Civil Rights

The purpose of the Montana NRCS Civil Rights web page is to assist the State Conservationist (who is also the Deputy Equal Opportunity Officer), the Montana Civil Rights Committee, and the Special Emphasis Program Managers to deliver information about equal opportunity, civil rights, and special emphasis issues and events. This site is a convenient starting point to obtain information pertaining to equal opportunity, civil rights, or special emphasis. This website provides access to agency and departmental civil rights information as well as information specific to Montana.

• Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Employment Fact Sheet
• Civil Rights Policies
  • Anti-Harassment Policy
  • Montana Civil Rights Policy
  • National Civil Rights Policies
• Common Acronyms Relating to Civil Rights
• Complaints and Disputes
• Environmental Justice
• Montana Civil Rights Advisory Committee
• Special Emphasis Events
• Special Emphasis Programs
  

Minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and other groups of individuals who have not fully participated in or benefited from NRCS programs and services are provided equal access and equal opportunity under different nondiscrimination statutory provisions. All persons must be adequately informed of NRCS equal opportunity policy and encouraged to participate in all NRCS programs and activities.

It is the policy of NRCS that all federally assisted and federally conducted programs will be administered in accordance with requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1975, the Equal Opportunity Act, Executive Orders, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations enforcing nondiscrimination requirements, and Departmental rules and regulations. Compliance ensures access in all aspects of delivery of program benefits and service to the public without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital or family status.

Download the new "And Justice For All" poster, Form AD-475-A, dated 9/2006, that supersedes the older versions. It is a different color and has a different mailing address than the older versions of the "And Justice For All" poster. This poster is required in all NRCS offices and it should be posted prominently.

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Webmaster at 406-587-6945.

These documents are available in Adobe Reader format.

And Justice For All (PDF; 3.01 MB)
Helping People Help the Land in Montana: Working For NRCS (PDF; 281 KB)

Last Modified: 12/29/2008