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frozen crabapples in Fairfield County, Ohio (NRCS photo by Mike Monnin) -- click to enlarge

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Iowa

Racer Named Conservation Winner
Randall “Randy” Burt, 52, of Rowan, Iowa, is known locally for racing school buses and semi- tractor trucks at northern Iowa race tracks. But this part-time racer and full-time farmer is also recognized as a conservation leader in Wright County.

Kentucky

Mill Branch Stream Restoration Project to Preserve Blackside Dace
Mill Branch, a small headwater tributary of Stinking Creek in southeast Kentucky, supports a population of the federally threatened Blackside Dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis), a small fish usually less than 3 inches long. In early 2006, NRCS in cooperation with federal, State, and local partners began developing a stream restoration project with four private landowners on Mill Branch Stream in Knox County, Kentucky.

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Walt Douglas to Retire
South Carolina NRCS State Conservationist Walter W. Douglas will retire on January 3, 2008, after a nearly 43 year career with NRCS. As the current South Carolina NRCS State Conservationist since May 2000, he began his career with the agency as a soil conservationist in New Hampshire.

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Florida NRCS State Conservationist is Moving North
After over 18 years of serving as State Conservationist in Florida, Niles Glasgow will move north to become NRCS State Conservationist in South Carolina on January 7, 2008.

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USDA National Agroforestry logo Working Trees Brochures Available
The USDA National Agroforestry Center’s (NAC) popular series of Working Trees brochures provides readers with a great introduction to agroforestry.

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Walt Douglas Receives Circle of Excellence Award
South Carolina NRCS State Conservationist Walt Douglas received the NRCS Circle of Excellence Award for outstanding service and dedication to the development and launch of the NRCS small-acreage farmer initiative. Walt's exemplary leadership helped increase minority and limited resource producers' participation in NRCS conservation programs

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NRCS Directives for the Week of December 16, 2007

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soil survey reconnaissance in west central Texas (NRCS photo -- click to enlarge) Soil Survey Reconnaissance
This 1922 photographs depicts soil survey reconnaissance work in west central Texas (NRCS photo -- 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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