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Massachusetts NRCS News Release Index
Media Contact:
Diane Baedeker Petit,
Public Affairs Specialist,
413-253-4371, diane.petit@ma.usda.gov.
2003 | 2004 | 2005
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- USDA names Christine Clarke as State Conservationist for Massachusetts
(Nov. 6, 2006)
- Conservation Listening
Session to be held in Northampton, Mass. (Sept. 22, 2006)
- Pasture walk to highlight
profitable dairy grazing (Sept. 8, 2006)
- Proposed watershed restoration
project will benefit Cape Cod, according to report (Aug. 4, 2006)
- Federal program available to help Massachusetts landowners improve wildlife
habitat (Jul. 31, 2006)
- New publication helps
Mass. farmers maintain sustainable grasslands (Jun. 1, 2006)
- USDA to provide up to $30,000 and
technical assistance for stabilization of Rockport, Mass. dam (May 22,
2006)
- Earth Day dedication celebrates
protection of Plymouth cranberry land and restoration of Eel River (Apr. 19,
2006)
- 2006 Conservation Innovation Grants announced
(Jan. 6, 2006)
- USDA announces pilot environmental cost-share program for commercial
greenhouses in Middlesex and Essex counties (Jan. 6, 2006)
- Taunton River Watershed farmers may be eligible for USDA Conservation
Security Program (Jan. 6, 2006)
- Patriot RC&D Council awarded
$269,000 grant to research improved erosion control at construction sites
(Oct. 20, 2005)
- USDA to provide up to $200,000 and
technical assistance for stabilization of Taunton, Mass. dam (Oct. 20,
2005)
- Farmers invited to attend
grass-based beef tour, Westport (Sept. 29, 2005)
- USDA announces Web Soil Survey
(Sept. 26, 2005)
- USDA announces early sign-up for
conservation programs in Massachusetts (Sept. 12, 2005)
- Conservation Security Program
recognizes 11 Massachusetts farmers as conservation stewards (Aug. 31,
2005)
- Farmers invited to attend
grass-based dairy tour in Berkshire County (Aug. 31, 2005)
- New NRCS District Conservationist
named to serve Berkshire County farmers (Aug. 30, 2005)
- USDA to provide nearly $469,000 for
disaster recovery in Deerfield (Jul. 8, 2005)
- After four decades, USDA dams still
silent protectors of SuAsCo watershed towns (Apr. 27, 2005)
- Major water resources
restoration project proposed on Cape Cod (Apr. 25, 2005)
- Massachusetts Agriculture Calendar
Photo Contest Returns (Apr. 22, 2005)
- USDA announces Conservation
Security Program sign-up in two Massachusetts watersheds (Apr. 1, 2005)
- USDA Seeks Comment on Environmental
Quality Incentives Program (Feb. 11, 2005)
- $9
million in federal conservation programs available to assist Mass. farmers (Jan. 4, 2005)
- Conservation Partnership Initiative
Grant proposals due Feb. 17, 2005 (national USDA release) (Dec. 17, 2004)
- New England Small Farm Institute, Belchertown, awarded $110,000 USDA grant
(Nov. 23, 2004)
- Berkshire
and Essex County watersheds included in national Conservation
Security Program (Nov. 3, 2004)
- NRCS
announces $4.3 million to protect Massachusetts farmland this year (Sep. 30, 2004)
- NRCS
announces $250,000 to restore Sesuit Creek saltmarsh, Dennis (Sep. 14, 2004)
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Citizens asked to help with Sawmill River conservation efforts (August 24, 2004)
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Earth Team volunteers needed for World Water Monitoring Day (August 6, 2004)
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USDA
provides up to $1 million in new Conservation Partnership Initiative Grants
(national USDA release) (July 27, 2004)
- Backyard Conservation Tip: include wildlife in your gardening plans
(July 2, 2004)
- Massachusetts
Agriculture Calendar Photo Contest returns (June 21, 2004)
- Worcester County joins Patriot Resource Conservation & Development Area
(June 15, 2004)
- Federal assistance available to help Massachusetts farmers weather drought
(April 28, 2004)
- Agricultural commissions a growing trend in Bay State towns
(April 16, 2004)
- Mass. farmers encouraged to sign up for federal conservation programs
(February 2, 2004)
- Massachusetts farmers encouraged to comment on new Conservation Security
Program (January 2, 2004)
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