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this Fauquier County, Virginia, dairy farm is now protected by the NRCS Farm and Ranchland Protection ProgramPreserving Farmland to Protect Family Traditions
Through its largest Farm and Ranchlands Protection Program (FRPP) easement to date, NRCS in Virginia, Fauquier County, and the Piedmont Environment Council are preserving 740 acres of prime farmland in one of the fastest developing counties in the State.
 

cultural resource specialist Gary Shaffer stands next to Maine’s NRCS 70th anniversary exhibitNRCS History Display
In fall 2005, Maine NRCS State Conservationist Joyce Swartzendruber envisioned celebrating the agency’s 70th anniversary by asking cultural resources specialist Gary Shaffer to produce a permanent exhibit depicting the history of the agency. 

(from left) urban conservationist Bill McGraw, NRCS area conservationist Wesley Kerr, landowner Donnie Travis, NRCS district conservationists Mike McNair and Paul Caves, Chief Knight, NRCS soil conservation technician Danny Box, Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission member Don Underwood, Mississippi NRCS State Conservationist Homer Wilkes, and NRCS Special Assistant to the Chief Sam ThorntonChief Knight Visits the Magnolia State
NRCS Chief Bruce Knight recently visited Mississippi to help cut the ribbon for a well and irrigation system on the farm of Donnie Travis near Petal, Mississippi. The project was funded though NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program Small Farmer/Limited Resource Initiative that Donnie applied for last year in order to be able to irrigate vegetables during drought conditions.

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Luna B. Leopold, 90, an earth scientist widely considered the nation's top expert on how rivers shape the land, recently died of congestive heart failure at his home in Berkeley, CaliforniaNoted NRCS Alum Departed
One of NRCS's most famous alumni, Luna Leopold, son of Aldo Leopold, recently passed away at age 90.  His first job with the agency was as an engineer in 1936 working in the (then) new field of hydrology.  Read the text of his obituary that appeared March 5, 2006, in the Washington Post.

 

 

The 2006 theme, “Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams,” honors the spirit of possibility and hopes set in motion by generations of women in their creation of communities and their encouragement of dreamsMarch is Women's History Month
The 2006 theme, Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams, honors the spirit of possibility and hopes set in motion by generations of women in their creation of communities and their encouragement of dreams.

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Presidential Proclamation for Women’s History Month 2006
National Women’s History Project
Executive Women in Government

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NRCS district conservationists James Sperry, Colorado; Michael Welshko, New York; and Craig O’Dell, South Carolina were recently recognized for their success in working with State, Federal, and local non profit organizations to improve habitat for wild turkey and other wildlife by the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) at their 30th National Convention and Sports Show in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

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