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California NRCS News Releases

2009

Farmers Embrace Successful Air Quality Program

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Bets On Western Venue To Link Ranchers And Conservationists

Upcoming NRCS Meeting To Give 2009 Conservation Results And Seek Input On 2010 Priorities For California

New Conservation Program Gets Strong California Response

Construction Complete On Phase 1 Of Stimulus-Funded Flood Control Project

New Conservation Easement Protects Farmland In Dixon-Davis Greenbelt

Eight California groups receive funds for Conservation Innovation

New Program Encourages California Producers To Be Conservation Stewards

California Receives $18 Million for Agricultural Water Enhancement Projects

Timeline Extended For Conservation Aid To Organic And Transitional Growers

Workshops Scheduled To Help Farmers Apply For Cost-share Funds From Air Quality Emission Reduction Program

New Initiative Offers $3 Million For Organic, Transitional Growers

$5 Million Added To Air Quality Boost For California Agriculture

$10.9 Million To Help Agriculture Reduce Air Quality Emissions

Expanded Drought Assistance Program Now Open To Farmers/Ranchers In More Counties

USDA Agricultural Air Quality Task Force To Meet In Fresno

California NRCS State Conservationist Announces Availability Of Funds Through The Conservation Innovation Grant Program

California 2009 Farm And Ranch Lands Protection Program Signup Announced

Special 30-Day Window For Drought Assistance Offered To Farmers And Ranchers

New Conservation Partnership Opportunity Announced

Farmers In Drought Areas Advised To Leave Unplanted Fields In A "Roughed Up" State

Flood-Prone Lands Eligible For Easements And Restoration Through National Stimulus Funding

USDA Hosts Advisory Meeting On Farm Bill Conservation Priorities For California

California Receives $10.9 Million To Improve Air Quality

2008

Snow Survey School To Teach Sampling – And Survival

Applications For Habitat And Native Plant Enhancement Accepted Now

USDA-NRCS Conservation Office Of The Future On Display This Week In Riverside

USDA-NRCS Environmental Cost Share Sign Up Extended To December 5 In California

California’s Sierra Nevada Resource Conservation And Development Councils Celebrate Collaborative Successes And Opportunities

Presentación del Nuevo Proyecto de Ley de Agricultura Comienza en California con la Inscripción del Programa Ambiental de Costos Compartidos

New Farm Bill Conservation Roll Out Begins In California With Environmental Cost Share Sign Up

California Receives $3.6 Million To Aid Fire-Damaged Communities

Conservation Provisions Of New Farm Bill And 2009 Priorities For California Are Topics Of Upcoming Meeting

First USDA-NRCS Wetland Reserve Program Project In San Diego County Progresses

California Soil To Be Included In New Natural History Exhibition At The Smithsonian Institution

Ranchers, Conservation Communities Celebrate Dam Removal Project On Shasta River

USDA Extends Sign-Up For 2008 Conservation Security Program

Final Round Of Stewardship Program Meetings Scheduled For Ag Producers In Salinas Watershed

Ranchers & Environmentalists Host Spring Tours In Bay Area

Ag Producers In Salinas Watershed Offered Rare Opportunity In Stewardship Program

USDA Awards $38.7 Million In California Conservation Contracts; $4.1 Million For Erosion And Water Quality Needs In San Diego

Conservation Contracts Total $4 Million For Farmers Recovering From Southern California Fires

Yolo Land & Cattle Company Wins National Environmental Stewardship Award

San Mateo County Land Preserved For Agriculture: Level Lea Farm Has Been Owned By The Same Family Since 1860

Conservation Partnerships Protect Marin Farmland: MALT, NRCS And The State Of California Preserve Two Historic Ranches

2007

Two USDA Agencies Direct $6.6 Million To Assist Farmers In Wake Of Fires

San Diego Community To Receive Protection From Post-Fire Mudslides

Effort To Clear Valley Air Earns National Award

California Environmental Quality Incentives Program Sign Up Now Underway

La inscripción para el Programa de Incentivos de Calidad del Ambiente de California ya está en proceso

EQIP Funds Available For Grazing Lands Damaged By Fletcher Fire

Yolo Land & Cattle Company Wins National Environmental Stewardship Award

Angora Fire Erosion And Runoff Risks Assessed By NRCS

USDA Official To Unveil Air Quality Initiative For San Joaquin Valley Farmers

Angora Fire Rehabilitation And Recovery Effort Underway In South Lake Tahoe

California Soil Scientist Named National Park Service Liaison

California Nets $2.9 Million In State And National Conservation Innovation Grant Projects

"Faces And Places Of Conservation" Welcomes Visitors

California Receives $2.4 Million For Farmland Protection

California NRCS Announces New Conservation Program Sign-up

Conservation Planning Service Opportunity Offered In Selected California Counties

California NRCS State Conservationist Announces Availability Of Funds Through The Conservation Innovation Grant Program

Tahoe Hosts Snow School To Teach Sampling—And Survival

2006

Comprehensive Approach To Pest Management Encouraged By USDA Cost Share

Butte Area Soil Survey Report Now Available

Natural Resources And Rural Communities Focus Of Regional Conservation Meeting

USDA-NRCS Receives Innovators Award For IPM Program

California NRCS Announces Sign Ups For Conservation Cost Share Programs

Frazier Park Residents Urged To Prepare For Debris Flow

California High School Students Take 4th Place In 2006 Canon Envirothon

California NRCS State Conservationist Announces Award Of Funds Through The Conservation Innovation Grant Program

NRCS Announces Signup For Wetlands Reserve Program Reverse Auction

59 CSP Contracts To Be Offered In California

Deadline Extended For EQIP Contract Holders Participating In Energy Initiative

USDA Awards $43.5 Million In California Conservation Contracts; $10.3 Million For Dairies

Conservation Planning Pilot Project Results Announced

California NRCS State Conservationist Announces Availability Of Funds Through The Conservation Innovation Grant Program

USDA Announces New Grants For Controlling Invasive Species On Grazing Land

Emergency Watershed Program Repairing 4 Storm-Damaged Sites in Northern California

USDA Announces Sign-up For Stewardship Program

NRCS On Target To Finish Tree Removal Project

2005

Burton to Lead Conservation Work in Golden State

USDA Awards Conservation Partnership Grant For North State Restoration Initiative

Funds Now Available To Dispose Of Used-Treated Grape Stakes

Public Invited to Open House at New Central Sierra RC&D Office

NRCS Offers $450,000 For Conservation Innovation Grants

USDA-NRCS Announces Workshops on New Conservation Security Program

California Receives $6.9 Million in EWP Funds for Flood Recovery Efforts in Southern California

USDA-NRCS Seeks Comments on Farm Bill Programs