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Nevada

NRCS plant materials specialistsNew Plant Materials Center to Open in Fallon, Nevada
A new plant materials center to grow plants suitable for the Great Basin area is opening in Fallon, Nevada.

 

 

 

Texas

fourth and fifth graders particpate in first annual forestry tour in Palestine, Texas.First Annual Forest Awareness Tour
Nearly 800 fourth and fifth graders from Anderson County recently participated in the first annual Forest Awareness Tour held at the Davey Dogwood Park in Palestine. The event taught students and teachers about the importance of forest ecosystems, multiple use of forest for wood products and wildlife habitat, and forest management techniques.

South Carolina

Clemson University Introductory Soil Science 202 student uses the NRCS web soil survey as part of her course workWeb Soil Survey Used by Clemson University Professors and Students
Sixty-seven Clemson University horticulture, forestry, agricultural mechanization, and agricultural education majors recently got hands-on experience using the NRCS Web Soil Survey.  Clemson Assistant Professor of Soil Science Dr. Elena Mikhailova and Assistant Professor of GIS Dr. Christopher Post required the students to use the on-line tool for their Introductory Soil Science 202 coursework.

New Jersey

NRCS Soil Scientist Chris Smith discusses the genesis and classification of typical coastal plain soil with William Puckett and other soil scientists during the tour arranged as part of the Northeast Regional Cooperative Soil Survey Work Planning ConferenceNew Jersey Hosts Northeast Regional Cooperative Soil Survey Work Planning Conference
Soil Scientists from Virginia to Maine recently gathered for the 2006 Northeast Regional Cooperative Soil Survey Work Planning Conference.  This event, sponsored by Rutgers Environmental Research and Extension, New Jersey Association of Professional Soil Scientists, and NRCS was held at the Rutgers University Environmental Research and Extension Center EcoComplex located near Bordentown, New Jersey. 

Illinois

Betty Routh (right) stands in her backyard in St. Joseph, which abuts former farmland that is being transformed into wetlands. Routh was joined by Bruce Stikkers, left, who helped put the project together, and Kenneth Kesler of the Champaign County Soil and Water Conservation (photo courtesy of Darrell Hoemman, Saint Joseph News Gazette)Flood-Prone Field Changing into Wetlands
A former corn and beans field on the west edge of St. Joseph, Illinois, is being turned into a restored wetlands area that may some day attract marsh-loving creatures like blue-winged teal and great blue herons.
 

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strip croppingJohanns Extends Incentives To Complete EQIP Practices Delayed By High Energy Costs
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has announced the deadline for completing environmental projects to qualify for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) energy cost assistance will be extended to September 1, 2006.

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Arkansas Rural Development Commission chairman Bruce Leggitt (left) presents Kalven L. Trice with the 2005-2006 Rural Advocate of the Year award. (NRCS photo by Molly Voeller)Trice Named Rural Advocate of the Year
Arkansas NRCS State Conservationist Kalven L. Trice was recently named the 2005-2006 Rural Advocate of the Year by the Arkansas Rural Development Commission. Trice, accepting the honor on behalf of all Arkansas NRCS employees, then dedicated the award to the memory of his mother who, in her own right, was an advocate for rural Arkansas.

 

 

 

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SARE annual conference brochure, "A Midwest Homecoming"Register Now for the 2006 SARE Conference
For more than a year, Jamie Derr, a Sun Prairie, Wis., grain farmer, has been perfecting his home-brewed biodiesel system – one part restaurant grease, one part crushed oilseeds and a large shot of farmer ingenuity. The bio-based fuel, the product of Derr’s experimentation and interest in alternative energy, powers the tractors that harvest no-till corn, soybeans, wheat and small grains in a sustainable rotation on his 400 acres.


 

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