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Welcome to the NRCS West Virginia state web site.

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The WV-NRCS State Office has moved. The new address is
1550 Earl Core Road, Suite 200,
Morgantown, WV 26505

NRCS West Virginia Information Related To the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)

Upper Tygart Valley Watershed, West Virginia
The Tygart Valley on-site mitigation for the Elkwater Fork Dam was awarded to Laurita Excavating on Oct 9, 2009. Construction is expected to start the week of October 26th with completion expected by July 2010. The pre-construction meeting for the on-site mitigation will be on Oct 20th.

Deckers Creek, Acid Mine Drainage
Goat Site 1, Beulah Chapel Site permits are complete and waiting lab results of second pre-construction test to forward to USACE. The contracting pre-solicitation notice was posted on Friday, October 2. Pre-construction water quality monitoring is in progress for Laurel Run Sites 1 & 2.

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The public is invited to attend a meeting of the West Virginia State Technical Committee for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. The meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 in room 200 at 1550 Earl Core Road in Morgantown, WV. Topics include Farm Bill Programs.
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map of WV priority watersheds

New Conservation Initiative Benefits Farmers and the Chesapeake Bay

West Virginia agricultural producers located within the Chesapeake Bay watershed can now apply for special assistance to reduce excess nutrients and sediments under the new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative (CBWI), announced Kevin Wickey, West Virginia State Conservationist.

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map of WV bay watersheds

West Virginia Chesapeake Bay

West Virginia’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed is the land that drains into the Potomac River and its tributaries and a small area that drains into the James River. Like all of the Bay States, West Virginia has been actively involved in pollution reduction programs for over twenty years.

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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.