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The following articles, listed alphabetically by subject, have appeared in NRCS This Week from 2004 through 2006:

Agency 70th
NRCS Celebrates 70th Anniversary (April 27, 2005)

Agricultural Management Assistance
USDA Provides $14 Million for Agricultural Management Assistance (February 25, 2004)

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Backyard Conservation
Audubon, NRCS Launch Backyard Conservation Website (March 3, 2004)
For Missouri Soil Specialist, Conservation Begins at Home (May 19, 2004)
Progressive Farmer Idea House and Farmstead (Tennessee, June 2, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Earth Team Artists Create Backyard “Masterpiece” < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 23, 2004)

Biomass
Bio-combustion Project Will Provide Heat at New Mexico Hospital (January 21, 2004)
ISU, State of Iowa Receives NRCS Funding for Biomass Research Effort (March 17, 2004)
DOE and USDA Award $25 Million in Joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative (July 21, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Montana RC&D's Fuels Reduction Projects Get Huge Boost from Grant <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 4, 2004)
USDA and DOE Announce Up to $15 Million in Grants for Biomass Research and Development Projects (December 22, 2004)
USDA and DOE Announce Up to $15 Million in Grants for Biomass Research and Development Projects--Pre-Applications Due February 15, 2005 (December 29, 2004)<>< Outreach Community Hmong face="Verdana">

Bobwhite Quail Restoration Project
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> USDA Awards $1.2 Million for Bobwhite Quail Habitat Restoration <> (August 24, 2004)

Buffers
Progress Toward Two Million-Mile Buffer Goal (January 14, 2004)
Kansas Buffer Award Winners Praise NRCS, District (February 25, 2004)
Progress Toward Two Million-Mile Buffer Goal (March 10, 2004)
Buffer Streams (Tennessee, August 4, 2004)
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< Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong>Chesapeake Bay
< Outreach Community Hmong> Grants Aim to Improve Chesapeake Bay Watershed< Outreach Community Hmong> (November 3, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>

Climate Change
< color="#000080"> Chief Knight Discusses Climate Change in South America <>(December 15, 2004)<>

Colorado River
USDA Provides $19.8 Million to Control Salinity in the Colorado River Basin (April 14, 2004)
NRCS Provides $19.5 Million for Salinity Control (November 3, 2004)

Competitive Sourcing
National Cartography and Geospatial Center (NCGC) Restructure (August 4, 2004)

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans
Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation" (Jan. 27, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Mapleline Farm Celebrates New Milk Facility and Conservation Work with Open House <>< Outreach Community Hmong>(July 7, 2004)

Confined Animal Feeding Operations
Iowa State University Offers CAFO Fact Sheets, NRCS Collaborates (March 31, 2004)

< Outreach Community Hmong> Conservation Effects Assessment Project Grants
USDA Announces Conservation Effects Assessment Project Grant Recipients (October 6, 2004)

Conservation Districts
Weeding Out the Problem (< Outreach Community Hmong Event<>January 6, 2004)
Conservation Officials Tour Isle Projects (February 3, 2004)
While Weather’s Cold, District's West Nile Prevention Plan in Works (Feb. 10, 2004)
California District to Keep Habitat "Out of Circulation Forever" (Feb. 25, 2004)
NRCS Georgia, District Get Head Start on Arbor Day (Feb. 25, 2004)
Virginia's First Dam Rehabilitation Project Begins (March 3, 2004)
District to Restore Stream Bank, Improve Water Quality in Pennsylvania Scenic River (March 3, 2004)
Florida District Shows Homeowners How to Reduce Water Usage (March 24, 2004)
New Jersey District Leads Pilot Program to Replace Trees Lost to Storm (March 31, 2004)
Contest is Good Dirty Fun (Nebraska, March 31, 2004)
Lake George Shoreland Restoration Project--St. Cloud, Minnesota (April 7, 2004)
California District's "Growth Spurt" Boosts Projects for Fish, Forests (April 7, 2004)
District, NRCS Improve Water Quality, Quantity in Idaho County (April 7, 2004)
New York Districts Get Grants for Ag Runoff Control Projects (April 14, 2004)
District Grant to Improve Water Quality Near Pennsylvania Dirt Roads (May 19, 2004)
District to Remove Invasives, Restore New Mexico Creek (June 2, 2004)
Conservation District “Partner and Friend” to Farmers Says North Carolina Newspaper (June 9, 2004)
Massachusetts Cranberry Farm Tour Marks 10 Years of Conservation Planning (June 30, 2004)
District, NRCS Work on Restoration Plan for Mine Drainage Sites in Pennsylvania Watershed (July 14, 2004)
District Helps Homeowners Create Lakescape on Minnesota Property (July 14, 2004)
Lush Landfill Brings Life to North Carolina Trash Pile (August 11, 2004)
Pennsylvania District Funds Road Improvement Projects < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 11, 2004)
New Mexico District is Out to get the "Guzzler" (September 8, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
California District Oversees $3 Million Pacific Flyway Project (September 15, 2004)
California District Helps Watershed Look Like Its Old Self Again (November 24, 2004)
Hawaii District Marks 50 Years of Protecting Land < Outreach Community Hmong> (November 24, 2004)
Alaska District, Volunteers Build Bridges for Salmon (December 1, 2004)
NRCS, District Help Montana School Shore Up River Bank (December 1, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> NRCS, Alabama Partners Protect Wildlife Near Power Lines < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong>(December 22, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
Wyoming District's Beetles Battle Invasive Weed (December 29, 2004)

Conservation Education
< Outreach Community Hmong face="Verdana"> Management Intensity Workshops to be Held (February 10, 2004)
Soil Science Institute II Course (February 18, 2004)
NRCS Helps to Develop Boy Scout Fieldbook, 4th Edition (March 10, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> NRCS Makes Nebraska Kids "Coo-Coo" for No-till (March 24, 2004)
Contest is Good Dirty Fun (Nebraska, March 31, 2004)
Wyoming College Inks Land Deal for Agriculture Program (May 26, 2004)
< color="#000080"> If You Dig It, Will It Fill? Pond Construction Detailed at Texas Field Day <>(June 2, 2004)
Trice Calls Arkansas Outdoor Classroom Habitat "Special" (July 21, 2004)
NRCS Creates Asian Pacific Islander Pilot Scholarship Program (August 4, 2004)
NRCS Helps Louisiana Dairy Producers Boost Stewardship (August 11, 2004)
NRCS Assists Girl Scouts in Linking Girls to the Land Eco-Expo IV (October 6, 2004)
Living Soil Tunnel a Success in Southern Minnesota (October 13, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080" Event Secretary Veneman Announces $162,500 In Education Grants to FFA
Accepts Distinguished Service Citation for USDA's Contribution to Agricultural Education < Outreach Community Hmong Event (November 3, 2004)
This Clod's No Bore for Lincoln Park Zoo Visitors (November 10, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> NRCS, District Help Montana School Shore Up River Bank < Outreach Community Hmong> (December 1, 2004)
NRCS Helps Virginia Scouts Grow Respect for Nature (March 30, 2005)< Outreach Community Hmong>
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Conservation Effects Assessment Project
NRCS Unveils Web Site on Conservation Effects Assessment Project (April 21, 2004)
USDA to Assess Environmental Benefits of Conservation Programs <> (July 28, 2004)

Conservation Partnership Initiative
USDA Provides Up to $1 Million in New Conservation Partnership Initiative Grants (July 28, 2004)
Grants Aim to Improve Chesapeake Bay Watershed (November 3, 2004)
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< Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong> USDA Releases $15 Million and Interim Final Rule for Conservation Innovation Grants (March 31, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> USDA Helps Fund Conservation Technologies and Approaches (September 15, 2004)
NRCS Awards New Conservation Partnership Initiative Grants (November 3, 2004)
Up to $1 Million Available for Conservation Partnership Initiative Grants—Proposals Due Feb. 17, 2005 < Outreach Community Hmong> (December 22, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>

<>< Outreach Community Hmong>Conservation Planning
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> NRCS Assistance for Andrew Jackson’s Historic Hermitage Farm < Outreach Community Hmong>(February 3, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>< Outreach Community Hmong>
Grazing System Makes a Colorado Ranch Family National Winners (October 27, 2004)<>
Arizona Farmers and Rancher Practice Conservation Work Ethic<> (April 6, 2005)
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Conservation Security Program
Special Assistant Margheim Talks CSP at Beltwide Cotton Conferences (<>January 14, 2004)
Chief Knight Tours Mississippi, Talks CSP (<>January 27, 2004)
Conservation Security Program Comments (April 7, 2004)
Conservation Security Program: The Watershed Approach (May 5, 2004)
Umatilla: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile (June 9, 2004)
Secretary Veneman Announces Interim Final Rule for Conservation Security Program -- Sign Up to Begin July 6 < Outreach Community Hmong Event (June 9, 2004)
Moses Coulee: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile (June 16, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong Event
Lemhi: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile (June 23, 2004)
Conservation Security Program Self-Assessment Workbook Released< Outreach Community Hmong Event (June 23, 2004)
Conservation Security Program Sign-Up Announced — July 6-30, 2004 — and Interim Final Rule Released< Outreach Community Hmong Event < Outreach Community Hmong Event(June 23, 2004)
Lower Little Blue and Lower Salt Fork Watersheds: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile < Outreach Community Hmong Event< Outreach Community Hmong Event(June 30, 2004)
East Nishnabotna and Blue Earth Watersheds: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile (July 7, 2004)
Lower Chippewa and Kishwaukee Watersheds: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile < Outreach Community Hmong Event (July 14, 2004)
St. Joseph and Auglaize Watersheds: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile < Outreach Community Hmong Event(July 21, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong Event
Raystown Watershed: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile < Outreach Community Hmong Event(July 28, 2004)
More than 200 Wisconsin Farmers Apply for CSP (August 11, 2004)
USDA Announces First Conservation Security Program Contract Signings (August 24, 2004)
Conservation Security Program Contract Signings (September 1, 2004)
USDA Selects Watersheds for CSP 2005 Sign-Up (November 3, 2004)
USDA Announces Efforts to Enhance Ohio River Basin (November 3, 2004)
CSP Pilot Program in South Carolina: Alfalfa Producer Rewarded for Conservation Excellence (December 22, 2004)
USDA Announces Sign-Up for 2005 Conservation Security Program (March 23, 2005)
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080" Event CSP 2004 Contract Holders Set to Receive Second-Year Payment (April 13, 2005)

Conservation Tillage
National Survey Shows More Farmers Choose Conservation (December 1, 2004)

Coral Reefs
< Outreach Community Hmong> NRCS to Participate in U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting (Feb. 10, 2004)
Hanalei Bay Reefs are Focus of Federal Study (April 14, 2004)
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Cultural Resources
A Grave Situation (Connecticut, August 11, 2004)
NRCS Goes Hi-Tech Sleuthing at Connecticut’s Stowe House (October 20, 2004)

< Outreach Community Hmong> Dams
Virginia's First Dam Rehabilitation Project Begins (March 3, 2004)
Watershed Dams Save Millions (Oklahoma, March 24, 2004)
Hackberry Dam Holds Back Deluge (New Mexico, April 21, 2004)
First Dam in Georgia to be Rehabilitated with Federal Funds (May 5, 2004)
Nebraska Watershed Dams Did What They’re Supposed to Do (June 9, 2004)

Disaster Prevention and Recovery
NRCS Project to Bring Flood Prevention, Irrigation Water to Saipan (February 25, 2004)
Protecting Flood-Prone Houses (March 10, 2004)
New Jersey District Leads Pilot Program to Replace Trees Lost to Storm (March 31, 2004)
Drought Pasture Grasses Increase Forage Production (April 7, 2004)
Four-legged Firefighters on Display in Southern California (November 24, 2004)
NRCS Provides $3.2 Million for Natural Disaster Recovery in Utah (March 23, 2005)

Drought
Colorado Hay Growers' First Crop of Season Makes the Cut (June 9, 2004)

Earth Day 2005 (April 13, 2005)
Earth Day 2005 Photo Features (May 4, 2005)

eGovernment
Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation" (<>January 27, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> Veneman Announces Availability Of Electronic "Customer Statement" (March 10, 2004)
USDA Supports New Conservation Planning Software (March 10, 2004)
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< Outreach Community Hmong Event Earth Day 2004
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080" Event President Announces Wetlands Initiative on Earth Day < Outreach Community Hmong Event (April 28, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong Event< Outreach Community Hmong>
Rey Presents Conservation Award to Washington Children's Settlement (April 28, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000" Event < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong> Chief Knight Celebrates Earth Day at Minnesota Wetlands Project < Outreach Community Hmong> (April 28, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000" Event NRCS, Conservation District and Town Officials Work to Restore Vegetation along Sawmill River in Western Massachusetts (April 28, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080">
Earth Team Joins America’s Clean Water Foundation for 2004 World Water Monitoring Day (May 26, 2004)
Montana Earth Team Volunteers Help Complete Tree Planting Project (July 14, 2004)
< color="#000080"> Earth Team and First State RC&D Project Make Things Happen <> (August 19, 2004)<>
< Outreach Community Hmong> Earth Team Volunteer Program
2003 Earth Team Award Winners Announced (<>January< Outreach Community Hmong> 27, 2004)
NRCS Arizona All-Star Volunteer Effort (February 3, 2004)
Chief Presents Earth Team National Volunteer Service Award (March 31, 2004)
Arkansas High FFA Students Win Earth Team Group Award (April 14, 2004)
Brain Food for Thought – About Watershed Health (June 2, 2004)
Vic Ruhland (Still) Making a Difference in Minnesota (June 9, 2004)
Earth Team Volunteers Serious about Water Quality (June 16, 2004)
Earth Team Artists Create Backyard “Masterpiece” (June 23, 2004)
Hay Lake Makeover (Arizona, June 30, 2004)
South Carolina Nursing Students Volunteer to Make a Difference (July 7, 2004)
Earth Team and RC&D Partner for Successful Scrap Tire Recycling (July 28, 2004)
New Earth Team Fact Sheets Available (July 28, 2004)
“Stream Team” Volunteers Take to the Field (August 4, 2004)
Community Gardens Get Earth Team Assistance (August 24, 2004)
Outdoor Classroom Gets Earth Team Help (September 1, 2004)
Double Honors for Indiana Earth Team Volunteers (September 8, 2004)
U.S. Army Joins the Earth Team (September 15, 2004)
Volunteering for Just About Everything (September 29, 2004)
Earth Team Student Volunteers Donate Nearly 800 Hours of Service (October 6, 2004)
R.E. Gallman: Just Keeps on Going (October 13, 2004)
< color="#000080"> Southern Maryland Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Board Receives Award <> (October 20, 2004)
True Volunteer (October 27, 2004)
Volunteer Students Contribute to Mapping Work (November 3, 2004)
Louisiana Volunteers Treat Agricultural Runoff (November 10, 2004)
Tour des Farms II (Connecticut, November 17, 2004)
Connecticut Earth Team “Ramping-Up” < Outreach Community Hmong> (December 1, 2004)
Earth Team Volunteer “Lights-up” Lawrence County, Illinois (December 15, 2004)
Maine Earth Team Volunteer Builds Boxes for Wetland Birds (December 29, 2004)
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Emergency Watershed Protection Program
NRCS Arizona All-Star Volunteer Effort (February 3, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> USDA Provides $150 Million for Wildfire Recovery Efforts in California (February 18, 2004)
EWP Projects Save Homes in Utah (April 28, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000">
USDA Applies Mulch to Prevent Erosion of Colorado Fire Area (May 19, 2004)
NRCS Funds Canal Repairs in Hurricane-struck Louisiana Parish (July 14, 2004)
Southern California Tree Removal Effort Goes into High Gear (August 19, 2004)
Secretary Veneman Tours Agriculture Areas Hit By Hurricane Charley; USDA Provides Wide Ranging Assistance (August 25, 2004)
NRCS Provides $500,000 for Wildfire Recovery Efforts in Alaska (September 8, 2004)
USDA Provides Additional $1 Million for Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Florida (September 15, 2004)
NRCS Supports Washington Flood Control Effort (October 6, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000">
Minnesota Flood Control Project Offers Lessons to Future Engineers< color="#000080"> <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (October 6, 2004)
Florida Hurricane Cleanup Making a Difference (December 15, 2004)
Florida Hurricane Canal Cleanup about Halfway Done in Cape Coral (January 26, 2005)
< Outreach Community Hmong> Florida Hurricane Victims Cheer NRCS-funded Debris Removal Project (April 27, 2005)

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Employee Profiles
NRCS Engineer Doing Good Work in the Tradition of Her American Indian Heritage (February 18, 2004)
NRCS Conservationist Returns from Afghanistan (March 31, 2004)
Max Schnepf Retires After 40-Year Career in Natural Resources (March 31, 2004)
Stan Fox Packs It In (April 14, 2004)
NRCS Is a Winning Family (June 2, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000">
Sam and the Seven Baby Groundhogs (June 9, 2004)
Smoking Chain (Virginia, August 4, 2004)
NRCS Soil Artist to Exhibit in South Dakota (August 11, 2004)
Dana York Selected Associate Chief <> (August 11, 2004)
Minnesota Retiree Chronicles Conservation (August 24, 2004)
Area Food Drive Fights Hunger (Minnesota, September 29, 2004)
Remembering D. Keith Parlette (November 24, 2004)
Late NRCS Employee's Conservation Photo Collection Donated to New Jersey District (December 29, 2004)
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Endangered Species
Montana Ranchers Recruited to Aid Arctic Grayling (March 30, 2005)< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000">

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Farm Bill-funded Wind Turbine Cranks Out Voltage for Idaho Farm (June 16, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000">

Environmental Quality Incentives Program
EQIP Calms Wind Erosion in North Central Montana (<>January< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000"> 6, 2004)
A Close Call For Bobwhite Quail (Southeastern U.S., <> January< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000"> 6, 2004)
Rangeland Sports Knee-High Grass in Drought of 2003 (New Mexico, Jan. 21, 2004)
Brothers Enhance Farm with EQIP (Montana, Jan. 21, 2004)
Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation" (Jan. 27, 2004)
EQIP Helps California Farmers Avoid Nematode Infestations (Jan. 27, 2004)
Utah River Clearing, with Help of Farmer (Feb. 10, 2004)
NRCS Customer, EQIP Refresh San Joaquin River (Feb. 18, 2004)
Marketing Poultry Litter: Alabama Program to Distribute, Clean, Profit (March 10, 2004)
EQIP Helps Alabama Landowner with Small Acreage Accomplish Goals (April 7, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080" Event < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000"> USDA Provided $32 Million For Limited Resource Producers Through The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (April 28, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000">
< Outreach Community Hmong> <>< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Partnership Saves Historical Idaho Site < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong>(May 5, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
Laotian Farmers Learn about EQIP (May 19, 2004)
NRCS Helps Montana Couple Deal with Wetland Violations (May 26, 2004)
EQIP Helps Iowan Meet Future Feedlot Regulations < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> < Outreach Community Hmong>(May 26, 2004)
A West Virginia Farm Bill Success Story (June 2, 2004)
"High-tech Watering Hole" Part of California Rancher's Stewardship (June 9, 2004)
EQIP Program Scores Well in Customer Satisfaction (June 16, 2004)
EQIP a "Pipeline" to Solving Idaho Irrigation Problem (June 30, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Montana Irrigators and NRCS to Save Water and Save Species <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 30, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> High Tech for Texas EQIP <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 30, 2004)
Labor of Love: Rancher Uses EQIP to Improve Idaho Ranch (July 7, 2004)
Mapleline Farm Celebrates New Milk Facility and Conservation Work with Open House (July 7, 2004)
Chief Knight Views Federal Projects at California Cattle Ranch (July 14, 2004)
USDA Awards $12 Million in Environmental Quality Incentives Program Funds to 14 States (July 21, 2004)
EQIP Helps Producers Cut Cows' Impacts on Minnesota Creek (July 28, 2004)
USDA to Provide $8.5 Million to 13 States for Nutrient Management Practices (August 4, 2004)
Montana Ranchers Join EQIP to Protect Arctic Grayling (August 11, 2004)
Idaho Dairies to Get EQIP Funds for Anaerobic Digesters (August 24, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Reservation Benefits from Farm Bill Programs <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (September 8, 2004)
USDA Expands Conservation Opportunities for 13 States and the Caribbean Area (November 3, 2004)
NRCS Provides Up to $4 Million for Livestock Producers in Arizona and New Mexico <>(November 3, 2004)
NRCS Kansas' EQIP Self-Assessment Tool Helps Producers, Cuts Costs (December 29, 2004)
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< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000">Events
NRCS to Participate in Agricultural Outlook Forum 2004 (January 14, 2004)
NRCS to Exhibit at Public Service Recognition Week Mall Activities (April 28, 2004)
Agricultural Outlook Forum 2005 on Feb. 24 and 25, 2005 (November 24, 2004)
USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Set For Feb. 24-25, 2005 (December 22, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> Stewardship Week 2005: Celebrate Conservation (April 27, 2005)

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< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000"> Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
Montana’s Largest Farmland Protection Easement Purchased (February 18, 2004)
Easement Protects Precious Montana Farmland (March 3, 2004)
Web Site Offers Farmland Preservation Resources (March 10, 2004)
Pennsylvania Battlefield Saved from Development (March 17, 2004)
USDA to Provide $84 Million to Protect Farm and Ranch Land (March 17, 2004)
A Rhode Island Farm will Remain (April 14, 2004)
Musical Great Skitch Henderson Preserves Connecticut Farmland (April 21, 2004)
NRCS Funds Preserves Historic Farm in New Hampshire (May 12, 2004)
Georgia Farmland Land Will Stay Green Forever (June 2, 2004)
North Dakota Land, "Prime Piece for Development," Now Under Easement (June 9, 2004)
"Checking" Development in Northwest Wisconsin (July 28, 2004)
USDA to Provide Nearly $6 Million to Protect Farmlands in 32 States (August 4, 2004)
Tennessee Farmer Becomes First in State to Join Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program < color="#000080"> (September 15, 2004)
Keeping the Green Mountain State Green (September 29, 2004)
Massachusetts Dairy Producer Relieved to See Farm Protected (October 6, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> < color="#000080"> USDA Expands Conservation Opportunities for 13 States and the Caribbean Area <> < Outreach Community Hmong face="Verdana"> (November 3, 2004)
USDA Provides More than $78 Million to Protect Farm and Ranch Land (November 24, 2004)
FRPP Funds Go to Montana County's Largest Easement (December 15, 2004)
Largest Conservation Easement Ever Funded in Montana County Protects More Than 16 Square Miles from Development (December 22, 2004)
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program Helps Preserve Washington Town's Last Dairy Farm (March 30, 2005)
< Outreach Community Hmong> Maine Family Farm Expands and Thrives with Help from Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (April 27, 2005)

Funding for Programs
Secretary Veneman Announces the Release of $1.6 Billion for Voluntary Conservation Programs on Working Lands (October 27, 2004)
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< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000"> Grassland Reserve Program
Grasslands Bill Appeals to Montana Rancher (<>January< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000"> 6, 2004)
Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation" (January 27, 2004)
USDA Announces Interim Final Rule and Public Comment Period for the Grassland Reserve Program (May 12, 2004)
NRCS and FSA Conduct Joint GRP Teleconference (May 26, 2004)
USDA Provides $2 Million for Sage Grouse Conservation and Recovery in Four Western States (August 24, 2004)
Idaho Ranchers Balance Smart Grazing and Wildlife Habitat (September 1, 2004)
NRCS Provides Additional $1.9 Million for Grasslands Conservation in 11 States (October 6, 2004)
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Grasslands
Songs of the Sky: Partnership Pilot Program, Fire Aim to Restore Grasslands, Migratory Songbirds (March 17, 2004)
NRCS, Extension Book Offers Data on Seeding Pastures in Montana and Wyoming (March 31, 2004)

Gray, R. Mack, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
< Outreach Community Hmong> Massachusetts Cranberry Growers Honor Deputy Under Secretary R. Mack Gray (March 10, 2004)
Under Secretary Gray Presents Learning Center Designation to Iowa Museum and Aquarium (June 30, 2004)
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< Outreach Community Hmong> International
< Outreach Community Hmong> NRCS Assists Ghana in Agriculture and Rural Development (February 18, 2004)
Ukrainians Look at No-till Farm Practices (April 21, 2004)
NRCS Assists El Salvador with Horizontal Wells Project (April 20, 2004)
SWCS and NRCS Go International (May 12, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> NRCS Soil Scientists Conduct Soils/GIS Workshop in Ghana <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 23, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> USDA and the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences to Release Bilingual Conservation Publication <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 4, 2004)
European Visitors Tour South Carolina Farms (November 17, 2004)
Global Experience Program Available to NRCS (December 15, 2004)
NRCS China Technology Exchange (March 23, 2005)
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Irrigation
NRCS Project to Bring Flood Prevention, Irrigation Water to Saipan (Feb. 25, 2004)

Invasive Species
Weeding Out the Problem (California, Jan. 6, 2004)
Partnering Provides Assistance for Phragmites Control in Delaware (Jan. 14, 2004)
Salt Cedar Removal Project Already Showing Change in New Mexico (April 21, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> District to Remove Invasives, Restore New Mexico Creek < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 2, 2004)
Invasives Out, Good Grasses In at Connecticut WHIP Site (June 9, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> California District Helps Watershed Look Like Its Old Self Again < Outreach Community Hmong> (November 24, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> Wyoming District's Beetles Battle Invasive Weed < Outreach Community Hmong> (December 29, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> Invasive Species Control Highlighted in PMC Document (April 13, 2005)
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Johanns, < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong Event Mike, USDA Secretary
Secretary Johanns Visits USDA/NRCS Service Center March 16, 2005)
< Outreach Community Hmong> NRCS Transfers Wetlands to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (April 13, 2005)

< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000">< Outreach Community Hmong> Klamath Basin
USDA Releases Additional $7.3 Million for the Klamath Basin and a Report on Partnership Conservation Accomplishments (April 28, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>

Knight, Bruce I. Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Winter is a Busy Season for NRCS (<>January< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000">< Outreach Community Hmong> 21, 2004)
Chief Knight Tours Mississippi, Talks CSP (Jan. 27, 2004)
Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation" (Jan. 27, 2004)
Chief Knight, Deputy Chief Clark to Moderate Ag Outlook Forum Sessions (Jan. 27, 2004)
Conservation Officials Tour Isle Projects (Feb. 3, 2004)
Chief Presents Earth Team National Volunteer Service Award (March 31, 2004)
Chief Knight's 2004 Earth Day Message (April 21, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong Event < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000"> < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Chief Knight Celebrates Earth Day at Minnesota Wetlands Project < Outreach Community Hmong> (April 28, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080">
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000000" Event Chief Knight Tours Nation's First First Ag Wetland Mitigation Bank (April 28, 2004)
Chief Knight Discusses Drought in New Mexico (June 2, 2004)
Chief Knight Tours Conservation Work on California Ranch (June 30, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Chief Knight Views Federal Projects at California Cattle Ranch <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (July 14, 2004)
Chief Knight Discusses Climate Change in South America (December 15, 2004)
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Limited Resource Farmers
USDA Provided $32 Million For Limited Resource Producers Through The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (April 28, 2004)
USDA Announces $6 Million for New Initiative for Limited Resource Farmers (March 16, 2005)
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my.NRCS
Have You Seen the my.NRCS Lately? (March 31, 2004)
Another Good Reason to Check my.NRCS (August 4, 2004)
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No-till
NRCS Makes Nebraska Kids "Coo-Coo" for No-till (March 24, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080" Event National Survey Shows More Farmers Choose Conservation < Outreach Community Hmong Event (December 1, 2004)

Nutrient Management
< color="#000080"> USDA to Provide $8.5 Million to 13 States for Nutrient Management Practices <> (August 4, 2004)
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Organic Agriculture
Going Organic? Go Here First! (Jan. 21, 2004)

<>Outreach
New Old Computers or Old New Computers? (May 12, 2004)
Lights! Cameras! Conservation!< Outreach Community Hmong><> <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (May 12, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Laotian Farmers Learn about EQIP < Outreach Community Hmong> (May 19, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
< Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Virginia RC&D Opens 300-Mile Historic Civil Rights Trail < Outreach Community Hmong> (May 19, 2004)
Thriving Navajo Rug Business “Looms” on the Horizon (June 16, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> NRCS North Carolina Gets Taste of Lumbee Life <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 4, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> NRCS Creates Asian Pacific Islander Pilot Scholarship Program < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 4, 2004)
Canby Creek Project Completed (October 27, 2004)
Illinois Food Resources Bank Growing Project (November 17, 2004)
NRCS, Partners to Make New Hampshire Trails Accessible to Handicapped Persons (November 17, 2004)
Outreach to Our Constituents (November 24, 2004)
Conservation Partnerships Diversity Conference (December 8, 2004)
Nominations for the 2004 Diversity Awards Ends December 10 (December 8, 2004)
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Partnerships
Partnering Provides Assistance for Phragmites Control in Delaware (January 14, 2004)
Texas Lake Removed From Impaired List; NRCS and Partners Reduce Atrazine (Jan. 14, 2004)
Largest Tall Grass Prairie Restoration Project (Minnesota, Jan. 27, 2004)
NRCS, Corps Sign Agreement to Improve Conservation Services in Arkansas (Jan. 27, 2004)
Partnership Formed to Protect Michigan Watersheds (Feb. 10, 2004)
Partnership Brings Sweet Smell of Cooperation (Maine, Feb. 10, 2004)
Habitat to Benefit from New NRCS Liaison (Feb. 18, 2004)
Easement Protects Precious Montana Farmland (March 3, 2004)
Audubon, NRCS Launch Backyard Conservation Website (March 3, 2004)
Partners in Protecting Minnesota's Waterfowl (March 3, 2004)
Web Site Offers Farmland Preservation Resources (March 10, 2004)
Missouri Forms Partnership with Rehabilitation Institute (March 31, 2004)
NRCS, Audubon Conserve Nearly 1,500 Acres of Wisconsin Habitat (April 7, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> < Outreach Community Hmong> <>< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Partnership Saves Historical Idaho Site < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong>(May 5, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
Environmentalism that Works (May 5, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Goat Island Restoration Celebrated in Texas < Outreach Community Hmong> (May 26, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> NRCS, Ducks Unlimited to Convert Arkansas Property to Wetlands < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong>(June 9, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> NRCS, Ducks Unlimited Break Ground on Illinois Wetland Project <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 16, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
New Ohio Wetland Preserves Plants and Wildlife, Site for Education and Recreation< color="#000080"> <> (June 16, 2004)
USDA Signs Agreement with Ducks Unlimited (July 28, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Partnership Brings Minnesota Wetland Back "Full Circle" <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 4, 2004)
USDA Signs Agreement with Association of Consulting Foresters of America (October 20, 2004)
NRCS, Alabama Partners Protect Wildlife Near Power Lines (December 22, 2004)
USDA Signs Agreement with American Fisheries Society <> (December 22, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> NRCS Helps Virginia Scouts Grow Respect for Nature (March 30, 2005)
Alabama Partnership Works to Improve Water Quality (April 20, 2005)

Pastureland
NRCS, Extension Book Offers Data on Seeding Pastures in Montana and Wyoming (March 31, 2004)

Performance Measurement
Finding Common Ground (Feb. 3, 2004)

Plant Materials
PLANTS Usage Increases in FY 2003 (Jan. 6, 2004)
NRCS Arizona All-Star Volunteer Effort (Feb. 3, 2004)
NRCS PLANTS Website Among "Top 50" Government Innovations In America (Feb. 10, 2004)
New Plant Materials Center to Rehabilitate Nevada Rangelands (March 24, 2004)
New NRCS California Pubs Feature Foothills, Culturally Significant Plants (April 7, 2004)
Drought Pasture Grasses Increase Forage Production (April 7, 2004)
Highlander Eastern Gamagrass Released (April 7, 2004)
Symbols for Unknown Plants Developed (April 28, 2004)
PLANTS Database Usage Continues to Increase (June 2, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Culturally Significant Plants Presentation < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 9, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> New Features in PLANTS Plant Profiles < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong> (July 7, 2004)
Hawaiian Island Restoration (September 8, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>< Outreach Community Hmong>
Woody Plants Highlight Minnesota Forestry Tour (September 15, 2004)
Plant Materials Program (October 20, 2004)
Cowpea Cover Crops Benefit Citrus Producers in California’s Coachella Valley (December 29, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> Seeding Out the Weeds in Nevada (April 20, 2005)

Ponds
If You Dig It, Will It Fill? Pond Construction Detailed at Texas Field Day (June 2, 2004)
Bass-rearing Ponds Planned by NRCS to Draw Attention to Eroding Louisiana Wetlands <> (June 2, 2004)

Program Information
Where Conservation Dollars are Working and Much More (March 17, 2004)

Publications
New NRCS California Pubs Feature Foothills, Culturally Significant Plants (April 7, 2004)
Idaho District Conservationist Pens Book on Stockmanship (July 21, 2004)
USDA and the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences to Release Bilingual Conservation Publication (August 4, 2004)
NRCS Worker Preaches Stockmanship in New Book (August 19, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Minnesota Retiree Chronicles Conservation <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 24, 2004)
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Rangeland
Rangeland Sports Knee-High Grass in Drought of 2003 (New Mexico, January 21, 2004)
New Plant Materials Center to Rehabilitate Nevada Rangelands (March 24, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> NRCS Worker Preaches Stockmanship in New Book <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 19, 2004)

Reorganization
NRCS Approved Reorganization Web Page (May 12, 2004)

< Outreach Community Hmong> Recycling
KDA Recycling Programs Near Milestones (April 20, 2005)

Resource Conservation and Development
Fayette County, TN, Included In Chickasaw-Shiloh RC&D Council (Feb. 3, 2004)
Before and After ̀a la RC&D (March 3, 2004)
Iowa RC&D's Proposed 7-county Trail Picks Up Resources (March 24, 2004)
New Mexico Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council Marks 40th Anniversary (April 7, 2004)
Nebraska RC&D Honors Corps of Discovery Member (April 14, 2004)
Pilgrim RC&D Offers Ag Commission Toolkit on CD-ROM (April 21, 2004)
Virginia RC&D Opens 300-Mile Historic Civil Rights Trail (May 19, 2004)
A Harvest of Goodwill (May 26, 2004)
RC&D Helps 'Water Buffalo' Roll into Georgia Community (May 26, 2004)
< color="#000080"> Thriving Navajo Rug Business “Looms” on the Horizon <> (June 16, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> More Wetland Acres Returning in Southeast Wisconsin <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 30, 2004)
Iowa RC&D Has "Passport" to Lewis and Clark Experience< color="#000080"> < Outreach Community Hmong face="Verdana" Event (June 30, 2004)
NRCS Salutes RC&D 40th Anniversary (July 14, 2004)
First RC&D Project Anniversary Observed (July 21, 2004)
Iowa RC&D, Partners Purchase Fire Equipment for Controlled Burns (July 28, 2004)
Montana RC&D's Fuels Reduction Projects Get Huge Boost from Grant (August 4, 2004)
Kentucky Lake Nears Completion (August 4, 2004)
Earth Team and First State RC&D Project Make Things Happen (August 19, 2004)
RC&D Helps Local Firefighters in Tennessee (October 13, 2004)
Southern Maryland Resource Conservation & Development Board Receives Award (October 20, 2004)
Community Garden Helps Feed Needy Northern Indiana Families (November 3, 2004)
An Ounce of Prevention… (New Mexico, November 17, 2004)
Pennsylvania RC&D Project Calls Attention to Streams (December 15, 2004)

Rey, Mark, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
USDA Announces Release of $1.5 Billion for Voluntary Conservation Programs in FY 2004 (February 3, 2004)
<> < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Rey Presents Conservation Award to Washington Children's Settlement < Outreach Community Hmong Event (April 28, 2004)
CFC Recognizes NRCS Staff and Under Secretary Rey (March 2, 2005)

< Outreach Community Hmong> <>Riparian Restoration
Riparian Restoration in New Mexico (March 16, 2005)
Recapturing the Park River (March 30, 2005)
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Salinity Control< Outreach Community Hmong>
USDA Provides $19.8 Million to Control Salinity in the Colorado River Basin (April 14, 2004)

Salmon Habitat
California District's "Growth Spurt" Boosts Projects for Fish, Forests (April 7, 2004)
NRCS, District Effort Speeds Oregon Salmon Recovery Effort (May 5, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> Alaska District, Volunteers Build Bridges for Salmon < Outreach Community Hmong> (December 1, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
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Service Centers
Remarks from Secretary Veneman at the Opening of the Stockton, California, USDA Service Center (August 24, 2004)
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Small Watersheds Protection Program (PL-566)
Providing Lake Access to People with Disabilities (Feb. 3, 2004)
Virginia's First Dam Rehabilitation Project Begins (March 3, 2004)
Watershed Dams Save Millions (Oklahoma, March 24, 2004)
Hackberry Dam Holds Back Deluge (April 21, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <>< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> First Dam in Georgia to be Rehabilitated with Federal Funds < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong>(May 5, 2004)
First Dam Rehabilitation Project Begins (Tennessee, June 2, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <>< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Nebraska Watershed Dams Did What They’re Supposed to Do <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 9, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
Wisconsin Dam Project to Provide Benefits for Next 100 Years <> < Outreach Community Hmong face="Verdana"> (June 9, 2004)
Major Dam Re-hab Underway (September 29, 2004)
Wisconsin PL-566 Project Helps Remove River from Degraded Waters List (November 10, 2004)
Workers Close the Valve on NRCS Mississippi Dam Project (November 17, 2004)
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Snow Surveys
`Snowman' Logs New Mexico's Snowpack (Jan. 14, 2004)
Measuring Moisture at NRCS’ Annual Snow Survey School (Oregon, Jan. 21, 2004)
Measuring Snow is a Science (Feb. 10, 2004)
Snow Job: Duo Makes Monthly Outing to Measure the Snowpack (March 10, 2004)
New SNOTEL Sites Open in Colorado (December 22, 2004)
Snowpack Well Below Normal (Oregon, February 9, 2005)
Snow Survey Story (Colorado, February 16, 2005)
Supply Forecast Program Monitors Mount Saint Helens Snowpack (March 16, 2005)
Snowpack Surveyors Find Levels Higher than Normal (April 6, 2005)
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Soils and Soil Surveys
New Nebraska Soil Survey Has "Something of Use to Everyone" (Jan. 27, 2004)
Soil Data Mart Now Operational (Jan. 27, 2004)
Soil Science Institute II Course (Feb. 18, 2004)
Iowa County Welcomes New Soil Survey (Feb. 25, 2004)
Digging Into New Nebraska Soil Survey (March 10, 2004)
Urban Soil Quality Pub Now on Web (March 10, 2004)
Ninth Edition of Keys to Soil Taxonomy Released (March 17, 2004)
National Soil Survey Center Tests XRF Meter (April 14, 2004)
NRCS Begins Soil Survey Work in San Bernardino National Forest (California, April 21, 2004)
Soil Survey of Ohio's Second-largest County Ready (May 26, 2004)
Idaho District, NRCS Working to Reduce Nitrates in Soil (June 23, 2004)
USDA Software Helps Save Soil in California Vineyards< color="#000080"> <> < Outreach Community Hmong face="Verdana"> (June 23, 2004)
< color="#000080"> NRCS Soil Scientists Conduct Soils/GIS Workshop in Ghana <> (June 23, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> New GIS Course to Boost Production of SSURGO Products <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (July 21, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Data Mining the NSSC Soil Survey Laboratory Soil Characterization Data <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (September 1, 2004)
New Digital Soil Survey Mapping Course Announced (September 8, 2004)
NRCS Helps Bring National Recognition to Mississippi Slough Project (October 13, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> New Soil Survey Data < Outreach Community Hmong> (October 13, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
< Outreach Community Hmong> < color="#000080"> Soil Information Software Updated < Outreach Community Hmong Event (November 24, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Soil Data Mart Sees Increasing Demand <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (December 1, 2004)
Plan Underway to Evaluate the National Benchmark Soils List (December 22, 2004)
Florida Mobile Irrigation Lab Helps Track Water Use, Offers Solutions (March 30, 2005)
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< Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong Event Streambank Restoration
< Outreach Community Hmong> NRCS, District Help Montana School Shore Up River Bank < Outreach Community Hmong>(December 1, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
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Sustainable Agriculture
New Sustainable Agriculture Website (July 28, 2004)
Three Farmers Win National Sustainability Award (November 24, 2004)
Goats, Sheep Help Manage Weeds on Western Rangeland (March 16, 2005)
Sustainable Agriculture Network Seeks Authors (March 30, 2005)
Professional Development Workshop for USDA Southern Region focuses on Managing Livestock, Natural Resources (April 27, 2005)
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< Outreach Community Hmong> Tech Tips
PLANTS Usage Increases in FY 2003 (Jan. 6, 2004)
Prairie Pothole Wetland Assessment Guidebook Set for Release (Jan. 14, 2004)
Documenting Permeability of Soils for an Animal Waste Storage Pond (Jan. 21, 2004)
Soil Data Mart Now Operational (Jan. 27, 2004)
New Soil Tech Note Available (Feb. 3, 2004)
New Fish and Wildlife Article Series Soon Available to Field Offices (Feb. 10, 2004)
NRCS Assists Ghana in Agriculture and Rural Development (Feb. 18, 2004)
Web Version of Nutbal PRO Tested (March 3, 2004)
Urban Soil Quality Pub Now on Web (March 10, 2004)
Ninth Edition of Keys to Soil Taxonomy Released (March 17, 2004)
Henry's Fork Case Study Completed (March 24, 2004)
Pressure Treated Wood Update (March 31, 2004)
Highlander Eastern Gamagrass Released (April 7, 2004)
National Soil Survey Center Tests XRF Meter (April 14, 2004)
NRCS Assists El Salvador with Horizontal Wells Project (April 20, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong Event Symbols for Unknown Plants Developed < Outreach Community Hmong Event(April 28, 2004)
Discover Your Strengths! (May 5, 2004)
Alternative Enterprises and Agritourism Resources (May 12, 2004)
NRCS Soil Geochemistry Program Developed (May 26, 2004)
Situational Analysis Fact Sheet Released (June 2, 2004)
Culturally Significant Plants Presentation (June 9, 2004)
New Economics On-line Network (June 16, 2004)
NRCS Soil Scientists Conduct Soils/GIS Workshop in Ghana (June 23, 2004)
High Tech for Texas EQIP (June 30, 2004)
New Features in PLANTS Plant Profiles (July 7, 2004)
EconDoc Exchange: Ahuachapan Irrigation Case Study (July 14, 2004)
New GIS Course to Boost Production of SSURGO Products (July 21, 2004)
New Soil Geochemistry Program Developed (July 28, 2004)
Social Sciences Institute Releases Strengthening Public Involvement (August 4, 2004)
New NRCS Web Site Answers FAQs on Organics (August 11, 2004)
Tele Atlas Geospatial Data Now Available for Authorized Users (August 19, 2004)
New Grazing Management Book Available (August 24, 2004)
Data Mining the NSSC Soil Survey Laboratory Soil Characterization Data (September 1, 2004)
< color="#000080"> New Digital Soil Survey Mapping Course Announced <> (September 8, 2004)
New Soils Software Common Computing Environment Certified (September 15, 2004)
New NRCS National Geospatial Development Center Proposed (October 6, 2004)
New Soil Survey Data (October 13, 2004)
Plant Materials Program (October 20, 2004)
Air Quality (October 27, 2004)
Low-Phytate Soybeans (November 17, 2004)
Soil Information Software Updated (November 24, 2004)
Soil Data Mart Sees Increasing Demand (December 1, 2004)
Legal Status Now Explained on PLANTS Database (December 8, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Global Experience Program Available to NRCS <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (December 15, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Plan Underway to Evaluate the National Benchmark Soils List < Outreach Community Hmong> (December 22, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
< Outreach Community Hmong> < color="#000080"> NRCS Kansas' EQIP Self-Assessment Tool Helps Producers, Cuts Costs < Outreach Community Hmong Event (December 29, 2004)
USDA Announces New Tool for Estimating Soil Carbon Sequestration (March 30, 2005)
Collecting Ecological Site Information for Forestland (April 27, 2005)
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Technical Service Providers
< Outreach Community Hmong> <>< Outreach Community Hmong> Wisconsin TSP Workshop <>< Outreach Community Hmong> (March 31, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
TSP Express (March 2004)
TSP Express< Outreach Community Hmong> (May 2004)
< color="#000080"> TSP Express <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 2004)
Revised Payment Rates for Technical Service Providers (October 20, 2004)
< color="#000080"> TSP Express (November 2004)
< color="#000080"> TSP Express (March 2005)
< color="#000080"> TSP Express (July 2005)

USDA Releases Final Rule For Technical Service Provider Assistance (December 8, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>

Tribes
Closer Ties with New Mexico’s Mescalero Apache Tribe (Feb. 25, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> < Outreach Community Hmong> <>< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Partnership Saves Historical Idaho Site <> < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong> (May 5, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
Historic Agreement Signed in Michigan for the Protection of Native Cultural Artifacts (May 5, 2004)
NRCS North Carolina Gets Taste of Lumbee Life (August 4, 2004)
USDA Offers Tribal and Asian Pacific Islander Scholarships
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Veneman, USDA Secretary Ann M.
< color="#000080"> < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> < Outreach Community Hmong> Veneman Announces Availability Of Electronic "Customer Statement" (March 10, 2004)
Veneman Announces First Air Quality Awards (March 17, 2004)
< color="#000080"> < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Secretary Veneman Announces Interim Final Rule for Conservation Security Program -- Sign Up to Begin July 6 < Outreach Community Hmong Event < Outreach Community Hmong Event<>(June 9, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080" Event Remarks from Secretary Veneman at the Opening of the Stockton, California, USDA Service Center < Outreach Community Hmong Event (August 24, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080" Event
< color="#000080"> Secretary Veneman Tours Agriculture Areas Hit By Hurricane Charley; USDA Provides Wide Ranging Assistance <> (August 25, 2004)
< color="#000080"> Secretary Veneman Announces the Release of $1.6 Billion for Voluntary Conservation Programs on Working Lands <>(October 27, 2004)< color="#000080">
Secretary Veneman Speaks at Women in Agriculture Conference (November 3, 2004)
Secretary Veneman Announces $162,500 In Education Grants to FFA
Accepts Distinguished Service Citation for USDA's Contribution to Agricultural Education (November 3, 2004)
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< Outreach Community Hmong>Water Quality
Texas Lake Removed From Impaired List; NRCS and Partners Reduce Atrazine (Jan. 14, 2004)
District to Restore Stream Bank, Improve Water Quality in Pennsylvania Scenic River (March 3, 2004)
Lake George Shoreland Restoration Project--St. Cloud, Minnesota (April 7, 2004)
New York Districts Get Grants for Ag Runoff Control Projects (April 14, 2004)
NRCS Reaches Out to Amish Farmers in Pennsylvania (April 21, 2004)
NRCS, Conservation District and Town Officials Work to Restore Vegetation along Sawmill River in Western Massachusetts (April 28, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> District Grant to Improve Water Quality Near Pennsylvania Dirt Roads < Outreach Community Hmong> (May 19, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
< Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080"> Goat Island Restoration Celebrated in Texas < Outreach Community Hmong>(May 26, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
Tennessee Students Hit The Creek — But It’s All For Education< Outreach Community Hmong>< color="#000080"> < Outreach Community Hmong Event (May 26, 2004)
Minnesota Students Join NRCS, District to Help Landowner Complete Water Quality Project (May 26, 2004)
< color="#000080"> Earth Team Volunteers Serious about Water Quality <> (June 16, 2004)
Kentuckian Works to Make His Farm More Environmentally Friendly (June 23, 2004)
< color="#000080"> Idaho District, NRCS Working to Reduce Nitrates in Soil <> (June 23, 2004)<>
Montana Irrigators and NRCS to Save Water and Save Species (June 30, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> District, NRCS Work on Restoration Plan for Mine Drainage Sites in Pennsylvania Watershed < Outreach Community Hmong> (July 14, 2004)
NRCS Phosphorus Index Helps Iowa Farmers Protect Water Quality (July 21, 2004)
Celebrating World Water Monitoring Day in Hawaii (October 20, 2004)

Wetlands Mitigation Banks
Chief Knight Tours Nation's First First Ag Wetland Mitigation Bank (April 28, 2004)

Wetlands Reserve Program
Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation" (Jan. 27, 2004)
Largest Tall Grass Prairie Restoration Project (Minnesota, Jan. 27, 2004)
Partners in Protecting Minnesota's Waterfowl (March 3, 2004)
NRCS, Izaak Walton League to Create Wildlife Sanctuary in New York (March 17, 2004)
Wetlands Reserve Program Protects Rare Florida Fern (March 24, 2004)
NRCS, Audubon Conserve Nearly 1,500 Acres of Wisconsin Habitat (April 7, 2004)
Wetlands Reserve Program to Benefit Family Farm in Texas (April 14, 2004)
President Announces Wetlands Initiative on Earth Day (April 28, 2004)
Chief Knight Celebrates Earth Day at Minnesota Wetlands Project (April 28, 2004)
And to Hardwood Mississippi Bottomland will Return (April 28, 2004)
Former Indiana Farm to be Restored to Wetland (May 19, 2004)
NRCS, Ducks Unlimited to Convert Arkansas Property to Wetlands (June 9, 2004)
< color="#000080"> Invasives Out, Good Grasses In at Connecticut WHIP Site <>(June 9, 2004)
NRCS, Ducks Unlimited Break Ground on Illinois Wetland Project (June 16, 2004)
More Wetland Acres Returning in Southeast Wisconsin (June 30, 2004)
In Oregon, Raptors and Birds Now Gather Where Onions Once Grew (July 21, 2004)
Oklahoma WRP Project Offers Slew of Sights (July 28, 2004)
WRP Brings Wisconsin Marsh "Back to Nature" (August 4, 2004)
Spotted Frogs Make a Big Splash at Utah WRP Project (August 11, 2004)
Illinois WRP Project to Prevent Floods, Protect Wildlife (August 19, 2004)
WRP Turns Idaho Pasture into Wetland (September 1, 2004)
WRP Helps Preserve Major Indiana Waterfowl Area (October 6, 2004)
NRCS Provides $2.1 Million to Restore and Protect Wetlands in 12 States (October 13, 2004)
Salt Marsh Dedicated in Maine's Cascade Brook (October 20, 2004)
USDA Provides $7 Million to Restore and Protect Wetlands in Arkansas (November 3, 2004)
The Nature Conservancy and WRP Restore Alabama River (November 10, 2004)
Wetlands Reserve Program Creates "200-acre Bird Feeder" on Iowa Farm (January 26, 2005)
North Carolina Wetlands Restoration Project Turns Corner (March 23, 2005)
Partners Break Ground on Project To Save Louisiana Marshes (May 2, 2005)
NRCS Helps Kentucky Farmer Save Wetlands < Outreach Community Hmong> <> (May 2, 2005)
NRCS Illinois Soil Scientist Restores Wetland Habitat < color="#000080"> (May 2, 2005)

Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program
USDA Announces First Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program Partnership (June 30, 2004)
$24 Million from USDA to Help Restore Nebraska Wetlands (July 7, 2004)

Wildlife Habitat
Kentucky Farmer Growing Grasses for Wildlife (Feb. 18, 2004)
California District to Keep Habitat "Out of Circulation Forever" (Feb. 25, 2004)
Songs of the Sky: Partnership Pilot Program, Fire Aim to Restore Grasslands, Migratory Songbirds (March 17, 2004)
Iowa Project Could become "a Model for Restoration" (May 5, 2004)
Goat Island Restoration Celebrated in Texas (May 26, 2004)
If I Were a Pheasant, What Would I Want?: Tree Planting for Wildlife (June 16, 2004)
Oklahoma Farm Becomes Tern Nesting Ground (July 14, 2004)
Partnership Brings Minnesota Wetland Back "Full Circle" (August 4, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> Lush Landfill Brings Life to North Carolina Trash Pile < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 11, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
< Outreach Community Hmong> < color="#000080"> Illinois WRP Project to Prevent Floods, Protect Wildlife < Outreach Community Hmong Event (August 19, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> USDA Provides $2 Million for Sage Grouse Conservation and Recovery in Four Western States <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 24, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> USDA Provides Additional $600,000 to Improve Fish and Wildlife Habitat on Private Lands in 21 States <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (August 24, 2004)
USDA Awards $1.2 Million for Bobwhite Quail Habitat Restoration (August 24, 2004)
With NRCS' Help, National Wild Turkey Federation's Operation Oak Grows Stronger (December 8, 2004)
Rolling Stones Keyboardist Manages Music and Habitat< color="#000080"> <> (December 8, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> NRCS, Alabama Partners Protect Wildlife Near Power Lines <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (December 22, 2004)
North Dakota Partners Create New Wildlife Management Area < Outreach Community Hmong> < color="#000080"> (May 2, 2005)
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Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
A Close Call For Bobwhite Quail (Southeastern U.S., Jan. 6, 2004)
Town Recognized for River Restoration Project in Maine (Jan. 27, 2004)
NRCS, Ducks Unlimited Fund South Carolina Habitat, Farm Income Project (March 17, 2004)
Henry's Fork Case Study Completed (March 24, 2004)
WHIP Projects, Good Planning Help Wildlife Thrive for Alabama Landowner (March 31, 2004)
USDA Announces $3.5 Million for New Salmon Habitat Restoration Initiative in Five States (March 31, 2004)
Wisconsin Wildlife Home Gets a Remodel (April 21, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080" Event Rey Presents Conservation Award to Washington Children's Settlement < Outreach Community Hmong Event (April 28, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong color="#000080" Event
NRCS’s Commitment to Protecting Sage Grouse Habitat (April 28, 2004)
"WHIPing" Grazingland into Shape (May 18, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> A West Virginia Farm Bill Success Story < Outreach Community Hmong> (June 2, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> Chief Knight Views Federal Projects at California Cattle Ranch <> < Outreach Community Hmong> (July 14, 2004)
USDA Provides $350,000 for Sage Grouse Habitat in Utah (August 4, 2004)
WHIP Helps Partners Restore Eelgrass in Rhode Island Bay (August 19, 2004)
USDA Provides Additional $600,000 to Improve Fish and Wildlife Habitat on Private Lands in 21 States (August 24, 2004)
WHIP Helps New Jersey Battle Invasive Shrub (September 1, 2004)
Reservation Benefits from Farm Bill Programs (September 8, 2004)
From Pit to Pool: Rhode Island WHIP Project to Return Gravel Pit to Nature< color="#000080"> <>(September 8, 2004)
Iowa Volunteers Clear Honeysuckle, Prepare for Prairie Plants (September 15, 2004)
“Whipping” Chester Creek into Shape (Alaska, October 6, 2004)
WHIP Brings New Jersey Kids Close to Natural World (<>October 6, 2004)
< Outreach Community Hmong> <> < color="#000080"> USDA Expands Conservation Opportunities for 13 States and the Caribbean Area <> < Outreach Community Hmong> < Outreach Community Hmong face="Verdana"> (November 3, 2004)
WHIP Helps Restore Massachusetts Natural Habitat for Several Bird Species (December 1, 2004)< Outreach Community Hmong>
NRCS South Carolina Showcases Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Practices (December 29, 2004)

Wood Products
Pressure Treated Wood Update (March 31, 2004)