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Welcome to Alabama NRCS!
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Alabama NRCS State
Conservationist Dr. William Puckett announced the launch
of a new National Water Quality Initiative committed to
improving four impaired waterways in Alabama. NRCS
will manage the initiative by making funds available to
farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in the selected
watersheds. Sign-up deadline June 15, 2012.
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Water Quality Initiative |
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Alabama USDA-Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) announced a partnership
opportunity for landowners to voluntarily restore and
protect habitat for the gopher tortoise. |
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Working Lands for Wildlife |
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The Mobile County Soil and Water
Conservation District (SWCD) received the National NRCS
and National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)
volunteer award at the National NACD Annual Meeting in
Las Vegas, NV. |
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Carl Pennington, Resource Conservationist with the
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Grove
Hill, Alabama, received the NRCS Jerry L. Johnson Award. |
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Award |
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- May 2012 - Events, Workshops,
and Training for Alabama A&M
University Small Farms Research Center
- May 17, 2012 - Agroforestry/Silvopasture
Workshop, Tuskegee University, AL, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
- May 23-25, 2012 - Alabama
Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society
Annual Meeting, Lakepoint State Park Resort,
Eufaula, AL
- December 9-12, 2012 - 5th
National Conference on Grazing Lands, Caribe Royal
Hotel and Conference Center, Orlando, FL
...More Info
about Meetings
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- East National Technical Support Center
Workshops and Webinars
- Alabama Certified Prescribed Burn
Manager Training Schedule
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Hispanic and Women Farmers - Agriculture Secretary
Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General West Announce Process to Resolve
Discrimination Claims
En
Espaņol (PDF).
Additional Information:
www.farmerclaims.gov or 1-888-508-4429.
African American Farmers - Who Claim to Have Faced
Discrimination by USDA (Pigford II Lawsuit),
Additional information:
www.blackfarmercase.com or call 1-866-950-5547
Native American Farmers - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack
And Attorney General Holder Announce Settlement Agreement With Those
Claiming To Have Faced Discrimination By USDA In Past Decades.
Additional Information:
https://www.indianfarmclass.com or call 1-888-233-5506
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides
leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain,
and improve our natural resources and environment.
Last Modified:
05/15/2012
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