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Show Volume XIV Issue XVII The Ogden Valley news Page 13 June 15, 2007 People in Partnership for a Healthy Land The Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) works hand-in-hand with the American people to conserve natural resources on private lands. NRCS helps land users and communities approach conservation planing and implementation with an understanding of how natural resources related to each other and to all of us—and how our activities affect those resources. NRCS is committed to government that works efficiently and is accountable. They are streamlining NRCS, strengthening its regional presence, delegating decisions to the local levels, cutting red tape, and above all, putting clients first. The six regions—West, Northern Plains, Southwest, Midwest, South, and East—will decentralize the agency and make it more responsive to the Nation’s major agricultural production regions and environments. NRCS is dedicated to the people, partnerships, and technology that will ensure the future of American agricultural productivity in harmony with a healthy land. Natural Resource Challenges Our Nation is facing enormous challenges, including: • Sustaining the health of a limited agricultural land and water base; • Maintaining a productive agriculture to meet national—and international— needs for food and fiber; • Conserving and protecting the soil, water, air, plants, and animals; • Designing public policies and programs to meet the Nations most critical problems; and • Encouraging a national and international conservation ethic. Responding to the Challenges NRCS is changing to meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. They are: • Expanding partnerships of skilled and caring people from government, industry, farms and ranches, cities, and suburbs; • Applying technologies that enable NRCS to understand how today’s actions affect tomorrow’s world; • Researching and promoting ways of improving soil health; • Restoring the health of watersheds; and • Addressing global climate changes by helping agriculture reduce its own and the Nation’s share of global greenhouse gases. science and ecological principles, healthy agriculture, and a healthy land. that enables land users to paint the Urban and rural communities seek conservation picture on the landscape; NRCS help to identify environmental prob• A plant materials program that lems and to devise solutions for conserving introduces new ways to use plants to and protecting water, curbing erosion, and protect and restore water quality and meeting other resource challenges. wetlands, and to reduce soil erosion; and Local, State, and Federal agencies; poli• Techniques for assessing and cymakers; and land users rely on NRCS for Partners predicting soil erosion, agricultural practical, science-based assistance. Conservation and productive agriculnonpoint-source water pollution, and American Indian tribes, Alaska Natives, ture are the work of many; no one can do the effects of agricultural practices and and Pacific Islanders rely on NRCS’ help it alone. NRCS relies on its partners to management decisions on farm and on conservation initiatives, resource invenhelp set conservation goals and work with ranch economics. tories, and adapting conservation programs people on the land. Their partners include to fit the needs on native lands. individual land users; conservation districts; The Expertise and Experience to Countries around the globe seek NRCS local, State, and Federal agencies; industry; Respond advice to build conservation planning and NRCS has the technical expertise and agricultural, natural resources, and profesdelivery systems to help them cope with some six decades of experience to solve sional organizations; and volunteers. severe natural resource problems, and to American’s locally run conservation dis- natural resources challenges and maintain devise environmentally sound agricultural tricts—about 3,000 strong—are the heart of and improve land users’ economic viabil- systems to meet their own future needs. the conservation delivery system. Districts ity. Their soil and plant scientists, agronooperate on a fundamental principle: local mists, water and flood specialists, and Join NRCS There are many ways you can give your people know the most about their local erosion and sediment experts are dedicated to providing locally accessible information time and knowledge to help care for our natuneeds and communities. Districts, and and guidance for the most efficient use of ral resources, support productive agriculture their technical and support staff, augment our natural resources. based on an ethic of stewardship, and ensure NRCS’s work with local programs—with Farmers and ranchers care for most of a healthy land for future generations. help from county and State conservation the Nation’s privately owned land. They For more information on natural resources agency partners. work voluntarily with NRCS to develop conservation and volunteer opportunities, call Better Conservation through Science conservation plans and implement sys- the Ogden NRCS office located in the USDA and Technology tems that protect and improve our natural Service Center at 629-0575. We’re here to Good Science and practical technology resources—and provide healthy food, a help you and the community you live in. are at the center of good land management, productive farming, and sound conserva- AGRICULTURE cont. from page 1 boundaries of the protected area that would tion. NRCS is a key source of resource bear a direct relationship to public health or be affected. information and technology, including: In addition, the County Commissioners safety. The designation also protects land • A national soil survey that provides have approved two grants allowing the owners from public nuisance complaints soil resource data—by county. This U.S. Forrest Service to improve two trailassociated with the farming industry such information enables land users heads in the county. as noise from heavy equipment use late at to make the best use of their soil One grant, for $36,650, will go towards night or farm odors. Utah law states that a resources and understand how that use political body may not adopt zoning des- new restrooms and improved parking at affects the broader environment; ignations or regulations that would impact the North Ogden Divide; and the other, for • Conservation systems designed land within an Agricultural Protection Area $23,000, will go towards restrooms and for local conditions to sustain and unless they receive written approval for parking at the Skullcrack trailhead near improve soil and water quality by the changes from all landowners within the Causey Reservoir. addressing erosion control, pesticide and nutrient management, irrigation water management, wetlands th conservation and restoration, wildlife habitat improvement, flood control, and streambank stabilization; 6:00 AM Wake up call Sgt. Ryon Hadley • A total natural resources approach to conservation, based upon sound 7:00 AM Breakfast in the park Kent Wangsgard 479-8780 Event Time Schedule and Organizers 2007 Huntsville July 4 Celebration 7:00 AM 10K and 5K races Colleen Burton 8:00 AM Flag raising ceremony Larel Parkinson Online Registration 745-3838 9:50 AM Air Force Fly-over Jim Truett 745-1280 10:00 AM Parade J.R. 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