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U. S. Department of Agriculture Water News
- Helping Farmers Prevent Runoff And Erosion (short video)
- USDA Studies Confirm Plant Water Demands Shift with Water Availability
- American Farmers and Ranchers Reach 50M-Acre Mark in Voluntary USDA Conservation Program
- Finding Ways To Save Water in Peach Orchards
- Top Wetland Program Restores 2.6M Acres in 20 Years
- USDA Helping Private Landowners Increase Conservation Efforts (short video)
- USDA, Gulf State Producers and Partners Take the 'Initiative' for Gulf of Mexico Conservation
- USDA Working With Louisiana Farmers To Reduce Run-Off Into Gulf Of Mexico (short video)
- Where Does E. coli Come From? It’s Complicated!
- USDA Surveying Conservation Programs (short video)
- USDA Working With Farmers To Improve Ecosystem Health Of Gulf Coast (short video)
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Fulfills Commitment to Designate 1 Million Additional Conservation Acres to Support Wildlife Habitat Restoration
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Fulfills Commitment to Designate 1 Million Additional Conservation Acres to Support Wildlife Habitat Restoration
- Preserving Green Grazing Even During Drought (short video)
- Healthier Soils To Get Through Drought (short video)
- A Cautionary Note About Copper Footbaths for Dairy Cows
- USDA and Colorado Announce Rio Grande Basin Water Conservation Project Agreement
- USDA Expands Drought Assistance to 22 States
- Report Reveals Conservation Efforts Have Strong, Positive Impacts in Watershed
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Create Jobs and Improve Rural Water Systems
- USDA Establishes National Watershed Research Network
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Extends Emergency Grazing to Assist Ranchers Impacted by Drought
- No-Till and Snow Can Help Crops Grow
- USDA Awards $26 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants
- NRCS Announcing Grants to Help Farmers, Ranchers Adapt to Drought
- USDA Announces Low-Interest Emergency Loans Now Available to Producers in 172 Additional Counties due to Drought
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Obama Administration Deliver New Drought Assistance to America's Producers
- Climate Change May Help Restore Arid Grasslands
- Florida Everglades Restoration (short video)
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Drought Assistance, Designates an Additional 218 Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
- New Resource to Help Protect Consumers from Pathogen Risks in Food and Water
- USDA Designates an Additional 76 Counties in 6 States as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Worsening Drought
- USDA Announces New Effort to Improve Water Quality and Public Health in Low Income Communities in the Southwest
- USDA's National Water Quality Initiative (Webcast)
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Obama Administration Efforts to Assist Farmers and Ranchers Impacted by Drought
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Tours a Methane Digester Operation on a Pennsylvania Dairy Farm
- USDA Puts More Money into Everglades Restoration (short audio)
- Vilsack Comments on New Support for the Everglades (short audio)
- Restoring America's Natural Lands (short audio)
- Obama Administration Releases Report on Progress and Next Steps in Restoring the Everglades, Announces Additional $80 Million in Project Funding
- Saving Water In Dry Areas (short video)
- US Forest Service celebrates 75 years of national grasslands
- Secretary Vilsack Announces 23 New Water Quality Improvement Projects in Nine Mississippi River Basin States
- Filtering Water Before It Heads Downstream (short video)
- USDA Forest Service Seeks Comments on Efforts to Improve Efficiency of Forest Conservation Activities
- A Clear Answer to Clean Water
- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Names Members of Planning Rule Advisory Group
- USDA Expands Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program by 20,000 Acres to Benefit Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Mid-Atlantic States
- USDA Announces Results for Conservation Reserve Program General Sign-Up
- May Is Wetlands Month (short video)
- USDA and Partners to Invest Nearly $32 Million in Mississippi River Basin Water Quality and Wetlands Projects
- USDA Irrigation Research: Good to the Last Drop
- Updated 2012 National Wetland Plant List is Available
- USDA Advances Water Quality Conservation Across the U.S.
- Department of Interior and Department of Agriculture Announce $5.3 million to Fund Collaborative Projects for Agricultural Water Use Efficiencies”
- USDA’s NIFA-CEAP Watershed Synthesis: Lessons Learned (Webcast)
- Agriculture Secretary and Colorado Governor Release Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Colorado Roadless Rule
- USDA and Arkansas Partners Announce Added Incentives on Conservation Program to Benefit Illinois River Watersheds
- USDA Announces Assistance for 13 Wetlands Partnership Projects in 12 States
- Soil Erosion Modeling: It's Getting Better All the Time
- USDA Rural Development Celebrates Earth Day by Investing in Water Quality Improvement Projects Across the Country
- United We Stand—In Support of Fish Habitat
- USDA to Fund New Projects to Reduce Flooding, Enhance Wildlife Habitat
- US Forest Service Targets $40.6M to Purchase, Restore Lands in 15 States
- Sign-Up and Re-Enrollment Deadline Extended For CRP General Sign-Up 43
- Chesapeake Bay Report: 650,000 Ag and Forest Acres Conserved in 16 Months
- Long-Standing Erosion Calculator Enters 21st Century
- USDA Works for Farmers, Sportsmen and the Environment
- USDA Helps American Indian Tribe Restore Land (short video)
- USDA Reminds Producers of Approaching Deadline for CRP General Sign-up
- Collaboration on Forest Restoration Projects Key to Sustainability
- White House Rural Council Sponsors "Working Lands and Healthy Watersheds Roundtable"
- USDA Publishes Final Rule to Restore the Nation's Forests Through Science and Collaboration
- The Future of Environmental Compliance Incentives in U.S. Agriculture
- Western Lake Erie Basin Water Quality Projects
- USDA Assists Kickapoo Indian Tribe With Water (short video)
- Forest Service Report Shows Forest Growth in North Outpacing Other Parts of Country
- Webinars on Anaerobic Digesters to Examine Finances and Technology
- Can a Prairie Teach Us About Agricultural Water Quality?
- USDA Announces New Highly Erodible Cropland Initiative for Conservation Reserve Program