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Florida
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Panhandle Emergency Watershed Protection Program Featured in Southeast Agnet
Radio Spot
Click on story number 04-25 FL Panhandle EWP Projects
Hawaii
Disaster
relief to help clear Wailapa
Kaua‘i County officials will study what amounts from two federal funds can be
tapped immediately to begin the removal of tons of debris that rest in Wailapa
Stream nearly two months after the Ka Loko Reservoir in Kilauea breached and
took seven lives.
Idaho
Rancher,
NRCS Protect East Idaho Archaeological Site
Situated in rolling hills of privately owned range grass about 20 miles west of
Idaho Falls are caves on rancher Steve Croft’s land containing one of the most
complete records of the people occupying the region over 10,000 years ago. Steve
knew he had a ranch to run but was concerned over the risk the caves posed to
his cattle as well as the negative toll of trespassing and looting, so last year
he contacted NRCS district conservationist Dennis Hadley at the Idaho Falls NRCS
office and signed up for an EQIP contract.
New Hampshire
Seacoast,
State Focus on Invasive Species
Read about NRCS and volunteers battling invasives along the New Hampshire coast.
Celastrus sandens, commonly known as bittersweet, ravaged a one-acre portion of
the saltwater ecosystem in Bull Toad’s Pond until Wednesday, when members of the
Conservation Commission and Garden Club braved blistering wind and cold rain to
remove the viny tree killer from the area.
Texas
Sabine-Neches
Spells RC&D: “Re-Cycle Day”
The Sabine-Neches Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) area, composed of
eight counties in northeast Texas, recently turned RC&D into Re-Cycle Day. Darin Smith, district
conservationist, has also served as the coordinator for this RC&D for past three
years. Over the past three years, nearly a million dollars has come through the
council and none of this money came from federal dollars.
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USDA
and University of Nevada Celebrate 100 Years of Studying Snow and Forecasting
Streamflow
USDA recognized 100 years of studying snow and forecasting streamflow during an
event at the University of Nevada, Reno on May 2. Deputy Under Secretary Merlyn
Carlson of USDA's Office of Natural Resources and Environment presented a plaque
to the University to honor the contributions of former professor Dr. James E.
Church.
Links…
USDA news release:
USDA and University of Nevada Celebrate 100 Years of Studying Snow and
Forecasting Streamflow (May 2, 2006)
USDA’s Snow Survey and Water Forecasting
Program
Celebrate
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Twenty-seven years ago, President Jimmy Carter signed a joint resolution
declaring the first Asian Pacific American Heritage Week as May 4-10, 1979.
Eleven years later, in 1990, President George Bush extended the week into a
month-long celebration. Two years after that, Public Law 102-450 designated May
of each year Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The theme for this year’s
Asian Pacific American Heritage month is Celebrating Decades of Pride,
Partnerships and Progress.
Links…
President's Proclamation
for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
NRCS
State Conservationist featured in Office of Personnel Management Video Spot
NRCS South Carolina State Conservationist Walt Douglas is featured in one of the
Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) new recruitment video spots. NRCS is one of only four
Federal agencies featured in the spots,
which were launched by OPM as part of Public Service Recognition Week.
Watch the recruitment video with Walt Douglas!
Read the story in the Spartanburg Herald!
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USDA
Natural Resources and Environment Deputy Under Secretary Merlyn Carlson Featured
in Southeast Agnet Radio Spot
Click on story number 04-28 USDA Hopes For
More Conservation Funding
Last
Look at National Mall Event
NRCS staff from National Headquarters recently participated in Public Service
Recognition Week (PSRW) activities held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The event, celebrated annually the first week in May, is a yearly opportunity to
recognize and honor the men and women who serve as Federal, state and local
government employees.
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Proposed EPA Particulate Standards Have
Implications for Agriculture
Located in Portland, Oregon, the Air Quality and Atmospheric Change (AQAC)
National Technology Development Team has been working to evaluate the effects of
newly proposed changes to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for
particulate matter (PM) set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These
changes could have an important impact on how agricultural sources of emissions
of particulates, dust, and ammonia are regulated.
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Each week new NRCS directives will be posted in this section of NRCS This
Week. Click on the links below to find out more about new NRCS DVD's on
foraging behavior.
National Bulletin: 190-6-11
May 8, 2006
Subject: ECS – FORAGING BEHAVIOR DIGITAL VIDEO DISKS (DVD's)
For several years, Dr. Fred Provenza, a professor at Utah State University, has
taught Plant Herbivore Interactions, an NRCS National Employee
Development Center-sponsored course. Knowledge of plant-herbivore interactions
is essential for NRCS personnel in assisting clients to understand their grazing
lands. Through a cooperative agreement, Dr. Provenza has developed a DVD
exploring the interrelationships between plants and the grazing/browsing
animals.
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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