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NRCS Unveils National Water Quality Initiative Conservation in Virginia

 

	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.

 

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NRCS Announces New Partnership to Protect At-Risk Species

(Photo by 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.

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