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Deputy Under Secretary Natural Resources and Environment Merlyn Carlson dumps snow out of a sampling tube at the Mount Rose Ski Area near Reno to help celebrate the NRCS Snow Survey Centennial100 Years of Snow Surveys Marked
Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Merlyn Carlson dumps snow out of a sampling tube at the Mount Rose Ski Area near Reno to help celebrate this year's NRCS Snow Survey Centennial
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students building soil profilesFood for America
For the past four years NRCS and others have organized the Food for America outreach program for Athens, Texas, fourth-graders. This year, youngsters rotated through seven stations designed to show students where their food comes from and how it is produced.

 

Upper Tygart Valley River Watershed dam project locationNRCS Provides Adequate Water Source in West Virginia
Residents in West Virginia’s southern Randolph County will soon have a reliable source of drinking water thanks to the NRCS Elkwater Fork Dam Public Law-566 project.  The Upper Tygart Valley River Watershed dam project will soon supply safe drinking water to 21,500 Randolph County residents.
 

 

 

Warren County New Jersey Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program dam removal and stream restoration project Dam Removal in New Jersey
View this New Jersey Public Radio and Television TV news feature on an NRCS Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program dam removal project. Go to Pat Regan's News and Public Affairs and click on Dam Removal View Video.

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taking part in the presentation are Nebraska NRCS State Conservationist Steve Chick, tribal council member Burt Walker, NRCS specialist who created the map Shandy Bittle, Tribal Council chair person Eleanor Baxter, tribal council secretary Rodney Morris, and tribe environmental director Tony ProvostNRCS Provides Tribe with Land Resource Map
NRCS recently provided the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and Iowa with a land resource map of their reservation lands. A similar map was also presented to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Tribal leaders indicated the map coupled with other land and water information will aid the Tribe in better managing their lands.
 

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wetland in western U.S.USDA Selects Proposals for Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program
NRCS Chief Bruce Knight has announced that five partnership proposals will receive $10 million through the Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program to restore, enhance, protect, and manage habitat for migratory birds and other wetland-dependent wildlife.

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NRCS news release: USDA Selects Proposals for Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (May 1, 2006)

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The theme for the National Association of Conservation District's (NACD) Soil Stewardship Week – April 30 - May 7, 2006 – is Water Wise.   Whether you act as a conservation district volunteer, a county or State association official, a member of a conservation organization, a representative of a government agency, or a concerned individual, we can all can help share the important message of conservation stewardship. 


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NACD 2006 Soil and Water Stewardship Week Website

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NRCS participated in Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) activities on the National Mall this week. The event, celebrated the first Monday through Sunday in May since 1985, is a yearly opportunity to recognize the good work of public servants and to honor the men and women who serve America as Federal, state and local government employees.
 

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Go to the NRCS Earth Day 2006 Photo Feature to see images, hear sound files, and read news stories about this year's events around the U.S.

 

 

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SARE and Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Team-Up to Showcase NRCS Conservation Security Program
Dave Mikelson is the farmer/owner of Cloverleaf dairySoil conservation has always been an important part of how farmers Charlie Hammer and Nancy Kavazanjian manage their land in southeastern Wisconsin.  Practicing no-till since 1985, Hammer and Kavazanjian were able to enroll in the NRCS Conservation Security Program (CSP) as a Tier II farm in 2005.In northwest Wisconsin, the Mikelson family farm qualified as a Tier III farm, thanks to their many conservation practices on their dairy operation.

 

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Manager of the National Plant Materials CenterJohn Englert (second from left) explains the Plant Materials Program to An Baoli, Ministry of Water Resources of ChinaChinese Delegation Touring Plant Materials Centers
A delegation from China, composed of specialists in water, soil conservation and plant buffers, visited NRCS Plant Materials Centers (PMC) in Tucson, Arizona; Beltsville, Maryland; and Lockford, California to learn more about best conservation best practices.
 

 

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