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Awcomin
Salt
Marsh a Thriving Habitat Again
The fish and birds came flocking back to the marsh as if someone had put up a
"Free Food" sign that only they could read. After more than 60 years of
being a virtual wasteland of overgrown weeds and mosquito larvae, the 30-acre
Awcomin Salt Marsh has been reborn.
Local Council Lands $1.6 Million NASA Grant
A $1.6 million grant has been awarded to the NRCS North Olympic Peninsula
Resource Conservation & Development Council (NOP RC&D), to develop and test a
user network for a stream flow forecasting model developed by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Productive
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NRCS Strategic Plan 2005-2010
This Strategic Plan sets the direction for NRCS and describes our conservation
priorities and goals. Bold, forward-looking, and far-reaching, this plan
challenges us to reformulate some past approaches and develop and adopt new
approaches. This plan will guide NRCS in implementing key overarching
strategies, managing agency business lines, meeting customer needs, and
developing and strengthening capacity to achieve our mission goals.
USDA
Provides More Than $70 Million To Protect Farm and Ranch Lands
More than $70 million is available to protect agricultural land in 50 states and
Puerto Rico through the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) in fiscal
year 2006. NRCS is seeking proposals by May 11, 2006 from State, Federally
recognized tribes and local governments and non-governmental organizations
interested in working together to acquire conservation easements. NRCS expects
to announce final projects in June 2006.
Find out more...
“USDA Provides More Than $70 Million To Protect Farm and Ranch Lands (April 10,
2006)
NRCS Farm and Ranch Lands
Protection Program
Announcement of Program Funding
NACD
Soil Stewardship Week 2006
The theme for the National Association of Conservation District's (NACD) Soil
Stewardship Week – April 30 - May 7, 2006
– is Water Wise. Whether you act as a
conservation district volunteer, a county or State association official, a
member of a conservation organization, a representative of a government agency,
or a concerned individual, we can all can help share the important message of
conservation stewardship.
Find out more...
NACD
2006 Soil and Water
Stewardship Week Website
Earth
Day 2006
Earth Day 2006 is Saturday. See what is going on in
your State to observe this important day.
NRCS
to Exhibit at Public Service Recognition Week National Mall Event
NRCS will participate in Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) activities to be
held on the National Mall, May 4-7, 2006. The event, celebrated the first Monday
through Sunday in May since 1985, is a yearly opportunity to recognize the good
work of public servants and to honor the men and women who serve America as
Federal, state and local government employees.
SARE
Announces 2006/2007 Research and Education Grant Opportunities
Seeking funds to help farmers investigate alternative energy strategies? Want to
work with producers to test new implements for reducing tillage and herbicides?
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education (SARE) program has issued calls for proposals for its 2006/2007
Research and Education grant program throughout its four regions.
NRCS
State Conservationist Receives Outstanding Alumnus Award
Texas NRCS State Conservationist Dr. Larry D. Butler, was recently honored as an
outstanding alumnus by the Texas Tech University Range, Wildlife & Fisheries
Department. Department Chair Dr. Ernest Fish presented Dr. Butler with a
plaque for his achievements in providing leadership in the preservation and
conservation of the natural resources for Texas through his distinguished
service with the NRCS.
Texas Water Resources Institute Receives
Environmental Award for Fort Hood Project
A division of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station has received the state's
highest environmental recognition. The Texas Water Resources Institute has
been awarded a Texas Environmental Excellence Award for a range revegetation
pilot project at the Army's Fort Hood military installation.
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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