Conservation Clips is a weekly collection of articles distributed by NACD that provides our members and partners with the latest news in what’s driving conservation. These articles are not indicative of NACD policy and are the opinions of their authors, unless otherwise noted. If you have a relevant submission or need assistance with accessing articles, please contact the NACD Communications Team.
The Prince George’s Soil Conservation District (PGSCD) in Maryland was awarded a 2021 Urban Agriculture Conservation (UAC) Grant through a partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to boost technical capacity nationwide.
On January 27, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14008, Tacking the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. EO 14008 calls to conserve at least 30 percent of America’s lands and waters by 2030, which is also referred to as the 30×30 program.
(Subscriber Only) In recent comments to USDA on its strategy for “climate-smart” agriculture, the National Association of Conservation Districts said the new CCC should respond to severe soil erosion due to climate change.
(Opinion) The National Association of Conservation Districts’ Climate Action Task Force has submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in response to the agency’s request for comments regarding climate-smart solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change.
“We are pleased that the interagency leaders recognize the importance of locally-led conservation outlined in the report’s ‘Principles for a Locally Led Effort to Conserve and Restore America the Beautiful,’” NACD President Michael Crowder said.
The National Association of Conservation Districts says it is pleased the interagency leaders recognize the importance of locally-led conservation outlined in the report.
NACD President Michael Crowder says, “Conservation districts were created to work directly with landowners and local communities to implement conservation, and the goals of adding additional conservation across the country represent a significant opportunity to advance conservation on both private and public lands.”
Michael Crowder, president of the National Association of Conservation Districts, said the association appreciates the report’s focus on support for locally-led and designed conservation efforts and the opportunities that are championed by conservation districts.
National Association of Conservation Districts President Michael Crowder said, “We are pleased that the interagency leaders recognize the importance of locally-led conservation outlined in the report’s ‘Principles for a Locally Led Effort to Conserve and Restore America the Beautiful.'”
San Miguel Basin Conservation District and Shavano Conservation District will join forces to meet the natural resources conservation needs of landowners within their boundaries in the Delta, Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel Counties.
(Subscriber Only) The Interior Department is moving to reopen — and potentially revise — sweeping greater sage grouse conservation plans covering tens of millions of acres of federal lands across the West, according to a court document filed this week.
As the annual wildfire season gets closer in Washington, the state Department of Natural Resource’s Forest Health Highlights report for 2020 focuses on the danger to trees by drought, insects and fungus.
A spell of dry, mild weather is giving the Great Lakes a break after two years of high water that has shattered records and heavily damaged shoreline roads and homes, officials said Monday.
Documentaries can bring powerful insight into how our world changes around us both naturally as well as highlight the effects man has on the environment. Locally, the Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District (WCSWCD) announced they have received funding to document what happens below the surface of Lake George.
(Subscriber Only) President Biden’s pick for EPA’s water office said today that the agency is planning “robust stakeholder engagement” and “regional roundtables” this summer to discuss its review of which waterways and wetlands qualify for federal protections.
Promoting the adoption rate of such practices among farmers can have exponential benefits both for the climate and for land productivity, as they help improve the carbon reserves of soils, cut greenhouse gas emissions, while contributing to biodiversity restoration.
Today’s precision agriculture technology allows farmers to pinpoint exactly where water is needed and where irrigation is delivered. It’s already helping re-tool the giant center pivot sprinklers that shower the plains.
Earthworms improve the soil by aerating it, breaking down organic matter and mineralizing nutrients. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology have dug up another possible role: reducing the number and relative abundance of antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) in soils from diverse ecosystems.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will invest at least $21.7 million in several key programs to help agricultural producers manage the impacts of climate change on their lands and production.
Last summer, the state Department of Agriculture released a report on vegetative field cover and the potential that winter cover crops could play in protecting soil and combating nitrogen contamination in Minnesota’s waters.
The 114-acre field is part of Pipestone Soil & Water Conservation District’s nitrate reduction effort targeting 1,912 acres of ag land here and in other highly vulnerable drinking water supply management areas affecting Edgerton’s municipal treatment systems.
U.S. officials said Thursday that they will try to stamp out wildfires as quickly as possible this year as severe drought tightens its grip across the West and sets the stage for another destructive summer of blazes.
