Delaware

Young People Spend Week Making Emergency Home Repairs in Delaware
Through the First State Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council Home Repair Project, groups of young people and adults have volunteered one summer week for the past 16 years to help those in need of emergency home repairs in Delaware.
 

Oregon

Lacomb Irrigation District Fish Screen Nets Acclaim
(from Albany Democrat Herald) Thanks to Oregon NRCS and other partners, Lancomb Irrigation District has an innovative new fish screen, the first of its kind west of the Cascades.

South Carolina

Cooperative Conservation at Work in South Carolina
NRCS and the South Carolina Forestry Commission (SCFC) entered into an agreement to provide increased assistance to forest landowners.  “This partnership will help promote forest management, advance conservation on forestlands, and improve delivery of technical assistance to private landowners in the State,” said NRCS State Conservationist Niles Glasgow.
 

Texas

Dam Rehabilitation Project Benefits Landowners
NRCS and sponsors have completed a $1.2 million dam rehabilitation project of flood retarding structure  Number 15 within the Nolan Creek watershed located west of Temple, Texas.
 

National Geographic References NRCS
The September 2008 National Geographic article Where Food Begins features NRCS soil maps referenced on page 93 of the magazine.  NRCS Public Affairs Division staff have been working with National Geographic photographers and writers for the past several years to help develop the story (NRCS image -- click to enlarge).

New Agency Core Publication Available
A new NRCS publication Helping You Help Your Land (PA# 1966) has been printed and is available from LANDCARE (1-888-LANDCARE).  The attractive 12-page full-color brochure briefly describes the agency vision, who we are and what we do, and the role of partners and programs along with images and quotes by NRCS customers and employees.  Helping is primarily designed for landowners who aren't aware of NRCS and how we can help them, but it is also ideal for NRCS participation at events and activities where there is an opportunity to inform the interested public about agency's mission, work, employees, and customers.

Decker Sworn In to the District of Columbia Commission on Persons with Disabilities
Denise Decker who manages 2008 Farm Bill public comments for the NRCS Programs Deputy Area was sworn in to the District of Columbia Commission on Persons with Disabilities (previously the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities) on August 13, 2008. 
 

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Nicole Reid -- Washington NRCS Earth Team Volunteer
Earth Team volunteer Nicole Reid is getting a jump-start on the competition by applying her public relations skills to help NRCS reach underserved producers throughout Washington. Nicole is a senior public relations major at Gonzaga University.

 

PLANTS Documentation More User-Friendly
Mouseover text data documentation has been added to the PLANTS State distribution map.  On any PLANTS Profile distribution map, roll your mouse over any State where a plant grows and the documentation for that distribution appears in a text box.  Documentation is divided into  literature reports, herbarium specimens, and observations from the PLANTS Distribution Update.
 

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Santa Claus Chimney Entrance
This 1945 photograph shows R.A. “Arch” Work on a Santa Claus chimney entrance to a snow cabin in Crater Lake National Park.  When a snow cabin is covered by snow, the Santa Claus chimney allows snow survey technicians to climb down into the cabin to spend the night without having to dig down to the cabin door (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 of activities or individuals who have worked or are working for the agency along with a caption. 

 

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Conservation... Our Purpose. Our Passion The purpose and passion for conservation is shared among many.  It is shared between NRCS employees and partners who help people help the land. And it is shared by the landowners with whom we work. Our passion is manifested through the benefits derived from stewardship of private lands—benefits we all enjoy, such as cleaner water and air, improved soils and abundant wildlife habitat. Learn about our stories, the stories of conservation made possible through a shared purpose, a shared passion and a shared commitment to conservation.

 

Meet the Featured Customers! Eight featured customers, chosen to represent diversity of geography, culture, conservation practices and products, represent a cross-section of our landowner-partners nationwide as part of our Conservation... Our Purpose. Our Passion. campaign.

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