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The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) applauded the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s appointment of Terry Cosby to serve as chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
Agri-View: Local conservation efforts recognized
By Michael Crowder
05/14/21
(Opinion) The National Association of Conservation Districts has issued a response to the release of the interagency report, “Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful,” regarding the proposed 30×30 initiative as announced in President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14008.
(Subscriber Only) National Association of Conservation Districts President Michael Crowder said he is confident Cosby will lead NRCS in the right direction.
The National Association of Conservation Districts welcomed the announcement. NACD President Michael Crowder says of Cosby, “His extensive experience in conservation as a farmer, a sportsman and state conservationist will further strengthen NRCS’s impact on the nation’s land.”
“Terry is no stranger to natural resource management, and his decades-long experience as a conservationist and business team leader has proven his commitment to protecting natural resources and building sustainable conservation solutions,” National Association of Conservation Districts President Michael Crowder says.
The Glenn County Resource Conservation District is hosting a soil health workshop next week to discuss the benefits of cover crops, management challenges during a drought and explore the concept of carbon farming.
Konkel secured a $330,000 grant just as she came on board with BCSCD in July 2018. Now, she’s helming an effort to combine funding, volunteer enthusiasm and community-minded restoration to preserve one of Blount’s iconic waterways.
Fortunately, there’s hope for change through experimental projects underway in both Fond du Lac and Outagamie counties to pioneer the continuous use of conservation practices aimed at protecting the soil.
Two locally driven Illinois projects were among 85 public/private partnerships nationwide awarded funding through the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is investing up to $15 million to support the development of new tools, approaches, practices and technologies to further natural resource conservation on private lands through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program.
Western ranchers are restoring diverse, grassland ecosystem practices that can improve the land’s capacity to hold water—and help them hold onto more cattle.
USDA-ARS Range Management Research Unit, Jornada Experimental Range in Las Cruces, NM, developed an innovative approach to using datasets on vegetation, climate, and land use to evaluate the long-term effects of agricultural practices used in extensive rangelands managed by a collaborative conservation group.
Cover crops are considered one of the most effective and economical ways to improve soil health. Grazing them can be a way to turn them into a profit for your operation. It is important, however, to avoid causing excessive compaction that could negatively affect following crop yield and increase runoff and erosion.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced $1.45 million in grants to help restore and sustain healthy rivers, streams and grassland systems that provide important wildlife habitat in the Pecos Watershed and adjacent areas of New Mexico and Texas.
The legislation would formally authorize the Department of Agriculture’s Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership Initiative to better support forest and grassland restoration projects across public and private land.
A new study conducted by researchers from The University of New Mexico has found that wildfires—which have been increasing in frequency, severity and extent around the globe—are one of the largest drivers of aquatic impairment in the western United States, threatening our water supply.
The market for agricultural ecosystem asset credit opportunities, such as carbon, is developing rapidly, according to Economist Shelby Myers, American Farm Bureau Federation.
(Opinion) By incentivizing the adoption of practices, farmers can begin carbon farming now, and work with scientists through the USDA and university extension to monitor outcomes, integrating real-world results into predictive models that can inform best practices in the future. ”
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