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Gardening
with Water Quality in Mind
The NRCS Three Rivers RC&D worked with the City of Eagle Lake, Minnesota, and
others to create an attractive, healthy, and functional alternative to a
traditional city park garden. The rain garden they developed will help reduce
nutrient and sediment runoff into lakes, streams, and the storm water system
while establishing wildlife habitat and a beautiful, low maintenance landscape.
Silvermine
Project Polishes-Up a Connecticut River
After six years, NRCS, neighbors, the City of Norwalk, Trout Unlimited, the
Norwalk River Watershed Initiative, the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection, and other partners in the Silvermine Restoration Project have reason
to celebrate now that their work is complete.
Yukon
Flats e-Commerce Project Now On-Line
The
NRCS Yukon Flats RC&D program has partnered with sponsor Philadelphia University
to develop ArcticWays.com -- a
website dedicated to selling Native arts and crafts via the
internet. For over a decade the NRCS Yukon Flats RC&D has worked toward using e-commerce to market and sell native arts & crafts has been
in the Yukon Flats RC&D Plan for over a decade. Now on-line, ArcticWays.com allows artists to sell their goods to
the e-world.
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USDA
and USDI Sign Partnership Agreement Regarding Water Conservation
NRCS Chief Bruce Knight and John W. Keys, III, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation, have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to
accomplish efficient use and long-term sustainability of available water
supplies for agricultural production, fish and wildlife protection, recreation
and other beneficial uses.
Get the details...
-- Bureau of Reclamation
New
Texas Initiative Targets Water Conservation
NRCS, SARE, and Texas Tech University are
teaming up to reduce agricultural water consumption across the Texas High
Plains. Texas Tech University researcher Vivien Allen along with her management
team and NRCS conservation agronomist Monty Dollar will be able to
demonstrate their water-conserving farming strategies in an effort to control
the dropping water level in the Ogallala aquifer thanks to a
$6.2 million State grant.
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