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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE UPDATE: Application deadline extended to April 23 RENO, Nev. — A new funding initiative to protect greater sage-grouse habitat has been launched by the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Nevada and other western states. “Sage-grouse have been a species of concern for the past several years due to loss of habitat,” Bruce Petersen, state...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE Bruce Petersen, state conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, announced today that NRCS is accepting applications for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. FRPP provides financial assistance funds to help local or state governments, or non-government organizations and federally-recognized Tribes to purchase development rights to keep productive farm and ranch land...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE BLM Director Abbey and NRCS Chief White to Attend DAVIS, Calif. — Ranchers and conservationists share an interest in managing grazing lands for optimum ecologic health. They, and others interested in the environmental and economic implications of range management, are invited to a national conference of the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) being...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE: Nevada agricultural landowners and operators are encouraged to submit 2010 applications by Nov. 27 to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service for participation in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. EQIP is offered through a continuous signup but NRCS periodically makes funding selections as program dollars allow. EQIP was originally established under the 1996...
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NRCS NEWS RELEASE: Farm Bill Programs and Critical Watersheds to be Discussed RENO, Oct. 22 — The State Technical Committee, an advisory board of the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, will meet to discuss 2008 Farm Bill programs, priority resource concerns and critical watershed areas in Nevada. The meeting will be held on Nov. 16, from...
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service news release The new Conservation Stewardship Program rewards agricultural producers for how they farm, not just what they grow.  The new program is a revamped and better-funded version of the old Conservation Security Program. Under the new program, farmers nationwide can start applying now.  “We are not limiting sign-ups to certain...
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News release from NRCS Five pioneering families are being inducted into the Nevada Centennial Ranch and Farm Awards Program. This year’s award recipients are the Perfect Vista Ranches-Mathewson Ranch in Fallon, established in 1909; the Testolin Ranch in Fallon, est. in 1907; Genoa’s Ranch No. 1, est. in 1909; Bradshaw Ranch north of Las...
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