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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 based technical assistance from technically …
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 Association. Earlier this year, NCDEA …
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 classroom, he’s taking their work …
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 abundant water supplies over the …
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 on cropland that landowners may …
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 assistance to farm owners. Property …
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 Saturday planted 1,400 native Sitka …
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 of the lake. “The Moses …
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 didn’t stand a chance. “Every …
A funding win for embattled Thurston Conservation District
WASHINGTON, Thurston CD – Thurston County commissioners this week approved the way Thurston Conservation District gets a third of its revenue for the next five years, a vote of confidence for the embattled agency. “I …
Teton Conservation District and TOJ tackle Flat Creek restoration
WYOMING, Teton CD – Flat Creek is sick, or “impaired” according to the US Environmental Protection Agency, but Town of Jackson and Teton Conservation District are revamping efforts to take care of it. The recent …
Farm tour focuses on healthy soil by eliminating synthetic fertilizers
COLORADO, Mesa CD – Mark Cremeens dug his shovel into the pasture at his Grand Junction ranch, pulling up a mound of grass and soil for the group crowded around him to see. The group …
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Another great example of the work Conservation Districts so across the United States! Gallatin Conservation District
#CDEmployeesAtWorkSteuben SWCD employees with their NCDEA (National Conservation District Employees Association) reusable stainless straw. Additional straws were handed out at the Water Quality Symposium to individuals who inquired about them. Communicating and promoting NCDEA activities one straw at a time.
Conservation planning helps save our soil - Farm and Dairy
Conservation planning helps save our soil - Farm and Dairy
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Conservation planning has been the root of the efforts to save our nation's precious soil since the Dust Bowl era some 80 years ago.