Sign-up for new conservation program announced Continuous enrollment for producers begins Aug. 10

SPOKANE, Wash., (Aug. 10, 2009) — USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that it will begin continuous
sign-up for the revamped Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) today, August 10, with the first sign-up period cutoff scheduled for September 30. CSP encourages agricultural and forestry producers to maintain existing conservation activities and adopt additional ones on their operations.

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Confederated Colville Tribes honors NRCS for role in salmon's return

SPOKANE, Wash. (July 1, 2009) – For its watershed rehabilitation work, facilitating the return of the spring Chinook salmon to the Tribal waters of the Colville Reservation, Washington’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) was recently honored by the Confederated Colville Tribes (CCT) during its First Salmon Ceremony near Omak.

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Ranking date extended for popular conservation program

SPOKANE, Wash. (June 23, 2009) – Washington’s most popular agricultural conservation program’s application ranking cut-off date for fiscal year 2010 funding has been extended to August 14, 2009, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced recently.

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