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The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Delaware provides leadership in a partnership
effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural resources and
environment.
Russell Morgan, State Conservationist
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USDA Releases Interim Final Rules for the
Agricultural Management Assistance Program and State Technical
Committees
DOVER, Del., December 18, 2008-- The USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking public comment on the
interim final rules regarding State Technical Committees and the
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) Program as amended in the 2008
Farm Bill, State Conservationist Russell Morgan announced recently.
Public comments on AMA can be submitted until January 20, 2009; comments
regarding the State Technical Committees are due by January 26, 2009. |
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New Passageway Removes Barrier for American Eels in Delaware
DOVER, Del., December 3, 2008-- American eels
migrating upstream this winter will now have one less barrier to
overcome when seeking fresh water in some of Delaware’s river bodies.
Recently, an eelway on the Betts Pond Dam in Sussex County was installed
using financial assistance from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS). This new passageway will allow eels to maneuver over
the 8-foot dam in an effort to reach additional sources of freshwater,
food and cover. |
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The conservation provisions in the 2008 Farm Bill will affect farmers
for years to come. The new provisions build on the conservation gains
made by landowners over the past decade. They simplify existing programs
and create new programs to address high priority environmental
protection goals. |
2008 NRCS Farm Bill Conservation Programs...At a Glance |
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The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) in Delaware is advising farmers interested in conservation
assistance on their farming operations to sign up for the Environmental
Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). This program provides financial and
technical assistance to farmers interested in making voluntary
improvements to natural resources on land they own or manage. |
News Release...
More on EQIP... |
The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership
in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural
resources and environment.
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