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Arizona

tour is of conservation practices we put into place on the Navajo Reservation -- Asaayi LakeNRCS Works with Navajo Nation to Improve Conservation Delivery
Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico NRCS State Conservationists Dennis Alexander, Sylvia Gillen, and David McKay along with Regional Assistant Chief, West Sara Braasch recently met with Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly and other Tribal leaders at the Tribe's Headquarters in Window Rock, Arizona, to discuss ways to improve coordination, planning and implementation of conservation on the Navajo Nation.

 
Florida
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NRCS Legislative and Public Affairs Division Dough McKalip talks to Cindy Zimmerman from Southeast AGNet about the 2007 Farm BillCommodity Classic 2007 Redux
Listen to NRCS Legislative and Public Affairs Division Director Doug McKalip comment on the 2007 Farm Bill in an interview with Cindy Zimmerman from Southeast AGNet at the 2007 Commodity Classic in Tampa, Florida.

 

 
Minnesota

Horses are used to help remove trees that are directly touching or shading out the canopy of mature sugar maple treesSugar Bush Forest Stand Improvement
NRCS in Becker County, Minnesota, is partnering with the White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP) and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in an effort to increase maple syrup production on tribal land. Maple syrup is an important economic resource and its collection and processing is a source of cultural integrity for the people of the White Earth Reservation as well.

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NRCS logoNew Employee Suggestion Program Launched
NRCS has launched the Streamlining and Cost Savings Initiative 2007 suggestion program.  Initiated in 2003, the original program resulted in over 1,300 suggestions from field office employees.  For this second round of the streamlining effort, NRCS providing an opportunity for employees throughout the agency to make suggestions.

NRCS 2007 Women's History Month posterMarch  2007 Is Women's History Month
The 2007 theme, Generations of Women Moving History Forward, celebrates the wisdom and tenacity of all generations of women.  It recognizes the power of generations of women working together.



 

 

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George Phibbs in the Beltsville, Maryland, Soils Survey laboratory in 1960Soil Survey Laboratory
George Phibbs in the Beltsville, Maryland, Soil Survey laboratory in 1960.  Laboratories assisted the Soil Survey in developing and implementing the new soil classification system.   (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 along with a caption of activities or individuals who have worked or are working for the agency.  

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Environmental Benefits of Conservation on Cropland — the Status of Our Knowledge report coverSWCS Publishes Landmark Report
In conjunction with the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) has published a landmark synthesis of the current scientific literature on what is known and not known about the field-level effects of conservation practices applied to cropland. Entitled Environmental Benefits of Conservation on Cropland — the Status of Our Knowledge, the report addresses conservation practices for soil management, water management on rain-fed and irrigated cropland, nutrient management, pesticide mitigation, integrated pest management, and landscape management.
 

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