Natural Resources Conservation Service

Type: Organization

Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service

First reported 23 mins ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 1 reports

Houston couple honored for land conservation efforts

Revitalization efforts on two ranches in two different ecological regions of the state have earned a Houston couple the 2013 Leopold Conservation Award, Texas’s highest honor for private land conservation. Recognized for their stewardship were Jack and ... [Published Cleveland Advocate - 23 mins ago]

Entities: Catos, Aldo Leopold, Habitat

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Centennial youth experience outdoor education

Centennial fifth and sixth graders are turning the outdoors into a classroom this week with various activities that bring the sciences to life. On Monday, the 29 students planted a living snow fence consisting of 100 Blue Spruce and Poplar trees on the ... [Published Alamosa Valley Courier - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Education, Picea pungens, Natural Resources Conservation Service

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

More Than $1 Million Available For Wildlife Habitat On Private Lands In Tennessee; Application Deadline Is June 10

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has received notification from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Tennessee that more than $1 million has been allocated for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP).Owners and operators ... [Published Chattanoogan - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Habitat, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Biologist, Golden-winged Warbler

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

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Women, Land & Legacy session scheduled Thursday

Z Mason City Globe Gazette18 minutes agoCLEAR LAKE — Cerro Gordo County Extension, along with Cerro Gordo County NRCS, FSA, Soil and Water Conservation District and Farm Bureau, will hold a Women, Land & Legacy discussion meeting on Thursday, May 23, ... [Published Globe-Gazette - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Mark Hewitt, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil, Water Conservation, 4-h

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Primary Nesting Season on CRP

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants are reminded to schedule maintenance and management activities on CRP acres outside of the primary nesting season. Iowa's primary nesting season begins on May 15, and continues through Aug. 1.Acres enrolled ... [Published Emmetsburg Reporter Democrat - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Contract Termination, Cosmetics

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Claim process takes too long

The U.S. Forest Service has offered an apology for the 14,000-acre Pautre Fire south of Hettinger on April 3, a prescribed burn by Forest Service workers that got away from them. But now the federal agency has told ranchers that it will take up to two ... [Published Jamestown Sun - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Hettinger (United States), United States Forest Service, Charlie Richmond, Landholder

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

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Funds available to farmers to improve water quality

DOVER ? State conservation officials have announced additional funding for an initiative to improve water quality in the Clear Brook-Nanticoke River Watershed in Delaware.The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service will make ... [Published Delmarva Daily Times - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Watershed, Nutrients, Water Quality, Watershed, Inc.

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

County will not get FEMA help

Staff Writer The Harlan Daily EnterpriseHarlan County Emergency Management Director David McGill told members of the Harlan Fiscal Court at a recent meeting he had received confirmation from the state saying the county didn’t meet the threshold of $5.6 ... [Published Harlan Daily Enterprise - May 21 2013]

Entities: FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bill Moore, Animal Control Officer

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Deadline For Farmers Conservation Stewardship Program Approaching

The deadline for farmers and ranchers to sign-up to participate in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) this year is May 31, just ten days from now.USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will accept slightly more than 12 million acres ... [Published WOWT - May 21 2013]

Entities: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Deadline, Sustainable Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture, Environment

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Ag Answers: Healthy Soils

The key to having a successful crop is good soil.Kevin Donoho with the USDA- Natural Resources Conservation Service tells us how to get and keep healthy soil.CommentsReaders Feel...helloRelated ContentUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS -- Insects are the inspiration ... [Published WCIA 3 - May 20 2013]

Entities: Keller Williams, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Donations

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

April showers help with Washingtonâs water supply

SPOKANE – A wet April is helping to keep Washington’s water supply at a normal to above average range, which is on target with the predictions from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.The NCRS says April’s chilly and wet weather not only helped ... [Published Q13 Fox - May 20 2013]

Entities: Water Supply, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Tom Perkins, Spokane (Washington, United States), Forest Fires

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Wildlife preservation incentive program taking applications

NEW BOSTON, Texas—Applications for funding opportunities with the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program are being accepted by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.In Bowie County, the NRCS office is at 905-D U.S. Highway 82 W. in New Boston. ... [Published Texarkana Gazette - May 20 2013]

Entities: Incentive Program, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Incentives, Habitat

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The six grant recipients were also congratulated by Natural Resources Commission Chairman J R Richardson of Ontonagon. "These habitat improvement projects bring real value back to the resource, and I have to thank the sporting groups and community partners for their dedication and involvement" Richardson said

U.P. conservation organizations awarded DNR deer habitat improvement grants [Published Michigan.gov - May 21 2013]

...plants, we've paired up with business and industry to train our students the best way possible, through hands-on experience," Wilson said. "These partnerships have created great opportunities for the students as well as great supporters for our chapter."

Jon Wilson named teacher of the year [Published Ozark County Times - May 20 2013]

"We have anything and everything in that reservoir now," Snigg said. "There are rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout. The fishing can be a bit tough because the food supply is so good and it's harder to fool the fish."

Fishing season catches a break [Published Wyoming Tribune-Eagle - May 20 2013]

"We had a decent green-up, mostly because of the April snow" Faulkner said while he inspected range in Custer County

More rain needed to break drought [Published Rapid City Journal - May 20 2013]

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