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Kansas
 Emergency
Watershed Program (EWP) Saves Historic Kansas Bridge
Read about how a historic stone arch bridge in Kansas
was saved with assistance from the EWP Program.
Nebraska
 Wetland
is Landowner’s Dreamland
Randy Hoff, a businessman from Wisconsin, was looking for his own little slice
of heaven. He found it in Rock County, Nebraska.
 Alabama
Engineer Recognized by NSPE
At a recent ceremony in Washington D.C.,
Alabama NRCS State Conservation Engineer Perry Oakes
was recognized by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
as one of the top ten finalists competing for the Federal Engineer of the Year
Award.
 Taking
the Show On the Road
NRCS
Soil Survey Division staff Maxine Levin and Paul Reich pack up soil monoliths
for a trip across the Washington D.C. Capitol Mall to the Smithsonian National
Museum of Natural History for display in the upcoming exhibition
Dig It! The Secrets of Soil
scheduled to open July 19, 2008 (NRCS
photo -- click to enlarge).
 March 2008 Is Women's History Month
The theme of this year's Women's History Month is Women’s Art: Women’s Vision.
The history of women and art is quintessential women’s history. It is the story
of amazing women’s accomplishments acclaimed at the time but written out of
history. Join us in ensuring that their accomplishments are never forgotten.
 Spanish
Keys to Soil Taxonomy
NRCS recently released a Spanish version of the Keys to Soil Taxonomy
tenth edition. For decades, NRCS has worked with soil scientists from around the
world to increase awareness and expand knowledge concerning the importance of
soil and its impact on all aspects of life.
NRCS
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