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Louisiana

Cynthia Flanders with a truckload of treesLouisiana Couple Volunteer to Help Re-Plant
United Sates Air Force retiree Dave Flanders and his wife, Marksville, Louisiana, School System retiree Cynthia Flanders harnessed their passion for gardening to contribute to the community as NRCS Earth Team volunteers.

 

Michigan

Michigan State Agriculture Department Receives CIG Grant
The Michigan Department of Agriculture  announced that it will receive a $600,000 NRCS Conservation Innovation Program grant to support the delivery of conservation programs in Michigan.

Tennessee

(from left) Soil conservation district (SCD) Secretary/Treasurer Al Wilson, SCD Chairman Jeff Dodson, Brenda Dodson, SCD Supervisor Sue Wattenbarger and NRCS District Conservationist Chester Bush (photo courtesy of the Crossville Chronicle)NRCS Earth Team Volunteer Honored
Brenda Dodson was recently honored at the Cumberland County Soil Conservation District's annual awards dinner for her outstanding volunteer efforts to the NRCS Crossville Field Office and the Cumberland County Soil Conservation District where she has donated her time, talents, and energy since March 11, 1991.

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Bruce KnightSenate Confirms Nomination of Bruce I. Knight to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
By unanimous consent, the Senate voted last week to confirm NRCS Chief Bruce I. Knight to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.  Others nominations confirmed for the Department included Michael Dunn, Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Nancy Montanez-Johner, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services; and Margo McKay, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.

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the resultant national maps objectively capture the ecological patterns of spatial variance in physical, edaphic, and climatic factors relevant for the distribution and growth of plants and animalsPRISM Has Wide-Spectrum of Applications
Like Kleenex is synonymous with tissues, the Parameter-elevation Regression on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) has become a "brand name" in the realm of the physical and biological sciences.

 

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