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Earth Team Volunteers

They are Making a Difference in California!

What is the Earth Team?

In 1981, Congress authorized the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), formerly the Soil Conservation Service, to accept volunteers to increase soil and water conservation efforts, and to do this by working closely with Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

In California, the Earth Team is a growing volunteer workforce making a difference. The concept of Earth Team includes not only volunteers, but also NRCS staff and Resource Conservation Districts. The mission of the Earth Team is to provide an effective volunteer workforce within NRCS to help people conserve, improve and sustain our resources and environment.

Volunteers can help expand efforts in soil and water conservation. Anyone 14 years or older and interested in saving our precious soil and water can join the Earth Team. Volunteers may work part-time, full-time, outdoors or in an NRCS office.

What Can You Do?

On the Land

In the Community

In the Office
  • Soil Mapping
  • Surveying
  • Water Sampling
  • Establishing Wildlife Habitat
  • Native Grass Seeding
  • Resource Inventories
  • Conservation
    Practice Layout
  • Planting Trees
  • Conservation Planning
  • Photography
  • Conservation Education
  • Writing
  • Special Tours & Fairs
  • Conservation
    Youth Groups
  • Outdoor Classrooms & Nature Areas
  • Public Speaking
  • Drafting
  • Computer Data Entry
  • Map Interpretations
  • Typing
  • Telephoning
  • Editing
  • Reception
  • Filing

For more Earth Team program information, contact your nearest coordinator.

Title

Name

Address/Phone Number

E-mail Address
State Coordinator Jen DeLorenzi 430 G Street, #4164
Davis, California 95616
Telephone: (530) 792-5647
Fax: (530) 792-5791		 Jen.Delorenzi@ca.usda.gov
State Office Coordinator
(Davis, CA)		 Marina Barajas 430 G Street, #4164
Davis, California 95616
Telephone: (530) 792-5620
Fax: (530) 792-5791		 Marina.Barajas@ca.usda.gov
Area 1 Coordinator
 		 Tiffany Riess

 

 PO Box 1450 (#3 Horseshoe Lane)
Weaverville, CA 96093
Telephone: (530) 623-3991, ex. 109		 Tiffany.Riess@ca.usda.gov
Area 2 Coordinator
 		 Julie Irinco 318 Cayuga Street, Suite 206
Salinas, California 93901
Telephone: (831) 754-1595
Fax: (831) 753-0508		 Julie.Irinco@ca.usda.gov
Area 3 Coordinator Jenny Gabor 425 N. Gateway, Suite K
Madera, California 93637
Telephone: (559) 674-4628
Fax: (559) 674-2109		 Jennifer.Gabor@ca.usda.gov
  Barbara Helton 4974 E. Clinton Way, Suite 114
Fresno, California
Telephone: (559) 252-2191
Fax: (559) 252-5483
 		  
Area 4 Coordinator Elizabeth Lessick


 

 200 E. Murphy Street, Room 102
Blythe, CA 92226-0610
Telephone: (760) 922-3446
Fax: (760) 922-2463		 Elizabeth.Lessick@ca.usda.gov

Walk a Mile In My Boots

The "Walk a Mile in My Boots" initiative is a work-exchange program between agricultural producers and government employees. Exchanges will provide opportunities for producers and NRCS employees to learn more about each other’s lifestyles, issues and operations. For more information, visit the National NRCS Walk a Mile In My Boots Web page.

For more information on the Earth Team Volunteer Program, visit the National NRCS Earth Team Volunteers Web site.

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Last Modified: 06/20/2007