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Conservation Desktop Briefer
To all Conservation Partner Employees, The National Conservation Planning Partnership (NCPP) has partnered with NRCS of the Future team to enhance quality, improve responsiveness, and ensuring the delivery of science …
NCDEA dues for 2020
Dear Members: You may recall that we are “catching up” on annual dues after getting off cycle following the passing of a previous Treasurer of the National Conservation District Employees …
Conservation District Creates Awareness about School Forests
MICHIGAN, Missaukee CD – Mark Johnson, an agriscience instructor at Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District, is teaching his students about the industry of forestry; but they’re not just sitting in the …
Communities weigh in on Oregon’s 100-year water vision
OREGON, Clackamas SWCD – Faced with climate change, a growing population and aging infrastructure, the state of Oregon is reaching out to local communities for ideas to ensure clean and …
Partners form new demonstration farm
SOUTH DAKOTA, Beadle CD – Partners in a new regenerative agriculture demonstration farm being established on 310 acres south of Huron want to illustrate the benefits of soil health practices …
County approves tax to aid conservation district
WASHINGTON, Skagit CD – The Skagit County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Tuesday morning a tax to help pay for the Skagit Conservation District’s services, which include forestry, education and …
Volunteers plant trees along Washington pocket estuary to aid salmon
WASHINGTON, Skagit CD – Eighty volunteers showed up to an ocean shoreline in northern Washington to plant trees that will enhance salmon habitat. The Skagit Valley Herald reports the volunteers …
Moses Lake Watershed Council holding public meeting
WASHINGTON, Grant County CD – The Moses Lake Watershed Council is holding a public meeting on Wednesday as it continues to seek short and long-term solutions to improve the health …
In SE. Minnesota, swollen river threatens to reclaim cropland
MINNESOTA, Wabasha County swcd – It rained 10 inches here in July, twice as much as the year before, and the dike protecting Albert Carlson’s farmland along the Zumbro River …
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