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Conservation Matters Newsletter

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Conservation Matters Spring 2015 (PDF; 2 MB) NEW!

Conservation Matters Fall 2014 (PDF; 5 MB)  

Conservation Matters Summer 2014 (PDF; 1.3 MB) 

Conservation Matters Winter 2012 (PDF; 1 MB) 

South Carolina 2013 News Updates

• Greenwood County Healing Garden Wins National YMCA Grant
• USDA Awards $25 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants Awardees Include Clemson University and City Roots

South Carolina 2012 News Updates

• EQIP Helps Private Landowners Protect Soil, Water, Wildlife
• $26 Million Allocated to Private Lands Conservation in South Carolina in 2011
• NRCS Delivers New National Water Quality Initiative
• Final Applications for NRCS Organic Initiative due June 1
• USDA and Interior Announce Working Lands for Wildlife Habitat in Six SC Counties
• NRCS Longleaf Pine Initiative Available to Private landowners in South Carolina
• NRCS Announces Sign-up Period for Conservation Stewardship Program
• Sign-up for Farm Bill Conservation Programs are Continual Throughout the Year
• Conservation Innovation Grant Applications due April 6th

South Carolina 2011 News Updates

• USDA-NRCS in South Carolina Receives Additional One Million to Protect Water Quality
• USDA and USC Produce Wildlife Habitat Conservation Video Series
• USDA-NRCS in South Carolina Receives Additional $2.37 Million to Protect Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat
  Conservation Funding for Organic Ag Operations- Sign-up by May 20, 2011
• SC NRCS State Conservationist Ann English announces a first time sign-up for the Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) in South Carolina.
• Secretary Vilsack Announces Conservation Reserve Program General Signup
• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General West Announce Process to Resolve Discrimination Claims of Hispanic and Women Farmers

• Secretario de Agricultura Vilsack y Fiscal General Adjunto West Anuncian Proceso para Resolver Reclamaciones de Discriminaci�n contra Agricultores Hispanos y Mujeres Agricultoras   (PDF; 66 KB) 

• USDA Announces the Availability of Grants for Innovative Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Carbon Sequestration Projects
• USDA Requests Proposals for Water and Land Conservation Projects
• East Piedmont RC&D Partners with Local Agencies to Install Doggie Dooley in Local Parks
• NRCS Extends Sign-up Period for Conservation Stewardship Program

South Carolina 2010 News Updates

• NRCS Longleaf Pine Initiative Available to Private Landowners in South Carolina
• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Steps to Meet the Challenge of Climate Change
• USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Help Farmers and Ranchers Improve Rural Environmental Quality and Energy Efficiency
• USDA Issues Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Final Rule
• USDA Publishes Grassland Reserve Program Final Rule
• State Conservationist Announces December 1st Sign-up for FRPP, GRP, and WRP
• Secretary Vilsack Announces Conservation Program Payments that are Boosting Natural Resources on Working Lands
• Conservation Stewardship Program to Add nearly $2 million to South Carolina Economy
• South Carolina Celebrates Cultural Awareness Day, August 28, 2010
• South Carolina Celebrates 75 years of Helping People Help the Land
• Students from Louisiana's Southern University Get Hands On Summer Experience with SC NRCS
• Funds Available in South Carolina for Longleaf Pine Initiative 
• USDA Announces Twelve "People's Gardens" in South Carolina
• Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Applications Accepted through June 25, 2010
• NRCS Issues Call for Cooperative Conservation Partnership Proposals
• Producers Encouraged to Apply for Organic Initiative and High Tunnel Pilot Study
• South Carolina to Test Effectiveness of High Tunnels in Natural Resource Conservation
• Wetlands Reserve Program Sign-up Announced in South Carolina
• SC NRCS State Conservationist Announces Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program Sign-up

South Carolina 2009 News Updates 

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  Wetlands Reserve Program Sign-up Announced  (PDF; 56 KB)
  Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program Sign-up Announced (PDF; 58 KB)

• Financial Assistance Available for Organic Producers
• SC NRCS Accepting Applications for Grassland Reserve Program
• Farm and Ranchlands Protection Program Signup-Ends May 15, 2009
• South Carolina NRCS Helps Launch MarketMaker
• St. Helena Island Small Farmer Sold on Conservation
• South Carolina Celebrates National Volunteer Week April 19-25, 2008
• Indian Creek Wildlife Habitat Restoration Initiative Honored with Two Chief's Award
• South Carolina NRCS Announces Sign-up for Floodplain Easements
• National Environmental Stewardship Award Winners-- The Yon Family, Saluda, SC
• A New Way of Life--York County Couple Increases Productivity through EQIP

South Carolina 2008 News Updates

• WRP Compliance: Are you Breaking Land or Altering Wetlands?
• Yon Family Farms is Regional II Recipient of Environmental Stewardship Award
• Conservation Programs Protect Soil, Water and Wildlife
• July 2008 State Technical Committee Meeting Public Announcement
• SC NRCS and University of South Carolina Publication Wins Design Award
• Environmental Education Grant Enhances Hands-On Learning at Cypress Gardens
• Greenwood Woman Combines Conservation and Art to Create Works of Beauty
• Wildlife Habitat Restoration Improves Thousands of Acres in Newberry County
• SC NRCS Requests Applications for 2009 Wetlands Reserve Program Funding
• Conservation......Our Purpose. Our Passion.

Last Modified:12/20/2012

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