Florida agricultural leaders will have the opportunity to discuss natural resource priorities, as the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida (NRCS-FL) will host a State Technical Advisory Committee meeting on January 14th, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Eastern. The meeting is designed to provide a report for Florida natural resource and program priorities and USDA decisions and to seek recommendations.Â
The meeting is open to the public and will be available through both in-person and remote participation. In-person attendance is limited to up to 30 members of the committee and NRCS employees at the NRCS state office, located at 4500 NW 27th Avenue, Building A, Gainesville, Florida 32606. All other stakeholders may attend the meeting virtually using the following link:
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1617904840?pwd=55rLLSu9QBBs4CDgTyLVecGxR42R8h.1
Meeting ID: 161 790 4840
Passcode: 093357
Participants are encouraged to sign on as early as 8:15 a.m. to get situated online before the meeting begins at 8:30 am.
Individuals who require special accommodations or materials in an alternative format or language should contact Hilary Barnhart, Assistant State Conservationist for Partnerships and Initiatives at 850-633-7204 or hilary.barnhart@usda.gov by January 10th. Meeting agenda and information materials have been posted on the NRCS State Technical Committee website in advance of the meeting.
Chaired by NRCS Florida State Conservationist Juan Hernandez, the committee is composed of individuals and groups from a variety of agricultural and natural resource interests, as well as farmers. Although the State Technical Committee has no implementation or enforcement authority, USDA strongly considers the committee’s recommendations.
To learn more about NRCS programs, contact NRCS at your local USDA Service Center.