2005 News Releases

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December 12, 2005
USDA Invests More Than $10 Million To Assist Limited Resource and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
en Español

December 7, 2005
USDA Announces Energy Initiative to Help Farmers and Ranchers with High Energy Costs
en Español

December 7, 2005
USDA Authorizes Rehabilitation of Three Virginia Dams
en Español

December 1, 2005
Johanns Announces Nearly $2.7 Billion for Voluntary Conservation Programs on Working Lands
en Español

November 8, 2005
USDA Authorizes Watershed Assistance in Four States
en Español

November 3, 2005
USDA Announces First Youth Environmental Awards Winners; Awards Program Funded by $50,000 Grant

November 1, 2005
Agricultural Air Quality Task Force to Meet in Hawaii; Open to the Public on November 13 and 15, 2005”

October 28, 2005
Johanns Announces $150,000 in Grants to FFA for Agricultural Education

October 24, 2005
USDA Joins “Walk a Mile in My Boots” Initiative
en Español

USDA Announces New Partnership with the National Older Worker Career Center
en Español

October 14, 2005
USDA Announces $1.7 Billion for Voluntary Conservation Programs on Working Lands
en Español

October 12, 2005
USDA and USDI Sign Partnership Agreement Regarding Water Conservation
 en Español

October 6, 2005
USDA Awards $12.6 Million for Biomass Research and Development
en Español

September 22, 2005
USDA Announces Conservation Planning Sign-Up Pilot

USDA Prepares for Hurricane Rita; USDA Highlights Assistance to Regions Affected by Hurricane Katrina

August 25, 2005
USDA Selects Watersheds for 2006 Conservation Security Program; Cooperative Conservation on Working Land Benefits Soil and Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat

USDA Announces First Tribal Conservation District in Alaska

August 24, 2005
USDA Provides More Than $19 Million to Fund Conservation Technologies and Approaches; National and Chesapeake Bay Watershed Conservation Innovation Grants Awarded

August 18, 2005
USDA Selects proposals for Wetlands Reserve Enhancement program; Nearly $4.2 Million Available for the Program in Fiscal Year 2005

August 16, 2005
  USDA Announces Web Soil Survey; Internet-based System Allows Users Access to Soil Survey Information” (Aug. 16, 2005)

August 12, 2005
USDA Announces Recipients of Tribal and Asian Pacific Islander Scholarships for 2005

August 2, 2005
USDA Signs Technical Service Provider Agreement With Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control, Inc.

July 25, 2005
USDA Announces 2005 Conservation Security Program Contracts”

July 19, 2005
USDA Releases $5 Million to Restore and Protect Wetlands in 20 States

July 14, 2005
USDA Reallocates Nearly $12 Million To Protect Agricultural Land in 22 States From Development

July 13, 2005
USDA Provides $5 Million for Sage Grouse Conservation and Recovery in 11 States

July 7, 2005
Agriculture and Army Sign Partnership Agreement

June 17, 2005
NRCS Deputy Chief Named President-Elect of Executive Women in Government

June 14, 2005
USDA Signs Technical Service Provider Agreement with the American Forage and Grassland Council
en Español

June 8, 2005
USDA Provides $104.5 Million for Natural Disaster Recovery in 15 States
en Español

May 26, 2005
USDA Announces Closing Of 2005 Sign-Up For Conservation Security Program

May 24, 2005
USDA Soil Scientists Honored by National Cooperative Soil Survey
en Español

May 23, 2005
USDA Approved $18.3 Million for Limited Resource Farmers
    en Español

May 16, 2005
USDA Provides $4 Million and Requests Proposals for Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program
    en Español

May 11, 2005
USDA Announces Recipients of 2005 Conservation Partnership Initiative Grants

April 28, 2005
Once-thought Extinct Ivory-billed woodpecker Rediscovered in Arkansas; Federal Government, Partners Form Rapid Response Partnership to Support Recovery of Bird (Department of the Interior)

April 26, 2005
Parntership for Turtle Creek Wins USDA Excellence in Conservation Award
    en Español

April 22, 2005
NRCS Applauds Earth Team Volunteers During National Volunteer Week

Earth Day 2005: Johanns Reports Wetlands Initiative Results; Healthy Forests Initiative Advancing; And Community Water Systems Expanding

April 15, 2005
USDA Seeks Public Comment on National Priorities, Emerging Issues for Environmental Quality Incentives Program

April 6, 2005
USDA Offers Tribal and Asian Pacific Islander Scholarships; Applications Accepted April 4 through May 13, 2005

April 4, 2005
Johanns Lauds Voluntary Conservation on Private Lands
    en Español

March 31, 2005
 NRCS Data Show Significant Gains in Agricultural Wetland Acreage
    en Español

March 23, 2005
USDA Carbon Management Tool to Help Farmers and Ranchers with Soil Carbon Sequestration
    en Español

March 22, 2005
  USDA Provides $3.2 Million for Natural Disaster Recovery Efforts in Utah

March 17, 2005
Johanns Announces Sign-Up, Expansion, Amendment to Interim Final Rule for 2005 Conservation Security Program
    en Español

March 15, 2005
USDA Announces $6 Million for New Small-Scale/Limited Resource Farmers Initiative
    en Español 

March 8, 2005
USDA Provides $6.9 Million for Natural Disaster Recovery in California
    en Español

February 24, 2005
USDA Provides $2.8 Million to Restore and Conserve Salmon Habitat in Six States
    en Español

February 23, 2005
USDA Provides $9.3 Million for Natural Disaster Recovery in 12 States

February 18, 2005
USDA Provides $10.7 Million to Restore and Protect Wetlands in Illinois
    en Español

February 16, 2005
USDA and Smithsonian Institution Present Soils Display
    en Español

February 15, 2005
USDA Announces New Conservation Technical Assistance Policy
    en Español

February 9, 2005
  President Bush Reinforces Commitment to Cooperative Conservation in 2006 Budget

February 9, 2005
USDA Awards More Than $22 Million in Environmental Quality Incentives Program Funds to 17 States
    en Español

February 8, 2005
USDA Pilots Conservation Innovation Grants State-Level Competitions in 12 States and the Pacific Basin
    en Español

February 1, 2005
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program Funding Will Help Washington County, Utah
    en Español

January 31, 2005
USDA Provides Up to $5 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
    en Español   

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