News Releases

USDA’S Interim Final Rule Amends Composition, Responsibilities of State Technical Committees

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Arlen Lancaster today announced the release of the interim final rule for State Technical Committees, which amended requirements regarding the composition and responsibilities of these advisory committees nationwide.

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News Release (December 2, 2008)

Ohio RC&D Coordinator Honored as National Coordinator of the Year

Sandy Chenal, RC&D Coordinator of Ohio’s Crossroads RC&D, was named as RC&D Coordinator of the Year for 2007.  In 2007, Ms. Chanel won regional RC&D Coordinator of the Year.  The regional winners were then pooled for selection of national Coordinator of the Year for 2007.   Ms. Chenal traveled to Washington, D.C. to receive her award.

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News Release (May 9, 2008)

CSP SIGN-UP EXTENDED TO MAY 30 IN SANDUSKY WATERSHED

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced an extension of the deadline to apply for the Conservation Security Program (CSP) to Friday, May 30, 2008. Farmers in Ohio’s Sandusky Watershed, encompassing eleven counties in northern Ohio, are encouraged to take advantage of this extension.

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News Release (May 9, 2008)

GRAND LAKE ST. MARYS EQIP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT EXPANDED - More Farmers Have More Time to Sign-up!
 

The $1 million Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) project announced in February by Congressman John Boehner and Senator Sherrod Brown has been expanded to cover the entire Grand Lake St. Marys Watershed, encompassing approximately 60,000 acres. The sign up period has been extended as well, running until Friday, April 11, 2008.

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News Release (March 21, 2008)

CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM SIGN-UP ANNOUNCED
Sign-Up Begins April 18 in the Sandusky Watershed
 

Farmers in the Chickasaw and Barnes Creek watersheds in portions of Auglaize and Mercer Counties can sign-up for a special demonstration project aimed at keeping nutrients and organic material out of area water supplies.  The sign-up period runs from today through March 14, 2008, with priority given to applications received by March 7, 2008.

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News Release (March 21, 2008)

SPECIAL EQIP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TARGETS GRAND LAKE ST. MARYS

Farmers in the Chickasaw and Barnes Creek watersheds in portions of Auglaize and Mercer Counties can sign-up for a special demonstration project aimed at keeping nutrients and organic material out of area water supplies.  The sign-up period runs from today through March 14, 2008, with priority given to applications received by March 7, 2008.

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News Release (February 25, 2008)

CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM (CSP) INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS SCHEDULED

Agricultural producers in the Sandusky Watershed are invited to attend one of five informational meetings to be held in February 2008 in preparation for the next Conservation Security Program (CSP) sign-up.

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News Release (February 14, 2008)

OHIO PRODUCER RECOGNIZED FOR CONSERVATION ACHIEVEMENTS IN NATIONAL CAMPAIGN 

Scott Stoller and his family were recognized for their conservation commitment as part of a national conservation campaign recently launched by the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),  said Terry Cosby State Conservationist for NRCS in Ohio.

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News Release (February 12, 2008)

FOREST OWNERS TO BENEFIT FROM INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION

A pioneering Memorandum of Understanding, the first of it’s kind in the country, was signed by three agencies responsible for forest conservation in Ohio. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the USDA Forest Service, and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry will explore ways to provide additional financial and technical assistance to landowners bordering the Wayne National Forest for management of forest resources.

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News Release (January 24, 2008)

CONSERVATION FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR RESEEDING DAMAGED PASTURE

Now through December 7, 2007, livestock producers who used sacrifice pasture lots during the 2007 grazing season can apply for EQIP to receive a $127.56 per acre incentive payment for reseeding sacrifice pastures.

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News Release (October 18, 2007)