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West Virginia NRCS
News and Views
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
May 2006
In this News and Views
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After the 2005 hurricanes, NRCS personnel began helping local units of
government by conducting damage surveys of the areas and assisting through the
NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program. ...More
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Soils Field Week 2006, Potomac Headwaters RC&D, WVU Soils Team Ranks 1st.
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Park managers identified restoration of native plant communities as
a high priority for maintenance of the parks circa 1862 authenticity.
The Alderson PMC has agreed to work with the National Park Service to collect seed,
develop propagation techniques, and produce seedling plants and/or seed of the
targeted species for plant community restoration within the park.
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Most Americans take drinking water for granted—turn on the faucet
and water flows out. But residents in West Virginia’s southern Randolph
County don’t have a reliable source of drinking water. They soon will
because of a Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Public
Law-566 project.
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Hampshire County livestock producers continue to find the program benefits of
the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) attractive.
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The original surveys for Barbour (1968) and Preston (1959) Counties
delineated strip mined lands, but simply designated these areas as ‘Sm’, with no
corresponding interpretations. This was standard for the time as minesoils were
thought to be too variable to accurately classify. Since then, the concept of
mined areas has changed greatly.
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The Plant Materials Center in Alderson is participating in a project to
produce plugs of Smooth Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), for use at the
Jamaica Bay Saltmarsh Restoration, along the coastline of New York State.
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Robert Schnably, District Conservationist at the Ranson Service Center, is
part of an award winning partnership team.
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The new NRCS
Strategic Plan, Productive Lands
— Healthy Environment
is available on the NRCS website. This Strategic
Plan sets the direction for NRCS and describes our conservation
priorities and goals.
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The annual Agriculture and Conservation Day was held at the Capitol
on Tuesday, February 14, 2006, in the Capitol Rotunda.
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WV Grassland Evaluation Contest, Envirothon, West Virginia State Conservation Camp.
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E-mail Access Away from the Office, USDA Dashboard.
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Earth Team Update
Featured Volunteer, Earth Team GM Revised, Contact Information Change.
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Home Protection Advice
Jim believed in learning lessons from other people's experiences
and hopes this might be helpful to others.
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Some of you may notice that TJ disappears from his civil engineering
duties at the state office from time to time. This is because he has a
part-time job with the US Air Force Reserves.
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Civil Rights Mentors Needed
The program is designed to provide assistance and guidance to new employees,
student trainees and current employees as they explore options and plan
strategies towards their career growth at NRCS and is voluntary.
...More Info
To submit news items for the August News and Views,
please send an e-mail message to
Carol
Lagodich
The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership
in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain and improve our
natural resources and environment.
NRCS West Virginia State Office
75 High Street Room, 301, Morgantown, WV 26505
304-284-7540 | fax 304-284-4839
http://www.wv.nrcs.usda.gov/
Ronald L Hilliard, West Virginia State Conservationist
NRCS field offices are located throughout West Virginia
Visit
http://www.wv.nrcs.usda.gov/contact/ for addresses and phone numbers.
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