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California NRCS Leadership
Lincoln E. Burton,
State Conservationist
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State Conservationist
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The mission of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is to
address the natural resource conservation on private lands. NRCS defines
"conservation" as wise use of natural resources - soil, water, air, plant,
and animal - in order to sustain productivity of current and future
generations. NRCS accomplishes this mission by working directly with local
Resource Conservation Districts and Resource Conservation and Development
Councils. They do their best to ensure that local conservation concerns are
met. We do our best to balance their specific, local needs with a national
conservation effort.
Gayle Norman, Deputy State Conservationist
Alan Forkey, Assistant State Conservationist, Programs
Jim Kocsis, Assistant State Conservationist, Operations
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Luana E. Kiger,
Director
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Outreach Team
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The California Outreach Team is a group
of specialists in communication, planning and resource identification, dedicated
to this commitment. The California Outreach Team designs and implements specific
outreach activities that allow full participation of traditionally underserved
individuals and groups.
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Colleen Schneider,
Administrative Officer
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Management Support
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The Management Support staff is responsible for implementing and
maintaining Human Resources Activities, Financial Operations, Contracts,
Agreements, Leases, Procurements and Information Technology Operations.
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Charles K. Davis,
State Engineer
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Engineering
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The Engineering Staff provides technical support in engineering design,
water management, water supply, water quality, landscape architecture, and
geology. The staff is responsible for formulating and recommending state
technical policies in conformance with national standards, dam safety, and engineering staffing and training
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Anita Brown,
Public Affairs Director
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Public Affairs
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The Public Affairs office develops products, conducts training and serve as media liaisons
for the Agency to build public and understanding of NRCS programs in California.
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Diane B. Holcomb,
State Resource Conservationist
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Resource Technology
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The Resource
Technology Section provides support and assistance to California NRCS Field Offices regarding technical and natural resource related issues
and conservation projects.
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David W. Smith, MLRA Office Leader
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Pacific Southwest MLRA Region Soil Survey Office
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The Pacific Southwest MLRA Office (MO-2) is responsible for leadership
in the planning and managing of the soil survey program and for quality
assurance. The region covers most of California, all of Hawaii and the
Pacific Basin, parts of southern Oregon, southern Nevada, northwestern
Arizona and the southwestern tip of Utah.
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David W. Smith,
State Soil Scientist
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Technical Soil Services
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The Technical Soil Services staff help people understand soils and soil
survey information. Assistance includes distribution and explanation of soil
survey information and products; providing soils information to support the
policies and programs of other federal, state, or local agencies or units of
government; providing soils information and interpretations to NRCS field
office employees, conservation district cooperators, and USDA program
participants in the planning of resource conservation practices and resource
management systems; and providing services that support the design and
installation of civil engineering works, structures, and agricultural
practices, or to test and evaluate agriculture research predictions.
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Luana E. Kiger,
Director
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Watershed Planning Services
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The Watershed Planning Services staff assists decision-makers in
identifying and evaluating the impacts of their decisions at the watershed
level. Planning products are primarily information and analyses designed to help achieve watershed management objectives.
The staff works with local service centers, partners and other private land owners, providing natural resources to help them achieve locally led watershed management objectives, and in some cases obtain financial resources for implementation.
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Assistant State Conservationists for Field Operations
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Jim Spear, Area I, Red Bluff, California
Daniel Mountjoy, Area II, Salinas, California
Curtis Tarver, Area III, Fresno, California
David Heilig, Area IV, Riverside, California |
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