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Iowa
Dickinson County Wins National Conservation
Competition
Out of 3,000 counties in the country, the Dickinson County Soil and Water
Conservation District in northwest Iowa was recently recognized as the best
district in the nation in the Urban, Community, and Coastal Resources category by
the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD).
Ohio
 NRCS
on Ohio's Airways
Years of work by Ohio NRCS Assistant State Conservationist for Watersheds Steve
Davis has paid-off with the agency featured on WTOL-TV in Toledo and
EcoTrack — the two components of an
Envirocst®Web/TV combined on-air and on-line service package that is designed
to give TV meteorologists stories about particular environmental elements such as
watersheds, forests, and coasts.
Utah
 Community
Supported Agriculture
(from Deseret Morning News) NRCS RC&D coordinator
Jeff Williams has been promoting Community Supported Agriculture in Utah for
several years. Following a recent public meeting he got this front page
coverage from the
Deseret
Morning News.
 RC&D
Pioneer Honored
John Rife of Sebeka, Minnesota, was honored recently
at the National Association of RC&D’s Leadership Forum in Washington D.C. as a
2007 winner of the National Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Hall of
Fame award. John Rife, considered to be the founding father of the RC&D program
– not just only in Minnesota, but perhaps the nation, was one of three people in
the United States who were selected to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this
year.
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NRCS
Directives for the Week of March 30, 2008
 Civilian Conservation Corps
-- Marshall, West
Virginia
This
photo depicts
Civilian Conservation Corps young men returning from work in Marshall, West
Virginia -- National Archives College Park 114P-WV-10231 (click to enlarge).
NRCS This Week features a weekly historical photo and caption. NHQ,
districts, States, RC&D councils, and all other NRCS entities are invited to
submit a historical photo of activities or individuals who have worked or are
working for the agency along with a caption.
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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,
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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
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