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WASHINGTON, Jan. 14,
2009—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking public comments on
the
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP). The HFRP was
signed into law as part of the
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (105kb
PDF) and was reauthorized by the Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill). A proposed rule for
the program was published in today’s Federal Register. |
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Bruce Petersen has been selected to serve as the state
conservationist for the USDA’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service in Nevada, according to Sara Schmidt,
regional assistant chief for the agency.
Petersen brings 22 years of experience with him to Nevada.
He started as a soil conservation technician in Minnesota,
working his way up to soil conservationist then district
conservationist. He also worked for several years as a
technician for conservation districts in Minnesota and
Wisconsin. “His field experience has given him a good
background in all sides of our agency,” said Schmidt,
“including the technical, engineering and Farm Bill program
areas.” |
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NRCS is inviting comment on the State Technical Committee
interim final rule that was published in the Federal
Register on Nov. 25. Comments are due on or before January
26, 2009.
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