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California

NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster leaves a snow cave he built. He took part in a Tahoe-area training session that included lessons in building snow caves for staffers who measure snowfall and who might get stranded (photo courtesy Sacramento Bee/Barbara Barte Osborn -- click to enlarge0Chief Lancaster Participates in National Snow Survey and Safety School
Chief Lancaster joined 60 students from national, State and municipal agencies at a NRCS Snow Survey and Safety School session near Tahoe City, California, to learn proper techniques to sample snow, an activity vital to forecasting water availability in 12 Western States.   Each year, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service conducts a snow survey school to train snow surveyors, with a curriculum combining sampling and survival.
Oklahoma

(left) NRCS Chief Lancaster presents the Honor award to Phoukham Vongkhamdy (NRCS photo)Oklahoma Team Receives Secretary’s Honor Award
Oklahoma’s Poteau River Watershed Conservation Security Program (CSP) Team has received the Secretary’s 2006 Department of Agriculture Honor Award for Supporting the President’s Management Agenda and Civil Rights.  The award was presented in Washington D.C. to the team at the 59th Secretary of Agriculture's Annual Honor Awards for outstanding outreach to CSP Native American, Asian, and limited resource customers in the Poteau River Watershed in Oklahoma.  
 
Wisconsin

variegated fritillary butterfly native to Wisconsin and its Driftless AreaFRPP Opens Doors for Beginning Farmers
The NRCS Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP) recently hit a grand slam with a successful partnership to preserve a 327-acre parcel of land in Wisconsin -- saving a rare remnant tall-grass prairie, helping a beginning farmer get started, and preserving farmland for agricultural use in the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin.

 

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flooded cropland in Iowa -- EWP assists with implementation of critical emergency measures to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by natural disasters -- measures must be environmentally and economically sound and generally benefit more than one property owner (NRCS image)USDA Provides More Than $42.5 Million For Additional Natural Disaster Recovery
NRCS is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and State emergency agencies to prepare for upcoming post-disaster cleanup and restoration projects in Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.

 

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One of the first Conservation Districts is formed after the creation of the Soil Conservation Service. (NRCS image -- click to enlarge). Early Conservation District
One of the first conservation districts is formed after the creation of the Soil Conservation Service (NRCS image — click to enlarge).

NRCS This Week features a weekly historical photo and caption.  NHQ, districts, States, RC&D councils, and all other NRCS entities are invited to submit a historical photo of activities or individuals who have worked or are working for the agency along with a caption. 

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General Manual
Title 340, Part 402, Performance Budget, Subpart B, Performance Budget Formulation

National Bulletins
National Bulletin: 250-7-3
Subject: 61st Annual National Association of Conservation Districts 
This national bulletin announces the National Association of Conservation Districts 61st Annual Meeting on February 4-8, 2007, in Los Angeles, CA.

 

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