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National Water Quality Initiative
Through this effort, eligible landowners can invest in voluntary
conservation actions to help keep our water clean. The selected
watersheds were identified with help from state agencies and partners.
In Alaska, five watersheds were selected for the NWQI 2012 sign up. |
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Spring State Technical Committee Meeting
The State Technical Committee will meet Thursday May 28, at the USDA
- Natural Resources Conservation Service state office conference room,
located at 800 West Evergreen Avenue, Palmer. The meeting will begin at
9:00 a.m. and adjourn at noon.
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USDA Celebrates 150 Years
In 2012, USDA will commemorate and celebrate the 150th anniversary of
our founding in 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln signed into law an
act of Congress establishing the United States Department of
Agriculture.
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High Tunnels
High tunnels, also known as hoophouses, can help extend the growing
season by providing protection to plants early and late in the season
and also expand the availability of healthy, locally grown food
benefiting both producers and consumers.
High tunnels,
different from greenhouses, are passively heated by the sun, have lower
energy costs than greenhouses, and are cooled by manual ventilation.
Plants grown in high tunnels are grown in the natural soil profile or in
raised beds.
NRCS can provide financial assistance to fund up to 1/20 of an
acre or 2,178 square feet of high tunnel. |
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USDA Notice to Women and/or Hispanic Farmers and
Ranchers
If you are a
woman or Hispanic farmer and believe you were improperly denied farm
loan benefits by USDA between 1981 and 2000, you may be eligible for
compensation. Earlier this year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and
Assistant Attorney General Tony West announced the establishment of a
process to resolve the claims of Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers
who assert that they were discriminated against when seeking USDA farm
loans. |
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership in a
partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural
resources and environment.
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