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Delaware NRCS Announces Water Quality Initiative
in Clear Brook-Nanticoke Watershed
DOVER, Del., May 8, 2012— State
Conservationist Russell Morgan announced the launch of a new Water
Quality Initiative committed to improving impaired waterways in
Delaware. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is
making $255,000 in financial assistance available to farmers and forest
landowners in the Clear Brook-Nanticoke Watershed. |
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Water Quality Initiative
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Application Deadline for USDA Organic Initiative
Approaching
DOVER, Del., April 27, 2012—USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist Russell Morgan reminds
local organic farmers and those transitioning to organic production
practices to contact their local NRCS office soon to find out if they
are eligible for the agency’s Organic Initiative. |
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Organic Initiative
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NRCS Announces Wildlife Conservation Effort to
Restore and Protect Bog Turtle Habitat
DOVER, Del., March 27, 2012—USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist Russell Morgan
recently announced a new partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) in Delaware to help farmers and forest landowners to
restore and protect the habitats of bog turtles while also helping other
valuable wildlife species.
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News Release...
Working Lands for Wildlife...
Bog Turtle Fact Sheet... |
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Partnership Explores Subsurface Drip Irrigation
(SDI) in Delaware
DOVER, Del., March 26, 2012— There have been approximately 500 acres of SDI installed in Delaware,
and several times that amount is in the planning stage. In an effort to help
guide Delaware farmers on SDI management systems, James Adkins, Irrigation
Engineer with the University of Delaware’s Carvel Research and Education
Center, is piloting the first SDI research farm in the Delmarva region. With
funding from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the
Delaware Department of Agriculture, and Vincent Farms, Adkins hopes to have
science-based answers for Delaware’s growers. The project’s goal is to
increase grower profitability, improve water quality, and provide efficient
management of water resources through SDI. |
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