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Arkansas NRCS News
Releases (2007)
Arkansas Media Liaison:
Molly Voeller, (501) 301-3133
USDA Announces Fiscal Year 2008 Sign-up for up to $20 Million in
Conservation Innovation Grants
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2007 - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Chief Arlen Lancaster today announced the request for proposals for Conservation
Innovation Grants (CIG) for fiscal year 2008. The CIG program is designed to
stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and
technologies.
News Release (Dec. 17, 2007)
Arkansas Conservation Partnership Wins Two Chiefs' Award
An Arkansas conservation partnership was one of five recipients of the Two
Chiefs' Partnership Award from Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Chief Arlen Lancaster and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Gail Kimball.
News Release (Dec. 13, 2007)
Star in Your Own "Bee Movie"
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 13, 2007 – The newest animated movie for (adults and)
children focuses on social and biological dramas of the insect world. "The Bee
Movie" graphically and comically portrays the many dangers and frustrations
honey bees must endure and shows what sacrifices are required to put honey on
the grocer’s shelf. Hollywood movies aside, I must tell you that the dangers and
perils that native bees and our environment face from the decline of valuable
pollinators are a very real problem.
News Release (Nov. 13, 2007)
USDA Readies $257 Million in CSP Contract Payments
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2007 — Agriculture Department Acting Secretary Chuck Conner
today announced that nearly $257 million in Conservation Security Program (CSP)
payments are being readied for all 19,393 contracts with eligible landowners and
producers.
News Release (Nov. 2, 2007)
East Arkansas RC&D receives $45,666 grant for Arkansas State University
Farmer's Market
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 18, 2007 – The East Arkansas Resource Conservation and
Development Council, Inc., (RC&D) at Jonesboro was selected for a $45,666. With
the grant, the council will research farmers’ and customers’ needs and create
educational programs on business practices and crop planning for farm vendors at
the Arkansas State University Regional Farmers’ Market.
News Release (Oct. 18, 2007)
Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting Environmental Quality
Incentives Program Applications through Oct. 19, 2007
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 17, 2007 – Farmers and landowners
in Arkansas have until Oct. 19, 2007, to submit applications to receive
cost-share assistance to implement conservation activities through the
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2008 program year.
Applicants can sign up at their local USDA/NRCS field service center.
News Release (Sept. 17, 2007)
Grazing Management Workshop at Conway Oct. 4-5
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 17, 2007 -- Livestock producers can learn how
controlled grazing can improve their profitability at this year’s “Grazing
Management Workshop” Oct. 4-5 at the Faulkner County Natural Resources Center in
Conway.
News Release (Sept. 17, 2007)
Johanns Announces Additional Funding for Conservation Security Program
REDWOOD County, Minn., August 7, 2007 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns
today announced the release of additional funding for Conservation Security
Program (CSP) implementation.
News Release (Aug. 7, 2007)
USDA Awards Nearly $20 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants
CORNING, New York, June 27, 2007 - Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural
Resources and Environment Mark Rey today announced the award of $237,732 to
Heifer Project International, Inc., for the “Enhancement of Resource Management
on Livestock Operations of Limited Resource Farmers through Training on
Prescribed Grazing, Animal Habitat, and Animal Well-Being.”
News Release (June 27, 2007)
Conservation Reserve Program Proves a Smart Tool
Jefferson County, Arkansas, producer Felix Smart purchased his farm knowing
areas would require special care. Several acres had steep slopes. Smart first
tried using no-till practices to control erosion caused by cropping activities
on these acres, but that didn't solve the problem.
News Release (May 15, 2007)
Event Teaches Lakewood Middle School Students about Water Conservation
Water is our greatest natural resource and educating
the next generation on how to protect it is key. That was the goal of the
Backyard Conservation Water Fest held at Lakewood Middle School in North Little
Rock April 12 for more than 700 seventh and eighth graders.
News Release (April 18, 2007)
NRCS Announces Signup for Healthy Forests Reserve Program
WASHINGTON D.C., March 26, 2007—USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) Chief Arlen Lancaster announced the signup for the Healthy Forests
Reserve Program (HFRP) from March 26, through April 20, 2007.
News Release (March 26, 2007)
Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants
5.6 Million Trees
Little Rock, Ark. -- The Natural Resources Conservation Service along with
Arkansas landowners planted more than 5.6 million trees on 13,578 acres
throughout the state in 2006.
News Release (March 20, 2007)
Natural Resources Conservation Service Supports
Ag Day
Little Rock, Ark., March 12, 2007 – Today, National Agriculture Day is
celebrated throughout Arkansas. “Ag Day is a good time to reflect - and be
grateful for - Arkansas agriculture . . . and to share that message with
others,” said Kalven L. Trice, state conservationist with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
News Release (March 12, 2007)
Sid Lowrance Wins National Earth Team Employee of the Year for 2006
Marshall, Ark. --The Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) announced today that J. Sidney Lowrance is the National Earth Team
Employee of the Year for 2006. He was nominated for his leadership and
contributions to the Earth Team Volunteer Program. In 2006, Lowrance, district
conservationist at Marshall, Arkansas, and his team of volunteers built and
distributed 125 Eastern Bluebird nesting boxes throughout the state. They also
distributed 37,000 tree seedlings in Searcy County. Groups of volunteers
contributed 2,142 volunteer hours in completing both projects.
News Release (Jan. 20, 2007)
NRCS Holds Open House to Celebrate Digital Soil Survey Completion in Every
Arkansas County
Little Rock, Ark. -- The Natural Resources Conservation
Service holds an open house to celebrate the completion of having a digital soil
survey for every county in Arkansas. The public is invited to attend the
celebration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 28 in the State Capitol Rotunda.
News Release (Feb. 6, 2007)
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02/21/2008
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