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Richard Coombe, Regional Assistant Chief- East
Updated 03/07/2005
Richard Coombe was selected as Regional Assistant Chief - East, for the
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in August 2004. In this position,
he serves as a management representative of the Chief, providing direction of
NRCS programs and activities and overall leadership and supervision to state
conservationists in the NRCS East Region. Areas are: Alabama, Caribbean Area,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
From 1993-2003, Coombe served as founding Chair and CEO of the Watershed
Agricultural Council, Inc. He oversaw an annual budget of $15 million and a
professional staff of 150 working with more than 500 farmers and foresters to
develop and implement a comprehensive planning approach to watershed protection
in the 1.2 million acre New York City Watershed, water source for 9 million
people.
He is an owner and operator of a 1,000-acre beef and crop farm that has been in
his family for three generations and was a professor at Sullivan County
Community College. From 1983-1992 Coombe served as a member of the New York
State Assembly.
Coombe earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from
Cornell University and holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from the
State University of New York at New Paltz. He has received a variety of awards
and national recognition for his conservation and environmental activities.
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