USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Dave White says they are excited to offer another funding opportunity for certified organic producers and those transitioning to organic production. Download Audio The sign up deadline is May 20, 2011. For more information producers can log on to the NRCS website or visit their local NRCS field office.
NRCS Assisting AL Producers Affected by Tornadoes
With parts of the southeast continuing to struggle picking up the pieces from the devastating tornadoes Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief, Dave White, explains how they are attempting to assist producers in Alabama. Download Audio
FL NRCS Deadline for AWEP Funds
Area Conservationist with the Florida Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ken Lackmann, reminds producers in the Plant City/Dover area about today’s signup deadline for AWEP Funds. Download Audio
Alabama NRCS Receives Disaster Recovery Aid
Auburn, Ala, May 4, 2011 – The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has made available $600,000 in financial and technical assistance through the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program for disaster recovery aid in Alabama. NRCS is helping with the disaster through EWP by removing debris out of waterways. Local NRCS field personnel are also assisting the Alabama Department of Agriculture …
AL NRCS Continuing Efforts with Tribe to Assist Migratory Birds
With the recent observation of the one year anniversary of the Deep Horizon Gulf Oil Spill we check in with David Elliot, Alabama NRCS tribal liaison to the Poarch Creek Indian Tribe, who says that the tribe was very involved in the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative designed to improve habitat conditions and safeguard food sources for the migratory birds that …
FL NRCS Migratory Bird Initiative Incorporates Several Practices
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida works closely with a variety of entities including the Perdido Bay Tribe of Creek Indians and Chief Bobby Johns Bearheart says one example of those efforts is showcased through the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative. Download Audio
FL NRCS Assisting Strawberry Growers with Water Concerns
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida is currently accepting funding applications for Dover/Plant City area farmers to help conserve water and improve water quality on their agricultural working lands. And Area Conservationist Ken Lackmann says producers have until Friday, May 6, 2011 to signup. Download Audio
NRCS Makes EWP Funds Available in AL
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has made immediately available $6 million in Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program aid for disaster recovery projects in 10 states affected this month by storms and floods. These states are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Download Audio
AL NRCS Hoping to Reach Underserved Landowners
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama is offering two funding opportunities for under-served forest landowners through the Environmental Quality Incentive Program. As Resource Conservationist John Curtis explains how historically underserved participants can signup to implement forestry related practices. Download Audio
FL NRCS Announces AWEP Funding for Plant City-Dover Farmers
Gainesville, FL. – Funding applications are being accepted for Dover/Plant City area farmers and ranchers to help conserve water and improve water quality on their agricultural working lands. The Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) is administered by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), which enters into agreements with conservation partners to help landowners plan and implement conservation practices in project …