NRCS Seeks High Priority Project Proposals for Salmon Recovery in the Puget Sound

Spokane, WA (May 11, 2012) –Today, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced they are seeking partners and tribes to bring forward high priority project proposals that address salmon recovery efforts in the Puget Sound.

For a complete list of project requirements and how to apply, download the project proposal packet. Project proponents may submit proposals for the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Partnership via email or U.S. Postal Service; however, all proposals must be received before close of business on or before May 24, 2012.

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Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Partnership Efforts Target Local Resource Concerns

NRCS seeks ag producers and non-industrial private forest landowners to apply for financial, technical assistance

Spokane, WA (May 2, 2012) –Today, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that it anticipates availability of funding for salmon recovery efforts in the Puget Sound. Producers can receive funding to implement conservation practices that address fish passage, and water quality and habitat improvement within fish-bearing areas in the Puget Sound region.

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Sage Grouse Initiative offers funding to improve habitat for sage grouse populations

SPOKANE, Wash. (May 1, 2012) – Ranchers in parts of central and eastern Washington are being offered payments through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to help protect sage grouse habitat and improve range conditions for their livestock, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today.

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Training is made possible by a Conservation Innovations Grant from NRCS.

Forest Management Plan
Writing Competency Training, Spring Schedule

WSU Extension, in cooperation with the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the NRCS, and other partners, has developed a curriculum to improve the ability of Technical Service Providers (TSPs) and natural resource professionals aspiring to become TSPs to write a comprehensive forest management plan.
 

This class will not qualify you to be a TSP, but it will introduce you to the steps required to become a TSP as well as provide you with the information necessary to write a complete and acceptable Forest Management Plan.

Open to the first 30 people on a first come, first served basis. The course is open to natural resource professionals at no cost. However, you must be a current forestry TSP
or intend to become a forestry TSP after completing the class.

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