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Welcome to the Virginia
NRCS Website
NRCS Unveils National
Water Quality Initiative Conservation in Virginia
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Prescribed grazing can help improve water quality. |
Virginia landowners in Campbell and Washington counties and the
City of Suffolk can now
benefit from targeted NRCS funding to improve water quality in Mollys Creek,
Wolf Creek, and Somerton Creek. Nearly $500,000 in financial and
technical assistance is available to eligible producers to install conservation
practices to reduce the flow of sediment, nutrients, and other runoff from farms
into impaired streams. Eligible producers should sign up by June 15 to be
considered eligible for FY2012 funding.
View the
focus area maps.
Learn more about
National Water Quality Initiative.
NRCS Announces New
Partnership to Protect At-Risk Species

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Greg Lavaty) |
Virginia landowners can now benefit from a new partnership between NRCS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help
keep at-risk species off the endangered list and speed the recovery of those
already on it.
Interested producers and landowners in 26 counties can sign up for funding
through the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program to create and maintain habitat
for the golden-winged warbler. These migratory songbirds depend on shrubby,
early successional habitats at high elevations for breeding. Populations in
the Appalachian region have experienced significant declines. Read the full
release below.
Learn more about
Working Lands for Wildlife. View the
focus area map
(jpg; 1MB).
Signup Ongoing for 2012 Farm
Bill Programs
The next application deadline for program signup is June
1. Special offerings include the aquaculture pilot program, organics,
and energy. Financial assistance is available through the Organic Initiative for
popular practices such as cover crops, nutrient management, seasonal high
tunnels, crop rotation, and fencing. Virginia NRCS also has $4,589,047
available to assist land conservation organizations in preserving farmland
across the state. NRCS can provide generous matching funds through the Farm and
Ranchland Protection Program to eligible partners (i.e., private land trusts, local governments or state agencies) acquiring
easements on Prime Farmland or land containing significant cultural or historic
resources.
NRCS Volunteer Spotlight
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Hanah Desherow gives back by planting trees for a Loudoun County
farmer |
Earth Team volunteers help NRCS
conservationists offer private landowners and others a range of services,
from conservation technical assistance to teaching and raising awareness
about conservation through community projects. In FY 2011, 1,000 volunteers
contributed 11,887 hours of service valued at more than one-quarter of a
million dollars in benefit to our customers and savings to Virginia
taxpayers. Learn more about how
students from Loudoun County
planted two and a half acres of trees, grasses and shrubs to help a local
farmer control stream bank erosion.
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership
in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural
resources and environment.
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