technology (Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related
tools).
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To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964 (voice and TDD).
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