Alabama NRCS Honoring Conservation Volunteers

Randall Weiseman April 8, 2015 Ag "Outdoors", Alabama, General, USDA-NRCS

3,200 volunteers worked well over 22,000 hours last year through the Earth Team Volunteer program in Alabama. And that’s why USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama will be celebrating National Volunteer Week April 12-18.

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Learn more about the Earth Team Volunteer Program online on the Alabama NRCS website.

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