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NRCS participates in National Pheasant Fest 2008 and MOU Signing
front l. to r. Executive Director, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil
Resources John Jaschke, Executive Director Minnesota Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Districts LeAnn Buck, Minnesota NRCS State
Conservationist William Hunt, FSA State Executive Director Perry Aasness,
and Minnesota DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife Director Dave Schad
back l. to r. Pheasants Forever Chief Executive Officer Howard Vincent and
NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster (NRCS photo -- click to enlarge)
Chief Lancaster (3rd from left) visits with staffers in the 25th
Anniversary Convention and National Pheasant Fest 2008 Habitat Help Room
(NRCS photo -- click to enlarge) |
Chief Arlen Lancaster joined Minnesota NRCS employees and Earth Team volunteers
who staffed a booth last week at the 25th Anniversary Convention and National
Pheasant Fest 2008 at the RiverCentre in Saint Paul, Minnesota. This outreach
effort provided NRCS with an opportunity to share technical information with
landowners.
Chief Lancaster also talked with NRCS and others staffing a Landowner Habitat
Help Room to provide farmers and landowners site-specific information about
conservation programs. On hand in the Help Room were staff professionals from
the Farm Bill Partnership, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Iowa
DNR, Farm Service Agency, and the Minnesota Board and Soil Water Resources.
On Saturday, a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed at the Pheasant Fest
by Minnesota NRCS State Conservationist Bill Hunt, representatives from
Pheasants Forever, Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Board of Soil
and Water Resources, and Farm Service Agency. The MOU provides for increased
cooperation and understanding between partners engaged in compatible activities
to enhance the productivity, profitability, and environmental responsibility of
the agricultural sector in Minnesota. Areas of partner cooperation include promotion, marketing, natural resource conservation and
management, land use planning, risk management, and community development.
Chief Lancaster was the keynote speaker at the 25th Anniversary Celebration
Banquet held on the evening of the MOU signing.
Your contact is Fred Jacobs, NRCS
public affairs specialist, at 202-720-4772.
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