U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service

Meeting set on Kilauea River debris removal

KILAUEA, KAUA'I — The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will hold an informational meeting on the status of the Kilauea River/Wailapa Stream Debris and Sediment Removal Project from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec....

EQIP helps farmers, ranchers conserve land, air and water

Nov 26, 2008

Issue Date: November 26, 2008 By Christine Souza Assistant Editor Yolo County rancher Scott Stone stands in native grasses that filter runoff from a corral. Known as EQIP and administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

ISPCON Keynote: Donny Smith

At ISPCON, the guy who's been the talk of the hallways and the ISP CEO session finally presented his plan to bring fiber to rural Minnesota in a keynote. I first described the network of Owatonna, Minn.-based Jaguar...

Conservation funding under the Bush Administration

In the 2002 Farm Bill funding for conservation programs was increased 80 percent, in 2008, conservation programs administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) saw an increase of $4.2 billion dollars.

Variety of experts fill Obama environment committee

Former Clinton administration environmental leaders and experts from transition co-chairman John Podesta’s think tank top the list of Barack Obama’s advisory committee. Former Clinton administration environmental leaders and...