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Florida

Windows Media Player logo  The following requires  Real Player.   Plant Materials Key Component of the Conservation Provisions of the 2007 Farm Bill  
Plant materials are an important part of the conservation provisions recommended by the administration for the 2007 Farm Bill, according to Florida NRCS State Conservationist and Chairman of the National Plant Materials Advisory Committee Niles Glasgow.
New Jersey

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A New Jersey Public Television and Radio report highlighted an NRCS Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program project in Somerset County.  New Jersey NRCS State Conservationist Tom Drewes and NRCS biologist Tim Dunne were interviewed.  Follow this link and click on Native Pollinators NJN News June 29, 2007.
Indiana

(from left) Office of Senator Richard Lugar Mark Doud, Lugar Farm Manager Ed McCabe, Director, ISDA Andy Miller, Chair, NACD Stewardship & Education Committee Gene Schmidt, Indiana NRCS State Conservationist Jane Hardisty, Chair, State Soil Conservation Board Robert Eddleman, Vice President, Indiana Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts Paula Baldwin, and Assistant Director, ISDA Division of Soil Conservation Jerod Chew (NRCS photo -- click to enlarge)Indiana Stewardship Week
Hoosier conservation leaders recently gathered to celebrate the local, State, and Federal partnership in Indiana that brings important stewardship practices to Hoosier landowners.  With Senator Richard Lugar’s farm in Marion County, Indiana, as a backdrop, State Agriculture Director Andy Miller presented a proclamation from Governor Mitch Daniels to the Indiana Conservation Partnership.  Miller also thanked the public/private partnership for the technical, financial, and educational assistance they provide to landowners.

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Kathy Gugulis
Kathy Gugulis

Deputy Chief for Strategic Planning and Accountability Katherine C. Gugulis has been reassigned as Deputy Chief for Management.

Environmental engineer Darren Hickman has been selected for the National Environmental Engineer position with the Conservation Engineering Division at NHQ in Washington, DC.  Darren has been serving with the Central National Technology Support Center located in Fort Worth, Texas.  He will report to NHQ on August 20, 2007.

Dan Runnels has been reassigned as Associate Deputy Chief for Management pending Departmental approval, effective July 8, 2007.  Dan Runnels is currently Director of the Operations Management & Oversight Division.

Terrell Ann Erickson has been selected as National Biologist and joins the NHQ Ecological Sciences Division on August 6, 2007.

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NRCS Earth Team volunteers plant thousands of native wetlands plants on a Wetlands Reserve Project (WRP) in Rexburg, IdahoAdobe Acrobat Document (Requires Adobe Acrobat.)  Volunteers Lend Helping Hand to Idaho Wetlands Project  
Read how young adults from Upper Valley Options, a rehabilitation center for physiological and mental disabilities, teamed-up with ag majors from Brigham Young University-Idaho majoring in agriculture to assist NRCS in the planting thousands of native wetlands plants on a Wetlands Reserve Project in Rexburg, Idaho.

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honey bee with pollen on its legsEnhancement and Protection of Habitat for Native Bees
Over 100 crop species in North America require insect pollinators in order to be productive. Today, many farms heavily rely upon imported honeybees to pollinate their crops.  Due to pathogens and the present malady given the name “Colony Collapse Disorder,” honeybee populations have been reduced over the last few years.

 

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This photo shows an early snow survey snow shelter (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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