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NRCS Programs Help With Stream Restoration
Alabama NRCS has programs to help landowners with stream restoration.
Massachusetts
NRCS
Helps Friends of Wissatinnewag Restore Native Grasses at Burial Site
A 70-foot gravel embankment at a Native American burial site in Greenfield,
Massachusetts, will soon be carpeted in native grasses if the recent efforts of
NRCS staff and local volunteers are successful.
Virginia
Dam
Proves Worth
The summer dry spell that had gripped much of the southeastern U.S. ended when a front
stalled over the East coast last month. Gauges at Reagan and Dulles
International Airports near Washington D.C., showed that 9-10 inches of rain fell
in northern Virginia during a 4-day period. The constant downpour caused
flooding in the Nation’s capital and surrounding areas. Fortunately for
residents of Fairfax County, Virginia, six dams in the Pohick Watershed held
back huge quantities of water that would have added to the local flooding.
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NRCS
to Exhibit at 18th World Congress of Soil Science
The NRCS will be one of two major sponsors at next
week's 18th World Congress of Soil Science in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The NRCS Soils Division will be staffing a booth and organizing poster
presentations at the event where Chief Knight and agency soils experts from
across the U.S. will be speaking. A special exhibit, Soils — the
Foundation of Life, is being also being produced especially for the event.
Links...
18th World Congress of Soil Science Program Booklet
Philadelphia
Mayor John Street's Proclamation Welcoming
18th World Congress of Soil Science to the
City
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NRCS Announces WRP Reverse Auction
NRCS has announced the
availability of $10 million for a Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) reverse auction
initiative to identify more effective and efficient methods of reducing the cost
of WRP easement acquisition. “The Wetlands Reserve Program is a voluntary
program established for the purpose of protecting, restoring and enhancing
wetlands, while maximizing wildlife benefits,” said NRCS Chief Bruce Knight.
“This reverse WRP auction will allow the taxpayer and our farmers and ranchers
to get even more for their investment.”
Links…
NRCS
news release “NRCS Announces Signup for Wetlands Reserve Program Reverse Auction
$10 million available -- signup between July 3 and July 28" (June 30, 2006)
Wetlands Reserve Program
PRISM
to Help with SNOTEL Quality Control
When installation first began in the middle 1970s, the
Snow Telemetry network (SNOTEL)
was never envisioned as a data source for climate change studies; however the
network has become a de facto source for middle and higher elevation snowpack,
precipitation, and temperature data in the West.
Read what the Intermountain West
Climate Summary journal has to say about the good work being done by the
NRCS National Water and Climate Center
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General Manual
Title 360, Part 432, Labor and Employee Relations Automated Case Tracking
System,
Subpart A, General,
Subpart B, Policy,
Subpart C, Responsibilities, and
Subpart D, Program Administration
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its
programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age,
disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental
status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs,
reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any
public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of
program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil
Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call
(800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity
provider and employer.
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