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Alabama
Pre-Post
Hurricane EWP Work in the Yellowhammer State
NRCS Regional Assistant Chief — East Dick Coombe was in Alabama recently
to view Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program sites there including those
on the Poarch Band of Creek Indian reservation.
Minnesota
Cooperative
Brushland Conservation: Keeping the Sharptails Dancing
Thanks to a cooperative effort involving NRCS and the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources (MDNR), conservation management of brushland habitat under both public
and private ownership is making remarkable progress towards restoring habitat
for the sharp-tailed grouse.
Mississippi
Mississippi
Spells Cars: N-R-C-S
NRCS and The Irrigation Association
recently welcomed USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and
Environment Merlyn Carlson to Mississippi for an event proclaiming July as
Smart Irrigation
Month. The Byron Seward farm in Yazoo County, Mississippi, was the site
for the proclamation issued by Carlson on behalf of Secretary of Agriculture Mike
Johanns.
Smart Irrigation Month in the
Magnolia State
Texas
Agricultural
Safety For Kids
Farm safety is always a concern for the families and the people who live in the
farming communities. It’s also a vital concern among laborers and their
children working in the fields and around farming equipment. Farm Safety
Day in Texas links to these issues and makes learning fun.
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