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Alaskans
Spell Bicycle: B-icicle
To NRCS civil engineer Jeff Oatley, expending 11,000 calories a day alternately
pushing and riding a bicycle across 350 miles of some of the country’s most
remote, frozen terrain is actually part of the reward of competing in the
Iditarod Trail Invitational.
Relay
Conference Captioning (RCC) Working in New Jersey
When hearing-impaired New Jersey NRCS employee Doreen Dougherty received
information about Relay Conference
Captioning (RCC) from Nancy Paolini, New Jersey NRCS Disability Emphasis
Program Manager, she was definitely interested.
Beginning
Farmer Improves Farmstead
When aspiring new farmer Richard O’Connell bought a farm in Corinth,
Vermont, he got more than just the barn, land, and out buildings. He also
inherited a huge pile of manure stacked adjacent to the barn and about 100 feet
from a stream.
March
On Pace To Break Snowfall Records
A parade of storms that roared into the Sierra and northern Nevada at the
beginning of March has left even some die-hard skiers in awe and dramatically
increased the area's snowpack, more than 17 feet at some places.
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USDA’s
Conservation Security Program Ranks High Among Participating Farmers and
Ranchers
Producers in several CSP pilot watersheds have ranked NRCS employees very high
for professionalism and courteous service in carrying out that program.
According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), NRCS received an
overall score of 76 out of 100 for administering CSP. This ranking is higher
than the 2005 average national ACSI of 71 for the federal government.
March
is Women's History Month
The 2006 theme, Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams, honors the spirit
of possibility and hopes set in motion by generations of women in their creation
of communities and their encouragement of dreams.
Find out more...
Presidential Proclamation for Women’s History Month 2006
National Women’s History Project
Executive Women in Government
NRCS Three-year Action Plan for Invasive Species
The NRCS
Invasive Species Advisory Committee (NISAC) met recently during the National
Invasive Weeds Awareness Week VII in Washington, D.C., to develop a first draft of
a three-year action plan for NRCS — along with our partners — to better address invasive
species concerns.
Midwest
Graziers Seek to Capitalize on Nutritional Benefits of Pasture-Raised Products
Last summer, in response to interest from beef producers, NRCS grazing
specialist Jim Ranum incorporated information about health-promoting fatty acids
in grass-based cattle into his monthly pasture walks in northeast Iowa. The
information, published as part of a Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education (SARE)-funded study measuring the presence of those acids – conjugated
linoleic (CLA) and omega-3 – prompted a few farmers to switch to a pasture-based
system for their animals.
Hunt
recipient of Agriculture Heritage Award
Minnesota NRCS State Conservationist William Hunt was recently awarded the
Agriculture Heritage Cultivating Youth Development award at the 2006
Minority Youth in Agriculture Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its
programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age,
disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental
status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs,
reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any
public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of
program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil
Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call
(800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity
provider and employer.
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