The 2014 National Conference of the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development is taking place in Mobile, Alabama this week. The event started Sunday and runs through Wednesday at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel. Over 300 folks from across the country are in attendance and they were able to hear from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Jason Weller. He was the keynote speaker at today’s luncheon and I was able to chat with him about some of the programs NRCS wants landowners to be aware of.
Another person who spoke at the conference was Charlie Meek from Northwest, Alabama. He talked about a project they did in their part of the state that was actually named the 2013 National Project of the Year.
I was also able to catch up with Mike Roden, who is the Executive Director of the Alabama Association of RC&D Councils. He gives us even more information on the types of programs they get involved with .
Ben Malone is the acting state conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, as I chatted with him about that position and how NRCS works with RC&D.
