Conservation Spotlights

Conservation spotlights are individual information pieces to highlight conservation success stories, events, and any other information which needs a special home on our Web site.

	Early NRCS Featured in Ken Burns' Documentary, "The Dust Bowl" November 15, 2012
	Replacing Irrigation Engines and Improving Air Quality in Suffolk County August 15, 2012
	Amy’s Apples Aren’t Pretty and She Likes Them That Way August 7, 2012
	Conservation Partners Use USDA Programs in a Collaborative Effort to Assist Local Farms August 3, 2012
	Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Attracts New Residents to Lime Hollow Center July 3, 2012

Links to More Conservation Stories

Marsh Restoration Has Wildlife's 'Seal' of Approval - July 2, 2012
Irrigation Efficiency Provides Soil, Water, and Energy Conservation - May 31, 2012
USDA-NRCS Works With Landowners to Improve Wildlife Habitat - May 21, 2012
Bugbee Children’s Center Students Experience a Day On the Farm - May 10, 2012
No-Till and Residue Management Helps Improve Water Quality Concerns - May 9, 2012
Cover Crops Benefit Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - April 24, 2012
Landowners Work to Protect and Restore Priority Watersheds in the Great Lakes Basin - April 4, 2012
Program Keeps Your Backyard 'Green' Through Any Season - March 29, 2012
Conservation Partnerships Resulting in Conservation On the Ground - March 22, 2012
Farm Continues Reputation for Excellent Work and Stewardship of the Land - February 29, 2012
Working With Seneca Nation to Improve Declining Habitat on Tribal Land - February 23, 2012
Grape Vine Nursery Works With Conservation Partners to Protect Air and Water Quality - February 15, 2012
Dairy Farm Installs Several Conservation Practices to Protect and Improve Water Quality - February 9, 2012
Food Pantry Farm Wants You! - February 3, 2012
Got Manure? Enhancing Environmental and Economic Sustainability - January 31, 2012
New York Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Teaching Multi-livestock Species Grazing in the Champlain Watershed - January 25, 2012
Stafford Farm Honored - Receives "Conservation Farm of the Year" Award - January 17, 2012
Orchard Installs Agrichemical Handling Facility with Help from USDA-NRCS - January 4, 2012
Farm Uses Conservation for Better Air and Energy Savings - December 20, 2011
Conservation to Help Farmers Keep Drinking Water Clean in New York City - December 20, 2011
Carbon Farming Workshops and Lectures in Regenerative Agriculture - December 6, 2011
New England-New York Forestry Initiative Creates Bird Habitat - November 30, 2011
Organic Farm Uses USDA Program to Install High Tunnel and Micro-irrigation - November 30, 2011
Cover Crop Tour and Workshop Held at Big Flats Plant Materials Center - November 21, 2011
Grazing Helps Organic Dairy Farm - November 10, 2011
New Covered Barnyard Helps Dairy Herd and Nearby Streams - November 1, 2011
Local Farm Extends Growing Season With Help From USDA-NRCS - October 13, 2011
Storage Facility Addresses Waste Concerns, Reduces Environmental Impacts - September 30, 2011
Saving Soil in Rensselaer County - September 26, 2011
Farms Gain By Grazing - September 24, 2011
Federal Funds to Enable Major Farmland Preservation Effort - September 26, 2011
Landowners in Lake Champlain Watershed Protect Special Bird Habitat - September 15, 2011
New York Dairy Completes Large Scale Conservation Project - September 20, 2011
USDA Priority to Resolve all Large Civil Rights Cases

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