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Alaska

SNOTEL site at Eagle Summit on the Steese Highway north of FairbanksSoil Survey and Snow Survey Upgrade SNOTEL Sites in Alaska
Learn how the Alaska NRCS Snow Survey and Soil Survey began a two-year program to upgrade 20 of these sites with additional sensors to collect soil moisture and temperature data.

 
Vermont

Drew Adam (right) working with local Afghan officials (NRCS photo Drew Adam Helping Re-Build Agriculture in Afghanistan
Where can my.NRCS take you?  Around the world and back, according to Drew Adam, district conservationist in Brattleboro, Vermont.  Nine months after applying for a position in Afghanistan from a vacancy announcement on my.NRCS, Drew arrived for a six month assignment as a member of a Provincial Reconstruction Team.

Wyoming

Bob Sinnard with a strip-till unit that he has modified and mounted on a new tool bar (NRCS photo)CSP...It’s the Enhancements
If you were to ask Bob Sinnard, a Wheatland Flats farmer, about the Conservation Security Program (CSP), he would tell you, “The enhancements are key to the program.”

 

 

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New NRCS State Technical Committee Brochure
NRCS State offices and National Technology Support Centers will soon be receiving their copies of the new, three-fold, color brochure explaining the background, role, membership composition/requirements, and activities of State Technical Committees and Local Work Groups.

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Adobe Acrobat Document“A Seat at the Table for Conservation Policy -- State Technical Committees and Local Work Groups” will be shipped to States in the quantities they requested as indicated on the attached AD-156.



 
Herb Webb, NRCS Resource Conservationist, Flathead Indian Reservation Tribal Complex, Pablo, Montana, checks a field of canola on a client’s farm (NRCS photo -- click to enlarge)

Herb Webb, NRCS Resource Conservationist, Flathead Indian Reservation Tribal Complex, Pablo, Montana, checks a field of canola on a client’s farm (NRCS photo -- click to enlarge)

USDA Partners with Bureau of Indian Affairs for Conservation Programs on Indian Lands
The MOU, signed by NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster, FSA Associate Administrator Thomas B. Hofeller, and BIA Director of Trust Services Arch Wells, identifies the respective Federal responsibilities that must be coordinated by the three agencies. It also recognizes the role of American Indians and Indian tribes as landowners, land users, and as sovereign governmental entities with authority and responsibility for the development and administration of natural resource programs on Indian lands.

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 USDA logo. USDA News Release: "USDA Partners Sign Memorandum of Understanding with Bureau of Indian Affairs for Conservation Programs on Indian Lands," December 6, 2006

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Richard Casale and Christine Hirsch in 1981 (NRCS photo)    Richard Casale and Christine Hirsch in 2005 (NRCS photo)
 

First Volunteers
In May 1981, Richard Casale, NRCS district conservationist in Santa Cruz County, California, signed up the first three NRCS volunteers — education coordinator Christine Hirsch, public affairs specialist and soil conservationist Kathryn Lyster, and Eileen Hastings.

 

Bonnie Allely, winner of the National Earth Team Photo Competition

Bonnie Allely, winner of the National Earth Team Photo Competition

 

 


Winner of the National Earth Team Photo Competition Announced!
Congratulations from the State and Field Communications Team goes out to Bonnie Allely, National Volunteer Liaison in Des Moines, Iowa, for correctly identifying 30 of the 77 meeting attendees depicted in the November 22, 2006,  NRC Photo Album feature.  Way to go Bonnie!

 

 

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