United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service		 Go to Accessibility Information
Skip to Page Content





NRCS This Week mast head

NRCS in Mississippi Partners with Audubon in Taking the Pledge

(from left) Mississippi landowner Tommie Jean Washington was first to “Take the Healthy Yard Pledge,” Mississippi NRCS district conservationist Bill Russell, Jackson Audubon Club president Mary Stevens, and NRCS public affairs specialist Jeannine May (NRCS Photo -- click to enlarge)

(from left) Mississippi landowner Tommie Jean Washington was first to “Take the Healthy Yard Pledge,” Mississippi NRCS district conservationist Bill Russell, Jackson Audubon Club president Mary Stevens, and NRCS public affairs specialist Jeannine May (NRCS Photo)

Mississippi NRCS staff recently partnered with a local Audubon chapter to challenge participants at local events to “Take the Healthy Back Yard Pledge” as part of the new Audubon/NRCS campaign.

remnant of a cypress/tupelo wetland in an oxbow in central Mississipp -- the land is entered into the Wetlands Reserve Program

Find out more about NRCS in Mississippi

The new NRCS Audubon campaign partners set-up exhibits last month at the Mississippi State Fair in Jackson and in Crystal Springs at the Cooperative Research, Education, and Extension Service Fall Vegetable and Flower Field Day that attracted more than 648,000 visitors.
Your contact is Jeannine May, NRCS public affairs specialist, at 601-965-4337.