West Virginia NRCS
News and Views

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
August 2009

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Message from State Conservationist

From the Field

Mason County Quilt Trail Promotes Tourism and Business

The Great Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) is promoting the Mason County Quilt Trail, an agritourism program that promotes business development, highlights points of historical interest and cultural importance, and is a way to bring the community together.

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WVDOF Foresters Located in NRCS Offices

The 2008 Farm Bill increased the emphasis on providing both technical and financial assistance to forest related issues. Practices that had been completed in the past through the West Virginia Division of Forestry’s (WVDOF) Forest Land Enhancement Program (FLEP) will now be funded through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) which is administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

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Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative

The Chesapeake Bay watershed is home to nearly 17 million residents and covers more than 64,000 square miles. Parts of six states and the District of Columbia lie within the watershed. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and is critical to the region's economy, culture, and out-doors recreation.

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Soil Survey Field Week

Approximately 20 soil scientists participated in the 2009 West Virginia Soil Survey Field Week for the National Park Service mapping of Federal lands in the New River Gorge National River area and the Gauley River National Recreation Area.

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