Statewide:
“A brand-new Department of Agriculture conservation
partnership initiative will be getting a close look by area agencies that might
want to take part.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday that the
partnerships in eight critical conservation areas across the country—including
the Chesapeake Bay watershed—will create a pool of clean-water startups. The
agency’s Natural Resources Conservation Service office in Richmond announced
Wednesday that preliminary proposals from local partners are due by July 14…
The critical conservation areas taking part in the program
include: the Great Lakes Region, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Mississippi River
Basin, Longleaf Pine Range, Columbia River Basin, California Bay Delta, Prairie
Grasslands and the Colorado River Basin.”
~ Writes Rusty Dennen of The
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