USDA and EPA Release Funding for Innovative Conservation Projects in Chesapeake Bay Region $5.5 million in grants will boost development of new conservation technologies for agriculture and target resources to better protect the Chesapeake Bay and local waterways.
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	Nation's First Tribal Association of Conservation Districts to Strengthen Arizona Partnerships, Improve Lives and Landscapes The nation’s first-ever Tribal Association of Conservation Districts gives Tribal governments in Arizona the ability to focus on conservation issues unique to Tribal lands. State Conservationist Dave McKay calls the new association an “historic and significant achievement.”
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NRCS Expands Habitat for Migrating Birds NRCS established the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative (MBHI) to improve habitat conditions and safeguard food sources for the migratory birds that could be impacted by the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill.  NRCS is working with private landowners, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other conservation partners to establish habitat and food sources on participating lands for the migrating birds.

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NRCS Conservation Practices Benefit Sage-grouse Species; Landowners Using NRCS Practices to Stay in ESA Compliance if Species Listed A new NRCS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report says NRCS conservation practices boost Greater or Gunnison sage-grouse populations and give landowners certainty that by implementing NRCS practices they will be in compliance with the Endangered Species Act if either species are listed as Threatened or Endangered.

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Updated 09/02/2010