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Yuma farmer John Boelts (left) hosted Parker, Arizona, NRCS Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) coordinator Danny Markus at the 3,600-acre Coronation Peak Ranches that John helps manageRC&D Coordinator “Walks-A-Mile” in Yuma Farmer’s Boots
Through the Walk-A-Mile in My Boots program, Yuma farmer John Boelts hosted Parker, Arizona, NRCS Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) coordinator Danny Markus at the 3,600-acre Coronation Peak Ranches that John helps manage. Both have benefited from the collaboration. “I knew NRCS had rural and community development, but I had no idea how it worked,” said Boelts. “I’ve gotten some ideas, and it’s got me thinking in other areas.”

 

breeding bird survey data from 1966 to 2000 show a significant decline of 2.7 percent annually for Painted Bunting across its North American breeding rangeRestoring Rhode Island’s Songbird Habitat
Older Rhode Islanders who say there seem to be fewer songbirds than they remember while growing up are right.  But with NRCS Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program funding this situation may be turning around.  "We want to bring back the openness of the landscapes," said Rhode Island NRCS biologist Andy Lipsky.   "We want to bring back the meadowlands and thickets.

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a Girl Scout reaches out to “touch” a mountain she sees while viewing a three dimensional landscape anaglyph with 3-D glassesNRCS Provides Learning Experience For Girl Scouts
NRCS staff from the Soil Survey and Legislative and Public Affairs divisions recently participated in a Girl Scout “Linking Girls to the Land” program at the National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center, in northern Virginia.  More than 1,000 Girl Scouts and their families attended the day-long event. 

NRCS hydraulic engineer Sonia Massell JacobsonNRCS Engineer Profiled in ASABE Engineering Careers Book
A new book, Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers, features profiles of more than 200 women engineers including Minnesota NRCS hydraulic engineer Sonia Massell Jacobsen.     



 

Maryland students at Centreville Middle School learn about bird houses as part of an outdoor classroom being built on the school groundsUSDA Provides Up To $1.7 Million for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Improvements
USDA will provide up to $1.7 million for competitive grants to develop and evaluate technological tools for fish and wildlife habitat improvements. Proposals for grants will be accepted from state and local governments, federally recognized tribes and non-governmental organizations through April 27, 2006.

Find out more...
NRCS news release: “USDA Provides Up to $1.7 Million for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Improvements” (March 24, 2006)
Announcement of Funding For Wildlife Grants
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program

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 dreamsMarch 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.

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Presidential Proclamation for Women’s History Month 2006
National Women’s History Project
Executive Women in Government

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Ash Seed Project
NRCS plant materials specialist Dave Burgdorf and NRCS Rose Lake, Michigan, Plant Materials Center (PMC) Manager John Leif are working to preserve ash trees in the ash tree regions of the U.S. through the National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative.  Although the seed collections began in 2005 the National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative began in 2006.

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Ducks Unlimited Executive Vice President Don Young (right) congratulates Kalven Trice, Natural Resources Conservation Service State Conservationist for Arkansas, for being chosen as the federal employee DU Wetland Conservation Achievement Award winnerKalven Trice Honored by Ducks Unlimited
Arkansas NRCS State Conservationist Kalven Trice was recently presented with Ducks Unlimited (DU) Federal employee Wetland Conservation Achievement Award at the 71st North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Columbus, Ohio. "I’m honored to be selected for this award and I accept it on behalf of all Natural Resources Conservation Service employees and the landowners in Arkansas," said Trice.

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