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Eddie Lewis Southwest Weed Control, prepares to spray tamarisk stumps with a chemical aimed to destroy the water-hungry plants (photo courtesy Steve Grazier, Cortez Colorado Journal)Volunteers Pitch-in to Fight Colorado Invasive
About 15 volunteers recently attended a demonstration in McElmo Canyon that showed ways to control tamarisk.  The Dolores Tamarisk Action Group and the Dolores Colorado Soil Conservation District hosted a tamarisk eradication demonstration.

Gary Ross inspects his crop of miloStewardship is Way of Life
Gary Ross, along with New Mexico’s other Conservation Security Program recipients, was honored at a recent contract signing ceremony in Fort Sumner for his soil conservation efforts while raising top quality milo.
 

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Deadline Near For Fifth Annual Excellence in Conservation Award
NRCS employees have until the end of January to complete their nominations for the fifth annual Excellence in Conservation Award.

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NRCS staff will participate at the upcoming Agricultural Outlook Forum on February 16-17, 2006, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Program details, including NRCS session participants, are available at the Agricultural Outlook Forum 2006 website.

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rancher Agee Smith, co-owner of Cottonwood Ranch, worked with a resource management group assisted by NRCS to develop and enact a holistic plan that has improved the range and raised ranch profits (photo by Mona Whalen)Cooperative Conservation Improves Nevada Rangeland
In an evolving project that truly demonstrates cooperative conservation, Nevada ranchers and federal and state wildlife, forestry and rangeland conservation specialists are collaborating on an innovative team approach to manage sensitive habitats on public land.

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1930's dust bowl dust stormWind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS)
Wind erosion damages the soil, endangers life, reduces crop production, increases sedimentation, and creates air quality problems in many parts of the world.
 

 

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