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Welcome to the NRCS Washington state web site. 
This site provides information on NRCS programs, news and events, office locations, conservation assistance and planning, and other information of interest to Washington state residents and partners.

Gus Hughbanks, State Conservationist

Updated 05/05/2008

The 2008 Conservation Security Program (CSP) sign-up period will be held April 18 to May 16, 2008.

The Lower Snake-Tucannon Watershed (located in parts of Asotin, Columbia, Garfield and Whitman counties) was selected as Washington's Conservation Security Program eligible watershed for 2008. Click for CSP public meeting dates, times, and locations.

Rene and Carmen Garcia and family pictured over-looking their orchards in Yakima County. Rene Garcia began his career as field workers more than 30 years ago, now own and operate G&G Orchards, Washington’s only Hispanic-owned grower/packer operation.

"Conservation...Our Purpose.
Our Passion."


The Garcia family of Yakima was among eight, nationally featured customers, who were chosen to represent the diversity of NRCS landowner-partners in its new "Conservation... Our purpose. Our passion." campaign.

Learn more about "Conservation..."

 

CRP news release image: NRCS encourages care in converting grassland to grain - USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) encourages farmers to think carefully about the potential impacts of converting grassland or idled land to crop production.

NRCS encourages care in converting grassland to grain

SPOKANE, Wash., (April 29, 2008) – With grain prices on the rise, farmers could be looking to expand their cropland acres. But USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) encourages farmers to think carefully about the potential impacts of converting grassland or idled land to crop production.

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Picture of one of MarCom's Brightest Spark Awards for External Marketing Communications category: “Wonders of Wildlife” by Natural Resources Conservation Service (Ron Nichols).

Awards flock to Washington wildlife campaign

SPOKANE, Wash. (April 22, 2008) – A locally produced, external marketing campaign titled, The Wonders of Wildlife, recently landed six marketing communications awards, including a “Brightest Spark” (“Best of Show” award) from the Spokane Regional MarCom Association.

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Learn About "Wonders of Wildlife"

Link to Spokane Regional MarCom Association

 

Photo of one of Washington's streams - According to Scott Pattee, water supply specialist with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Mt. Vernon, cooler-than-normal temperatures, coupled with higher-than-average precipitation in March, helped Washington add to its already robust seasonal snowpack totals.

Above-average snowpack to yield ample summer stream flows, NRCS says

MT. VERNON, Wash. (April 10, 2008) – At the most important benchmark date for predicting summer stream flows in Washington, the snow news is good news – for the second year in a row.

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