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Minnesota

newly repaired and re-seeded dam adjacent to wetland and pondDam Gets an NRCS Makeover
Thirty years ago Zumbrota, Minnesota landowners Earnest and Shirley Nygren built a flood control dam creating a pond and wetland that became a haven for wildlife. Now, thanks to technical assistance from NRCS district conservationist Tom Stegner out of the Goodhue Field Office and Larry Peterson and Amy Dessner in the Rochester Area Office, much needed repair work has preserved the dam and the wildlife haven.

New Jersey

Farmers' Helper
Anthony Melora was skeptical when the Natural Resources Conservation Service's MaryBeth Sorrentino suggested he drip-irrigate his blueberries.  “At first I said, ‘Drip? I don't know,'” recalls the Hammonton farmer.

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2006 National Disability Employment Awareness Month posterOctober is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
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See the President's National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2006 Proclamation

 


 

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Fluidized bed combustion of manure for heat and electricityManure Management Team Explores New Technology
Livestock production yields valuable products including meat, milk, eggs…and manure!  New technology for alternative manure management can help livestock producers meet natural resource goals while providing added income.

 

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l. to r. Glen Kajewski, Al Gustafson, and Dwight ToberAl Gustafson Receives National Plant Materials Award
NRCS Thief River Falls, Minnesota Area Resource Conservationist Al Gustafson was recently awarded the national Plant Materials Special Service Award for 2005 for his work as a non-plant materials person whose efforts have substantially advanced the plant materials program.  NRCS National Program Leader for Plant Materials Bob Escheman announced Gustafson as the winner of the award that was presented to him by NRCS Assistant State Conservationist for Field Operations Glen Kajewski and Plant Materials Program specialist Dwight Tober.
 

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