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Conservation... Our Purpose. Our Passion.
Conservation... Our Purpose. Our Passion. Image: Farm at sunset.
The purpose and passion for conservation in California is shared by many. It is shared between NRCS employees and partners who help people help the land. And it is shared by the landowners with whom we work. Our passion is manifested through the benefits derived from stewardship of private lands—benefits we all enjoy, such as cleaner water and air, improved soils and abundant wildlife habitat.

Learn about our stories, the stories of conservation made possible through a shared purpose, a shared passion and a shared commitment to conservation.

Read about statewide successes in our California Faces & Places of Stewardship Success feature.

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For further information about our NRCS California conservation success stories, contact Anita Brown, Public Affairs Director at (530) 792-5644 or e-mail Anita.Brown@ca.usda.gov.


Meet Our Featured Employees!

The stories of these four California NRCS employees join those of customers and volunteers throughout the state who are getting conservation on the land through a passionate commitment to natural resources. These are just four of the hundreds of NRCS employees in California working hard to deliver information and technical assistance that helps California farmers and ranchers help the land.

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Terry Huff
Terry Huff
(Northern California)

Terry Huff, District Conservationist (PDF; 308 KB)
Gene Kelley
Gene Kelley
(Northern California)

Gene Kelley, District Conservationist (PDF; 253 KB)
Rich Casale
Rich Casale
(Central Coast)

Rich Casale, District Conservationist (PDF; 222 KB)
Cori Calvert-Butler
Cori Calvert-Butler
(Southern California)

Cori Calvert-Butler, District Conservationist (PDF; 194 KB)


Meet Our Featured Customers!

Four featured customers were chosen to represent diversity of geography, culture, conservation practices and crops of our landowner-partners statewide. Though these customers implement different conservation practices, grow different crops, and live in different locations in California, they share with us a passion for conservation and caring for the land. Theirs are just a few of 60 California conservation success stories you can read about at www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/news/stories/.

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Alex Palmerlee
Alex Palmerlee
(Northern California)

Landowner Profile: Alex Palmerlee (PDF; 429 KB)
Jesus Castillo
Jesus Castillo
(Central Coast)

Landowner Profile: Jesus Castillo (PDF; 368 KB)
Bill Longfellow
Bill Longfellow
(Central Valley)

Landowner Profile: Bill Longfellow (PDF; 232 KB)
Johm DeBoni
John DeBoni
(Southern California)

Landowner Profile: John DeBoni (PDF; 391 KB)

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