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from l. Eddie Tullis, Chairman of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, host tribe; Richard Coombe, NRCS East Regional Assistant Chief; and Annabelle Romero, Director, USDA Office of Native American ProgramsAlabama Hosts Program Delivery Initiative for American Indian Tribes
Participants representing nine tribes from as far north as Maine and as far south as Florida recently met on the Poarch Band of Creek Indian Reservation near Atmore, Alabama, for an American Indian Program Delivery Initiative.
 

from l. Indiana NRCS State Conservationist Jane Hardisty and Plainfield Town Manager Richard Carlucci sign historic EWP agreementNRCS Helps Restore Flood-Ravaged Indiana Town
The largest Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) project agreement in Indiana’s history between NRCS and the Town of Plainfield was recently signed at a bridge over White Lick Creek.
 

Roland Smith (left) and his son, Howard, have created wildlife food plots on their land in Bennington. Image by Peter Crabtree, Rutland HeraldWHIP Helps Vermont Father and Son Support Wildlife with Food Plots
There came a time when Howard Smith grew tired of searching for deer. And so, in a sort of eureka moment, he thought of bringing the whitetails to him.

 

from l. Chief Bruce Knight, Angela Biggs, and NRCS Civil Rights Division Director, Andrew Johnson, Jr.Iowa Woman Receives National Civil Rights Award
NRCS soil conservationist Angela Biggs recently received a national Outstanding Special Emphasis Program Manager award from Chief Bruce Knight and Civil Rights Division Director, Andrew Johnson, Jr. at a civil rights meeting in Reno, Nevada.  

to commemorate the wetlands project in celebration of American Wetlands Month, Chief Knight presents a plaque to Dr. Wayne Hanslka, Wetlands Project Coordinator for the CCBG/NC and Rangeland Ecology & Management, Texas Cooperative Research, Education and Extension ServiceTexas-NRCS Cooperative Conservation Effort Recognized
NRCS celebrated American Wetlands Month at a national celebration, an awards ceremony, and media conference at the Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens & Nature Center (CCBG/NC) to recognize the success of the Gardens & Nature Center’s $90,000 “Wetland Water Containment, Restoration and Boardwalk Project,” which has fostered ongoing environmental, education, and economic benefits.

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strip-croppingUSDA Announces Closing of 2005 Sign-up for Conservation Security Program
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has reminded producers that the sign-up period for the 2005 Conservation Security Program (CSP) ends on Friday, May 27, 2005. This nationwide sign-up that began March 28 is available to approximately 235,000 farmers and ranchers in 220 selected watershed locations.

l. Micheal Golden, Director, NRCS Soil Survey Division presents Douglas Thomas with the NCSS Soil Scientist of the Year award Three NRCS Soil Scientists Receive National Recognition
Anthony Khiel, Douglas Thomas, and Dr. Neil Smeck were presented awards at the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) conference in Corpus Christi, Texas. Khiel and Thomas were co-recipients of the NCSS Soil Scientist of the Year Award and Dr. Smeck, professor of soil science at Ohio State University, received the NCSS Cooperator Achievement Award.

small farms logoLimited Resource Farmers Receive $18.3 Million in FY 2004 EQIP Funds
NRCS has approved 1,156 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contracts with limited resource farmers and ranchers in fiscal year 2004, covering nearly 436,000 acres, for a total of $18.3 million.

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See selected Wetlands Month 2005 photo features from NRCS events across the country.

 

 

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Partnerships, Pesticides, and Potatoes
To address widespread concerns about pesticide contamination in Idaho's Fort Hall Indian Reservation wells, NRCS, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Business Council, the Three Rivers RC&D, the Shoshone-Bannock Land Use Commission, area agronomists, and the non-profit Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides have joined together to develop an outreach and demonstration project on the reservation to identify and showcase alternatives to fumigants to the local potato growers who lease land from the tribe.

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NRCS Booneville Plant Materials Center NRCS Booneville Plant Materials Center (PMC) Releases New Species
The NRCS Booneville, Arkansas PMC recently released a new eastern gamagrass to be called "Bumpers" in honor of Senator Dale Bumpers of Arkansas who served for 24 years in the United States Senate and has been a long time advocate and supporter of agriculture and issues related to farm production and agricultural producers.

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