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Alabama

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Windows Media Player logoAlabama NRCS Programs Help With Stream Restoration
Alabama NRCS has programs to help landowners with stream restoration.

Massachusetts

Massachusettes NRCS district conservationist Rita Thibodeau uses a hand seeder to distribute native grass seed on the slope (NRCS photo)NRCS Helps Friends of Wissatinnewag Restore Native Grasses at Burial Site
A 70-foot gravel embankment at a Native American burial site in Greenfield, Massachusetts, will soon be carpeted in native grasses if the recent efforts of NRCS staff and local volunteers are successful. 

Virginia

Lake Royal riser and dam -- note high water line on dam upstream face (NRCS photo)Dam Proves Worth
The summer dry spell that had gripped much of the southeastern U.S. ended when a front stalled over the East coast last month. Gauges at Reagan and Dulles International Airports near Washington D.C., showed that 9-10 inches of rain fell in northern Virginia during a 4-day period.  The constant downpour caused flooding in the Nation’s capital and surrounding areas.  Fortunately for residents of Fairfax County, Virginia, six dams in the Pohick Watershed held back huge quantities of water that would have added to the local flooding.
 

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18th World Congress of Soil Science logoNRCS to Exhibit at 18th World Congress of Soil Science
The NRCS will be one of two major sponsors at next week's 18th World Congress of Soil Science in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The NRCS Soils Division will be staffing a booth and organizing poster presentations at the event where Chief Knight and agency soils experts from across the U.S. will be speaking.  A special exhibit, Soils — the Foundation of Life, is being also being produced especially for the event.

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18th World Congress of Soil Science Program Booklet

Philadelphia Mayor John Street's Proclamation Welcoming 18th World Congress of Soil Science to the City
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Washoe Lake wetlands area, Slide Mountain in background, Washoe County, NV (NRCS photo)NRCS Announces WRP Reverse Auction
NRCS has announced the availability of $10 million for a Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) reverse auction initiative to identify more effective and efficient methods of reducing the cost of WRP easement acquisition.  “The Wetlands Reserve Program is a voluntary program established for the purpose of protecting, restoring and enhancing wetlands, while maximizing wildlife benefits,” said NRCS Chief Bruce Knight.  “This reverse WRP auction will allow the taxpayer and our farmers and ranchers to get even more for their investment.”

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NRCS news release “NRCS Announces Signup for Wetlands Reserve Program Reverse Auction
$10 million available -- signup between July 3 and July 28" (June 30, 2006)

Wetlands Reserve Program

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SNOTEL Original data before and after suspect data is corrected using PRISM QC methodologyPRISM to Help with SNOTEL Quality Control
When installation first began in the middle 1970s, the Snow Telemetry network (SNOTEL) was never envisioned as a data source for climate change studies; however the network has become a de facto source for middle and higher elevation snowpack, precipitation, and temperature data in the West.

Intermountain West Climate Summary

Read what the Intermountain West Climate Summary journal has to say about the good work being done by the NRCS National Water and Climate Center

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General Manual
Title 360, Part 432, Labor and Employee Relations Automated Case Tracking System, Subpart A, General, Subpart B, Policy,  Subpart C, Responsibilities, and Subpart D, Program Administration
 

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