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Connecticut

the historic family cottage of Dr. David Bingham in SalemTechnical and Cultural Training Blend Together Perfectly
Asian/Pacific Islander (API) awareness training took a creative turn recently when Connecticut NRCS staff participated in Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) and Farm and Ranchlands Protection Program (FRPP) technical training at the historic family cottage of Dr. David Bingham in Salem.
 

 
Illinois

Pickneyville Lake (click to enlarge)Disabled Now Have Access to Pinckneyville Lake
Thanks to the Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D), the State of Illinois, and other local organizations, the late World War II disabled veteran Harold Wild, an avid fisherman, now has a handicap-accessible pier on Pinckneyville Lake, Illinois, named in his honor.


 
North Dakota

outdoor writers with Chief Lancaster (fifth from left) NRCS tour to the Brown farm in Menoken (image courtesy of KFYR-TV)Outdoor Writers Meet in North Dakota
(from KFYR-TV News Stories) Outdoor writers from across the country were in Bismarck, North Dakota, recently to sharpen their skills at their annual conference.  Chief Lancaster took the writers on a field trip to Gabe Brown's farm in Menoken to show them some of the many ways North Dakotans are working to sustain their land.
 

 

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Susan Anderson -- Michigan Earth Team VolunteerSusan Anderson -- Michigan Earth Team Volunteer
For over 30 years Susan Anderson helped provide lunches for low-income students at Michigan schools.  Today, as an Earth Team volunteer, she is helping the people who grow that food.
 

 

 

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rom left) UNR professor of history William Rowley, NRCS National Historian Douglas Helms, Agricultural History journal Editor Claire Strom, and UNR graduate student Peter Kopp (NRCS image -- click to enlarge)Agricultural History Society Highlights Civilian Conservation Corps
NRCS, the University of Nevada-Reno, and the Agricultural History Society sponsored a society meeting where papers were presented on facets of agricultural and conservation history.

 

 

(from left) John Englert, Doug Holy, and Gary Mast (NRCS image -- click to enlarge)2008 National Pollinator Week Field Day
NRCS and its partners celebrated National Pollinator Week at the NRCS National Plant Materials Center (NPMC) in Beltsville, Maryland. Speakers described the benefits of pollinators, participated in tours of the NPMC, and viewed exhibits that demonstrated how NRCS and its partners support pollinators in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
 

 

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northern bobwhite (NRCS image courtesy of the Wildlife Habitat Management Institute -- click to enlarge)Wildlife Technology Development Helps Conservation Security Program in Missouri
In a recent report, Missouri NRCS and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) highlighted the landscape level response of northern bobwhite quail to the development of wildlife habitat using NRCS conservation practices.  Written by Bill White of the MDC, the article,  shows the cooperative effort by landowners, MDC, NRCS, and other partners. 

 

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NRCS Directives for the Week of June 22, 2008

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an April 1940 image of a migrant farm woman in Kern County, CaliforniaMigrant Farm Woman
This is an April 1940 image of a migrant farm woman taken in Kern County, California.  She and her husband, originally from Texas, travelled 35 miles each way from the auto camp where they lived with their two young children to pick peas.  For five hours work each they were paid a total of $2.25 (USDA photo by D.L. Taylor – 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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