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It's RC&D Week!
Sunflower RC&D staff from Harper, Kansas, prepare for distribution of supplies for for Greensburg, Kansas area tornado
survivors (NRCS photo β click to
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This week, 375
resource conservation and development (RC&D) councils
across the country
are celebrating RC&D Week, declared in recognition of the anniversary of
the designation of the first 10 RC&D areas. In the past 44 years, the
program has grown from that first 10 to 375 designated areas that cover over 85
percent of the United States and its territories.
Joan Smith Freeman, President of the National Association of Resource
Conservation and Development Councils, expressed appreciation to the thousands
of RC&D council members who celebrate the national community service that RC&D
Councils provide to America. βThe strength of RC&D is that local people
create solutions for local needs. In these times of economic downturn, RC&D
councils are invaluable in solving community problems in conservation and
community development. RC&D Councils are far too important to go unnoticed in
our communities,β Freeman said.
Conservation districts and RC&Ds across the U.S. work hand in hand to promote and implement conservation
at the local level. Districts sponsor nearly every RC&D in the country and
often have a representative on their local RC&D councils. In many cases,
local conservation district officials are involved with a conservation district
project and RC&D project simultaneously. The
National Association of
Resource Conservation and Development Councils also partners with NACD at
the national level.
RC&Ds are made up of volunteers who
serve their communities in all 50 states and US territories. RC&D Councils identify, address and solve the
challenges needed to sustain and improve the quality of life in their own
communities.
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