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The following articles, listed alphabetically by subject, have appeared in NRCS This Week during 2004:

Agricultural Management Assistance
 USDA Provides $14 Million for Agricultural Management Assistance  (February 25, 2004)

Air Quality
"Good Incentive" for Protecting Air Quality in California  (January 6, 2004)
Veneman Announces First Air Quality Awards  (March 17, 2004)
 NRCS Helps Farmers Comply With New Air Standards  (California, June 30, 2004)
 Air Quality  (October 27, 2004)
Alternative Enterprises
 Alternative Enterprises and Agritourism Resources  (May 12, 2004)

Anaerobic Digesters
 California Dairy Runs on Manure Power  (June 2, 2004)
 Idaho Dairies to Get EQIP Funds for Anaerobic Digesters  (August 24, 2004)
Animal Agriculture
 Documenting Permeability of Soils for an Animal Waste Storage Pond  (January 21, 2004)
 Web Version of Nutbal PRO Tested  (March 3, 2004)
Marketing Poultry Litter: Alabama Program to Distribute, Clean, Profit  (March 10, 2004)
Iowa State University Offers CAFO Fact Sheets, NRCS Collaborates  (March 31, 2004)
 California Dairy Runs on Manure Power  (June 2, 2004)
 Massachusetts Goat Producer Gets Pasture-ized!  (August 4, 2004)
Awards
 Employees Honored at Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Award Ceremony  (February 10, 2004)
NRCS Federal Engineer of the Year Winner Recognized  (Feb. 10, 2004)
 NRCS National Small Farm of Year Award  (Feb. 18, 2004)
Society for Range Management Meeting Provides Setting for Awards  (Feb. 18, 2004)
 2004 National Wetland Award Winners Announced  (May 5, 2004)
 NRCS State Conservationist Wins Major Award  (Alabama, June 16, 2004)
 State Historical Society Recognizes NRCS  (June 23, 2004)
 Gary A. Margheim Named  Presidential Award of Rank Executive Service Meritorious Executive  (June 23, 2004)
 Californian Wins NRCS Excellence in Conservation Award  (June 23, 2004)
 NRCS Employees Receive USDA Honor Awards  (June 23, 2004)
 Heard to Receive 2004 Award for Sustained Achievement  (September 1, 2004)
 Peterson Nominated for Service to America Medal  (September 1, 2004)
 Conservation Technology Information Center to Award Four Educational Watershed Models  (November 10, 2004)
 Dale Bruce Wins 2004 Super Supervisor Award  (November 24, 2004)
 New England Small Farm Institute Awarded USDA Grant  (December 8, 2004)

Backyard Conservation
 Audubon, NRCS Launch Backyard Conservation Website  (March 3, 2004)
 For Missouri Soil Specialist, Conservation Begins at Home  (May 19, 2004)
Progressive Farmer Idea House and Farmstead  (Tennessee, June 2, 2004)
 Earth Team Artists Create Backyard “Masterpiece”  (June 23, 2004)

Biomass
 Bio-combustion Project Will Provide Heat at New Mexico Hospital  (January 21, 2004)
 ISU, State of Iowa Receives NRCS Funding for Biomass Research Effort  (March 17, 2004)
 DOE and USDA Award $25 Million in Joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative  (July 21, 2004)
 Montana RC&D's Fuels Reduction Projects Get Huge Boost from Grant  (August 4, 2004)
 USDA and DOE Announce Up to $15 Million in Grants for Biomass Research and Development Projects  (December 22, 2004)

Bobwhite Quail Restoration Project
 USDA Awards $1.2 Million for Bobwhite Quail Habitat Restoration  (August 24, 2004)

Buffers
 Progress Toward Two Million-Mile Buffer Goal  (January 14, 2004)
Kansas Buffer Award Winners Praise NRCS, District  (February 25, 2004)
Progress Toward Two Million-Mile Buffer Goal  (March 10, 2004)
 Buffer Streams  (Tennessee, August 4, 2004)

 Climate Change
 Chief Knight Discusses Climate Change in South America  (December 15, 2004)

Colorado River
 USDA Provides $19.8 Million to Control Salinity in the Colorado River Basin (April 14, 2004)
NRCS Provides $19.5 Million for Salinity Control  (November 3, 2004)
Competitive Sourcing
 National Cartography and Geospatial Center (NCGC) Restructure  (August 4, 2004)

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans
 Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation"  (Jan. 27, 2004)
 Mapleline Farm Celebrates New Milk Facility and Conservation Work with Open House  (July 7, 2004)
Confined Animal Feeding Operations
Iowa State University Offers CAFO Fact Sheets, NRCS Collaborates (March 31, 2004)

 Conservation Effects Assessment Project Grants
 USDA Announces Conservation Effects Assessment Project Grant Recipients (October 6, 2004)
Conservation Districts
 Weeding Out the Problem  (January 6, 2004)
Conservation Officials Tour Isle Projects  (February 3, 2004)
While Weather’s Cold, District's West Nile Prevention Plan in Works  (Feb. 10, 2004)
California District to Keep Habitat "Out of Circulation Forever"  (Feb. 25, 2004)
NRCS Georgia, District Get Head Start on Arbor Day  (Feb. 25, 2004)
Virginia's First Dam Rehabilitation Project Begins  (March 3, 2004)
District to Restore Stream Bank, Improve Water Quality in Pennsylvania Scenic River  (March 3, 2004)
 Florida District Shows Homeowners How to Reduce Water Usage (March 24, 2004)
 New Jersey District Leads Pilot Program to Replace Trees Lost to Storm  (March 31, 2004)
Contest is Good Dirty Fun  (Nebraska, March 31, 2004)
Lake George Shoreland Restoration Project--St. Cloud, Minnesota  (April 7, 2004)
 California District's "Growth Spurt" Boosts Projects for Fish, Forests  (April 7, 2004)
District, NRCS Improve Water Quality, Quantity in Idaho County  (April 7, 2004)
New York Districts Get Grants for Ag Runoff Control Projects (April 14, 2004)
 District Grant to Improve Water Quality Near Pennsylvania Dirt Roads  (May 19, 2004)
District to Remove Invasives, Restore New Mexico Creek  (June 2, 2004)
Conservation District “Partner and Friend” to Farmers Says North Carolina Newspaper  (June 9, 2004)
Massachusetts Cranberry Farm Tour Marks 10 Years of Conservation Planning  (June 30, 2004)
District, NRCS Work on Restoration Plan for Mine Drainage Sites in Pennsylvania Watershed  (July 14, 2004)
District Helps Homeowners Create Lakescape on Minnesota Property  (July 14, 2004)
 Lush Landfill Brings Life to North Carolina Trash Pile  (August 11, 2004)
 Pennsylvania District Funds Road Improvement Projects  (August 11, 2004)
 New Mexico District is Out to get the "Guzzler"  (September 8, 2004)
 California District Oversees $3 Million Pacific Flyway Project  (September 15, 2004)
California District Helps Watershed Look Like Its Old Self Again  (November 24, 2004)
Hawaii District Marks 50 Years of Protecting Land  (November 24, 2004)
 Alaska District, Volunteers Build Bridges for Salmon  (December 1, 2004)
NRCS, District Help Montana School Shore Up River Bank  (December 1, 2004)
 NRCS, Alabama Partners Protect Wildlife Near Power Lines  (December 22, 2004)
Conservation Education
 Management Intensity Workshops to be Held  (February 10, 2004)
Soil Science Institute II Course  (February 18, 2004)
NRCS Helps to Develop Boy Scout Fieldbook, 4th Edition  (March 10, 2004)
 NRCS Makes Nebraska Kids "Coo-Coo" for No-till (March 24, 2004)
Contest is Good Dirty Fun  (Nebraska, March 31, 2004)
 Wyoming College Inks Land Deal for Agriculture Program  (May 26, 2004)
 If You Dig It, Will It Fill? Pond Construction Detailed at Texas Field Day  (June 2, 2004)
 Trice Calls Arkansas Outdoor Classroom Habitat "Special"  (July 21, 2004)
 NRCS Creates Asian Pacific Islander Pilot Scholarship Program  (August 4, 2004)
 NRCS Helps Louisiana Dairy Producers Boost Stewardship  (August 11, 2004)
NRCS Assists Girl Scouts in Linking Girls to the Land Eco-Expo IV (October 6, 2004)
Living Soil Tunnel a Success in Southern Minnesota (October 13, 2004)
 Secretary Veneman Announces $162,500 In Education Grants to FFA
Accepts Distinguished Service Citation for USDA's Contribution to Agricultural Education  (November 3, 2004)
 This Clod's No Bore for Lincoln Park Zoo Visitors  (November 10, 2004)
 NRCS, District Help Montana School Shore Up River Bank  (December 1, 2004)
Conservation Effects Assessment Project
 NRCS Unveils Web Site on Conservation Effects Assessment Project  (April 21, 2004)
 USDA to Assess Environmental Benefits of Conservation Programs  (July 28, 2004)
Conservation Partnership Initiative
 USDA Provides Up to $1 Million in New Conservation Partnership Initiative Grants  (July 28, 2004)
 Grants Aim to Improve Chesapeake Bay Watershed  (November 3, 2004)
Conservation Partnership Innovation Grants
 USDA Releases $15 Million and Interim Final Rule for Conservation Innovation Grants  (March 31, 2004)
 USDA Helps Fund Conservation Technologies and Approaches  (September 15, 2004)
NRCS Awards New Conservation Partnership Initiative Grants  (November 3, 2004)
Up to $1 Million Available for Conservation Partnership Initiative Grants—Proposals Due Feb. 17, 2005  (December 22, 2004)

Conservation Planning
 NRCS Assistance for Andrew Jackson’s Historic Hermitage Farm  (February 3, 2004)
 Grazing System Makes a Colorado Ranch Family National Winners (October 27, 2004)

Conservation Security Program
 Special Assistant Margheim Talks CSP at Beltwide Cotton Conferences  (January 14, 2004)
Chief Knight Tours Mississippi, Talks CSP  (January 27, 2004)
 Conservation Security Program Comments  (April 7, 2004)
Conservation Security Program: The Watershed Approach  (May 5, 2004)
 Umatilla: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile  (June 9, 2004)
 Secretary Veneman Announces Interim Final Rule for Conservation Security Program -- Sign Up to Begin July 6   (June 9, 2004)
 Moses Coulee: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile  (June 16, 2004)
 Lemhi: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile  (June 23, 2004)
 Conservation Security Program Self-Assessment Workbook Released  (June 23, 2004)
 Conservation Security Program Sign-Up Announced — July 6-30, 2004 — and Interim Final Rule Released  (June 23, 2004)
 Lower Little Blue and Lower Salt Fork Watersheds: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile  (June 30, 2004)
 East Nishnabotna and Blue Earth Watersheds: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile  (July 7, 2004)
 Lower Chippewa and Kishwaukee Watersheds: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile  (July 14, 2004)
 St. Joseph and Auglaize Watersheds: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile  (July 21, 2004)
 Raystown Watershed: Conservation Security Program Watershed Profile  (July 28, 2004)
 More than 200 Wisconsin Farmers Apply for CSP  (August 11, 2004)
 USDA Announces First Conservation Security Program Contract Signings  (August 24, 2004)
Conservation Security Program Contract Signings  (September 1, 2004)
 USDA Selects Watersheds for CSP 2005 Sign-Up  (November 3, 2004)
 USDA Announces Efforts to Enhance Ohio River Basin  (November 3, 2004)
CSP Pilot Program in South Carolina: Alfalfa Producer Rewarded for Conservation Excellence  (December 22, 2004)

Conservation Tillage
National Survey Shows More Farmers Choose Conservation  (December 1, 2004)

Coral Reefs
 NRCS to Participate in U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting  (Feb. 10, 2004)
 Hanalei Bay Reefs are Focus of Federal Study  (April 14, 2004)

Cultural Resources
 A Grave Situation  (Connecticut, August 11, 2004)
NRCS Goes Hi-Tech Sleuthing at Connecticut’s Stowe House (October 20, 2004)

Dams
 Virginia's First Dam Rehabilitation Project Begins  (March 3, 2004)
 Watershed Dams Save Millions  (Oklahoma, March 24, 2004)
Hackberry Dam Holds Back Deluge  (New Mexico, April 21, 2004)
 First Dam in Georgia to be Rehabilitated with Federal Funds  (May 5, 2004)
 Nebraska Watershed Dams Did What They’re Supposed to Do  (June 9, 2004)

 Disaster Prevention and Recovery
 NRCS Project to Bring Flood Prevention, Irrigation Water to Saipan  (February 25, 2004)
Protecting Flood-Prone Houses  (March 10, 2004)
New Jersey District Leads Pilot Program to Replace Trees Lost to Storm  (March 31, 2004)
Drought Pasture Grasses Increase Forage Production  (April 7, 2004)
Four-legged Firefighters on Display in Southern California  (November 24, 2004)

Drought
 Colorado Hay Growers' First Crop of Season Makes the Cut  (June 9, 2004)

eGovernment
 Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation"  (January 27, 2004)
 Veneman Announces Availability Of Electronic "Customer Statement"  (March 10, 2004)
 USDA Supports New Conservation Planning Software  (March 10, 2004)

 Earth Day
 President Announces Wetlands Initiative on Earth Day (April 28, 2004)
 Rey Presents Conservation Award to Washington Children's Settlement  (April 28, 2004)
 Chief Knight Celebrates Earth Day at Minnesota Wetlands Project  (April 28, 2004)
 NRCS, Conservation District and Town Officials Work to Restore Vegetation along Sawmill River in Western Massachusetts  (April 28, 2004)
 Earth Team Joins America’s Clean Water Foundation for 2004 World Water Monitoring Day  (May 26, 2004)
Montana Earth Team Volunteers Help Complete Tree Planting Project  (July 14, 2004)
 Earth Team and First State RC&D Project Make Things Happen  (August 19, 2004)

Earth Team Volunteer Program
 2003 Earth Team Award Winners Announced  (January 27, 2004)
 NRCS Arizona All-Star Volunteer Effort  (February 3, 2004)
 Chief Presents Earth Team National Volunteer Service Award  (March 31, 2004)
 Arkansas High FFA Students Win Earth Team Group Award (April 14, 2004)
 Brain Food for Thought – About Watershed Health  (June 2, 2004)
Vic Ruhland (Still) Making a Difference in Minnesota  (June 9, 2004)
 Earth Team Volunteers Serious about Water Quality  (June 16, 2004)
 Earth Team Artists Create Backyard “Masterpiece”  (June 23, 2004)
Hay Lake Makeover  (Arizona, June 30, 2004)
 South Carolina Nursing Students Volunteer to Make a Difference  (July 7, 2004)
 Earth Team and RC&D Partner for Successful Scrap Tire Recycling  (July 28, 2004)
 New Earth Team Fact Sheets Available  (July 28, 2004)
“Stream Team” Volunteers Take to the Field  (August 4, 2004)
 Community Gardens Get Earth Team Assistance  (August 24, 2004)
Outdoor Classroom Gets Earth Team Help  (September 1, 2004)
Double Honors for Indiana Earth Team Volunteers  (September 8, 2004)
U.S. Army Joins the Earth Team  (September 15, 2004)
 Volunteering for Just About Everything  (September 29, 2004)
Earth Team Student Volunteers Donate Nearly 800 Hours of Service (October 6, 2004)
 R.E. Gallman: Just Keeps on Going (October 13, 2004)
 Southern Maryland Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Board Receives Award (October 20, 2004)
 True Volunteer (October 27, 2004)
 Volunteer Students Contribute to Mapping Work  (November 3, 2004)
Louisiana Volunteers Treat Agricultural Runoff  (November 10, 2004)
 Tour des Farms II  (Connecticut, November 17, 2004)
 Connecticut Earth Team “Ramping-Up”  (December 1, 2004)
 Earth Team Volunteer “Lights-up” Lawrence County, Illinois  (December 15, 2004)

 Emergency Watershed Protection Program
 NRCS Arizona All-Star Volunteer Effort  (February 3, 2004)
 USDA Provides $150 Million for Wildfire Recovery Efforts in California  (February 18, 2004)
 EWP Projects Save Homes in Utah  (April 28, 2004)
 USDA Applies Mulch to Prevent Erosion of Colorado Fire Area  (May 19, 2004)
NRCS Funds Canal Repairs in Hurricane-struck Louisiana Parish  (July 14, 2004)
Southern California Tree Removal Effort Goes into High Gear  (August 19, 2004)
Secretary Veneman Tours Agriculture Areas Hit By Hurricane Charley; USDA Provides Wide Ranging Assistance  (August 25, 2004)
NRCS Provides $500,000 for Wildfire Recovery Efforts in Alaska  (September 8, 2004)
USDA Provides Additional $1 Million for Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Florida  (September 15, 2004)
NRCS Supports Washington Flood Control Effort (October 6, 2004)
 Minnesota Flood Control Project Offers Lessons to Future Engineers (October 6, 2004)
 Florida Hurricane Cleanup Making a Difference  (December 15, 2004)
Employee Profiles
 NRCS Engineer Doing Good Work in the Tradition of Her American Indian Heritage  (February 18, 2004)
NRCS Conservationist Returns from Afghanistan  (March 31, 2004)
Max Schnepf Retires After 40-Year Career in Natural Resources  (March 31, 2004)
Stan Fox Packs It In (April 14, 2004)
 NRCS Is a Winning Family  (June 2, 2004)
 Sam and the Seven Baby Groundhogs  (June 9, 2004)
 Smoking Chain  (Virginia, August 4, 2004)
NRCS Soil Artist to Exhibit in South Dakota  (August 11, 2004)
 Dana York Selected Associate Chief  (August 11, 2004)
 Minnesota Retiree Chronicles Conservation  (August 24, 2004)
Area Food Drive Fights Hunger  (Minnesota, September 29, 2004)
 Remembering D. Keith Parlette  (November 24, 2004)
Energy Production
 Farm Bill-funded Wind Turbine Cranks Out Voltage for Idaho Farm  (June 16, 2004)

Environmental Quality Incentives Program
 EQIP Calms Wind Erosion in North Central Montana  (January 6, 2004)
A Close Call For Bobwhite Quail  (Southeastern U.S., January 6, 2004)
 Rangeland Sports Knee-High Grass in Drought of 2003  (New Mexico, Jan. 21, 2004)
 Brothers Enhance Farm with EQIP  (Montana, Jan. 21, 2004)
Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation"  (Jan. 27, 2004)
 EQIP Helps California Farmers Avoid Nematode Infestations  (Jan. 27, 2004)
Utah River Clearing, with Help of Farmer  (Feb. 10, 2004)
NRCS Customer, EQIP Refresh San Joaquin River  (Feb. 18, 2004)
Marketing Poultry Litter: Alabama Program to Distribute, Clean, Profit  (March 10, 2004)
 EQIP Helps Alabama Landowner with Small Acreage Accomplish Goals  (April 7, 2004)
 USDA Provided $32 Million For Limited Resource Producers Through The Environmental Quality Incentives Program  (April 28, 2004)
 Partnership Saves Historical Idaho Site  (May 5, 2004)
 Laotian Farmers Learn about EQIP  (May 19, 2004)
NRCS Helps Montana Couple Deal with Wetland Violations  (May 26, 2004)
 EQIP Helps Iowan Meet Future Feedlot Regulations   (May 26, 2004)
 A West Virginia Farm Bill Success Story  (June 2, 2004)
"High-tech Watering Hole" Part of California Rancher's Stewardship  (June 9, 2004)
 EQIP Program Scores Well in Customer Satisfaction  (June 16, 2004)
EQIP a "Pipeline" to Solving Idaho Irrigation Problem  (June 30, 2004)
 Montana Irrigators and NRCS to Save Water and Save Species  (June 30, 2004)
 High Tech for Texas EQIP  (June 30, 2004)
 Labor of Love: Rancher Uses EQIP to Improve Idaho Ranch  (July 7, 2004)
 Mapleline Farm Celebrates New Milk Facility and Conservation Work with Open House  (July 7, 2004)
 Chief Knight Views Federal Projects at California Cattle Ranch  (July 14, 2004)
USDA Awards $12 Million in Environmental Quality Incentives Program Funds to 14 States  (July 21, 2004)
EQIP Helps Producers Cut Cows' Impacts on Minnesota Creek  (July 28, 2004)
 USDA to Provide $8.5 Million to 13 States for Nutrient Management Practices  (August 4, 2004)
 Montana Ranchers Join EQIP to Protect Arctic Grayling  (August 11, 2004)
Idaho Dairies to Get EQIP Funds for Anaerobic Digesters  (August 24, 2004)
 Reservation Benefits from Farm Bill Programs  (September 8, 2004)
 USDA Expands Conservation Opportunities for 13 States and the Caribbean Area  (November 3, 2004)
NRCS Provides Up to $4 Million for Livestock Producers in Arizona and New Mexico  (November 3, 2004)

 Events
 NRCS to Participate in Agricultural Outlook Forum 2004  (January 14, 2004)
NRCS to Exhibit at Public Service Recognition Week Mall Activities  (April 28, 2004)
 Agricultural Outlook Forum 2005 on Feb. 24 and 25, 2005  (November 24, 2004)
 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Set For Feb. 24-25, 2005  (December 22, 2004)

Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
 Montana’s Largest Farmland Protection Easement Purchased  (February 18, 2004)
 Easement Protects Precious Montana Farmland  (March 3, 2004)
Web Site Offers Farmland Preservation Resources  (March 10, 2004)
 Pennsylvania Battlefield Saved from Development  (March 17, 2004)
USDA to Provide $84 Million to Protect Farm and Ranch Land  (March 17, 2004)
 A Rhode Island Farm will Remain  (April 14, 2004)
Musical Great Skitch Henderson Preserves Connecticut Farmland  (April 21, 2004)
 NRCS Funds Preserves Historic Farm in New Hampshire  (May 12, 2004)
 Georgia Farmland Land Will Stay Green Forever  (June 2, 2004)
North Dakota Land, "Prime Piece for Development," Now Under Easement  (June 9, 2004)
 "Checking" Development in Northwest Wisconsin  (July 28, 2004)
 USDA to Provide Nearly $6 Million to Protect Farmlands in 32 States  (August 4, 2004)
Tennessee Farmer Becomes First in State to Join Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program  (September 15, 2004)
Keeping the Green Mountain State Green  (September 29, 2004)
Massachusetts Dairy Producer Relieved to See Farm Protected (October 6, 2004)
 USDA Expands Conservation Opportunities for 13 States and the Caribbean Area  (November 3, 2004)
USDA Provides More than $78 Million to Protect Farm and Ranch Land  (November 24, 2004)
 FRPP Funds Go to Montana County's Largest Easement  (December 15, 2004)
Largest Conservation Easement Ever Funded in Montana County Protects More Than 16 Square Miles from Development  (December 22, 2004)
Funding for Programs
Secretary Veneman Announces the Release of $1.6 Billion for Voluntary Conservation Programs on Working Lands (October 27, 2004)

Grassland Reserve Program
 Grasslands Bill Appeals to Montana Rancher  (January 6, 2004)
Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation"  (Jan. 27, 2004)
 USDA Announces Interim Final Rule and Public Comment Period for the Grassland Reserve Program  (May 12, 2004)
NRCS and FSA Conduct Joint GRP Teleconference  (May 26, 2004)
 USDA Provides $2 Million for Sage Grouse Conservation and Recovery in Four Western States  (August 24, 2004)
 Idaho Ranchers Balance Smart Grazing and Wildlife Habitat  (September 1, 2004)
NRCS Provides Additional $1.9 Million for Grasslands Conservation in 11 States (October 6, 2004)
 USDA Expands Conservation Opportunities for 13 States and the Caribbean Area  (November 3, 2004)

Grasslands
Songs of the Sky: Partnership Pilot Program, Fire Aim to Restore Grasslands, Migratory Songbirds  (March 17, 2004)
NRCS, Extension Book Offers Data on Seeding Pastures in Montana and Wyoming  (March 31, 2004)
Gray, R. Mack, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
Massachusetts Cranberry Growers Honor Deputy Under Secretary R. Mack Gray  (March 10, 2004)
 Under Secretary Gray Presents Learning Center Designation to Iowa Museum and Aquarium  (June 30, 2004)

International
 NRCS Assists Ghana in Agriculture and Rural Development  (February 18, 2004)
 Ukrainians Look at No-till Farm Practices  (April 21, 2004)
NRCS Assists El Salvador with Horizontal Wells Project  (April 20, 2004)
 SWCS and NRCS Go International  (May 12, 2004)
 NRCS Soil Scientists Conduct Soils/GIS Workshop in Ghana  (June 23, 2004)
 USDA and the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences to Release Bilingual Conservation Publication  (August 4, 2004)
 European Visitors Tour South Carolina Farms  (November 17, 2004)
Global Experience Program Available to NRCS  (December 15, 2004)

 Irrigation
 NRCS Project to Bring Flood Prevention, Irrigation Water to Saipan  (Feb. 25, 2004)

 Invasive Species
 Weeding Out the Problem  (California, Jan. 6, 2004)
 Partnering Provides Assistance for Phragmites Control in Delaware  (Jan. 14, 2004)
 Salt Cedar Removal Project Already Showing Change in New Mexico  (April 21, 2004)
 District to Remove Invasives, Restore New Mexico Creek  (June 2, 2004)
Invasives Out, Good Grasses In at Connecticut WHIP Site  (June 9, 2004)
 California District Helps Watershed Look Like Its Old Self Again  (November 24, 2004)

Klamath Basin
 USDA Releases Additional $7.3 Million for the Klamath Basin and a Report on Partnership Conservation Accomplishments  (April 28, 2004)
Knight, Bruce I. Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Winter is a Busy Season for NRCS  (January 21, 2004)
Chief Knight Tours Mississippi, Talks CSP  (Jan. 27, 2004)
Tennessee Landowners, Communities Pleased with New "Golden Age of Conservation"  (Jan. 27, 2004)
 Chief Knight, Deputy Chief Clark to Moderate Ag Outlook Forum Sessions  (Jan. 27, 2004)
 Conservation Officials Tour Isle Projects  (Feb. 3, 2004)
 Chief Presents Earth Team National Volunteer Service Award  (March 31, 2004)
 Chief Knight's 2004 Earth Day Message (April 21, 2004)
 Chief Knight Celebrates Earth Day at Minnesota Wetlands Project  (April 28, 2004)
 Chief Knight Tours Nation's First First Ag Wetland Mitigation Bank  (April 28, 2004)
 Chief Knight Discusses Drought in New Mexico  (June 2, 2004)
Chief Knight Tours Conservation Work on California Ranch  (June 30, 2004)
 Chief Knight Views Federal Projects at California Cattle Ranch  (July 14, 2004)
 Chief Knight Discusses Climate Change in South America  (December 15, 2004)

Limited Resource Farmers
USDA Provided $32 Million For Limited Resource Producers Through The Environmental Quality Incentives Program  (April 28, 2004)

my.NRCS
Have You Seen the my.NRCS Lately?  (March 31, 2004)
 Another Good Reason to Check my.NRCS  (August 4, 2004)

No-till
 NRCS Makes Nebraska Kids "Coo-Coo" for No-till  (March 24, 2004)
National Survey Shows More Farmers Choose Conservation  (December 1, 2004)

Nutrient Management
USDA to Provide $8.5 Million to 13 States for Nutrient Management Practices  (August 4, 2004)

Organic Agriculture
 Going Organic?  Go Here First!  (Jan. 21, 2004)

Outreach
 New Old Computers or Old New Computers?  (May 12, 2004)
 Lights! Cameras! Conservation!  (May 12, 2004)
 Laotian Farmers Learn about EQIP  (May 19, 2004)
 Virginia RC&D Opens 300-Mile Historic Civil Rights Trail  (May 19, 2004)
 Thriving Navajo Rug Business “Looms” on the Horizon  (June 16, 2004)
 NRCS North Carolina Gets Taste of Lumbee Life  (August 4, 2004)
 NRCS Creates Asian Pacific Islander Pilot Scholarship Program  (August 4, 2004)
 Canby Creek Project Completed  (October 27, 2004)
Illinois Food Resources Bank Growing Project  (November 17, 2004)
NRCS, Partners to Make New Hampshire Trails Accessible to Handicapped Persons  (November 17, 2004)
Outreach to Our Constituents  (November 24, 2004)
Conservation Partnerships Diversity Conference  (December 8, 2004)
 Nominations for the 2004 Diversity Awards Ends December 10  (December 8, 2004)

Partnerships
 Partnering Provides Assistance for Phragmites Control in Delaware  (January 14, 2004)
Texas Lake Removed From Impaired List; NRCS and Partners Reduce Atrazine  (Jan. 14, 2004)
 Largest Tall Grass Prairie Restoration Project  (Minnesota, Jan. 27, 2004)
NRCS, Corps Sign Agreement to Improve Conservation Services in Arkansas  (Jan. 27, 2004)
Partnership Formed to Protect Michigan Watersheds  (Feb. 10, 2004)
Partnership Brings Sweet Smell of Cooperation  (Maine, Feb. 10, 2004)
Habitat to Benefit from New NRCS Liaison  (Feb. 18, 2004)
 Easement Protects Precious Montana Farmland  (March 3, 2004)
Audubon, NRCS Launch Backyard Conservation Website  (March 3, 2004)
Partners in Protecting Minnesota's Waterfowl  (March 3, 2004)
Web Site Offers Farmland Preservation Resources  (March 10, 2004)
Missouri Forms Partnership with Rehabilitation Institute  (March 31, 2004)
 NRCS, Audubon Conserve Nearly 1,500 Acres of Wisconsin Habitat  (April 7, 2004)
 Partnership Saves Historical Idaho Site  (May 5, 2004)
 Environmentalism that Works  (May 5, 2004)
 Goat Island Restoration Celebrated in Texas  (May 26, 2004)
 NRCS, Ducks Unlimited to Convert Arkansas Property to Wetlands  (June 9, 2004)
 NRCS, Ducks Unlimited Break Ground on Illinois Wetland Project  (June 16, 2004)
 New Ohio Wetland Preserves Plants and Wildlife, Site for Education and Recreation  (June 16, 2004)
 USDA Signs Agreement with Ducks Unlimited  (July 28, 2004)
 Partnership Brings Minnesota Wetland Back "Full Circle"  (August 4, 2004)
 USDA Signs Agreement with Association of Consulting Foresters of America (October 20, 2004)
NRCS, Alabama Partners Protect Wildlife Near Power Lines  (December 22, 2004)
USDA Signs Agreement with American Fisheries Society  (December 22, 2004)
Pastureland
 NRCS, Extension Book Offers Data on Seeding Pastures in Montana and Wyoming  (March 31, 2004)
Performance Measurement
 Finding Common Ground  (Feb. 3, 2004)

Plant Materials
 PLANTS Usage Increases in FY 2003  (Jan. 6, 2004)
 NRCS Arizona All-Star Volunteer Effort  (Feb. 3, 2004)
 NRCS PLANTS Website Among "Top 50" Government Innovations In America  (Feb. 10, 2004)
 New Plant Materials Center to Rehabilitate Nevada Rangelands (March 24, 2004)
New NRCS California Pubs Feature Foothills, Culturally Significant Plants  (April 7, 2004)
 Drought Pasture Grasses Increase Forage Production  (April 7, 2004)
Highlander Eastern Gamagrass Released  (April 7, 2004)
 Symbols for Unknown Plants Developed  (April 28, 2004)
 PLANTS Database Usage Continues to Increase  (June 2, 2004)
 Culturally Significant Plants Presentation  (June 9, 2004)
 New Features in PLANTS Plant Profiles  (July 7, 2004)
 Hawaiian Island Restoration  (September 8, 2004)
 Woody Plants Highlight Minnesota Forestry Tour  (September 15, 2004)
Plant Materials Program (October 20, 2004)
Ponds
If You Dig It, Will It Fill? Pond Construction Detailed at Texas Field Day  (June 2, 2004)
 Bass-rearing Ponds Planned by NRCS to Draw Attention to Eroding Louisiana Wetlands  (June 2, 2004)

Program Information
 Where Conservation Dollars are Working and Much More  (March 17, 2004)
Publications
 New NRCS California Pubs Feature Foothills, Culturally Significant Plants  (April 7, 2004)
Idaho District Conservationist Pens Book on Stockmanship  (July 21, 2004)
 USDA and the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences to Release Bilingual Conservation Publication  (August 4, 2004)
 NRCS Worker Preaches Stockmanship in New Book  (August 19, 2004)
 Minnesota Retiree Chronicles Conservation  (August 24, 2004)

Rangeland
 Rangeland Sports Knee-High Grass in Drought of 2003  (New Mexico, January 21, 2004)
 New Plant Materials Center to Rehabilitate Nevada Rangelands  (March 24, 2004)
 NRCS Worker Preaches Stockmanship in New Book  (August 19, 2004)

Reorganization
 NRCS Approved Reorganization Web Page  (May 12, 2004)
Resource Conservation and Development
 Fayette County, TN, Included In Chickasaw-Shiloh RC&D Council  (Feb. 3, 2004)
Before and After ̀a la RC&D  (March 3, 2004)
 Iowa RC&D's Proposed 7-county Trail Picks Up Resources  (March 24, 2004)
 New Mexico Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council Marks 40th Anniversary  (April 7, 2004)
Nebraska RC&D Honors Corps of Discovery Member  (April 14, 2004)
Pilgrim RC&D Offers Ag Commission Toolkit on CD-ROM  (April 21, 2004)
 Virginia RC&D Opens 300-Mile Historic Civil Rights Trail  (May 19, 2004)
 A Harvest of Goodwill  (May 26, 2004)
 RC&D Helps 'Water Buffalo' Roll into Georgia Community  (May 26, 2004)
 Thriving Navajo Rug Business “Looms” on the Horizon  (June 16, 2004)
 More Wetland Acres Returning in Southeast Wisconsin  (June 30, 2004)
 Iowa RC&D Has "Passport" to Lewis and Clark Experience  (June 30, 2004)
 NRCS Salutes RC&D 40th Anniversary  (July 14, 2004)
 First RC&D Project Anniversary Observed  (July 21, 2004)
 Iowa RC&D, Partners Purchase Fire Equipment for Controlled Burns  (July 28, 2004)
Montana RC&D's Fuels Reduction Projects Get Huge Boost from Grant  (August 4, 2004)
Kentucky Lake Nears Completion  (August 4, 2004)
Earth Team and First State RC&D Project Make Things Happen  (August 19, 2004)
RC&D Helps Local Firefighters in Tennessee (October 13, 2004)
Southern Maryland Resource Conservation & Development Board Receives Award (October 20, 2004)
Community Garden Helps Feed Needy Northern Indiana Families  (November 3, 2004)
An Ounce of Prevention…  (New Mexico, November 17, 2004)
Pennsylvania RC&D Project Calls Attention to Streams  (December 15, 2004)

Rey, Mark, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
 USDA Announces Release of $1.5 Billion for Voluntary Conservation Programs in FY 2004  (February 3, 2004)
 Rey Presents Conservation Award to Washington Children's Settlement  (April 28, 2004)

Salinity Control
 USDA Provides $19.8 Million to Control Salinity in the Colorado River Basin  (April 14, 2004)

 Salmon Habitat
 California District's "Growth Spurt" Boosts Projects for Fish, Forests  (April 7, 2004)
 NRCS, District Effort Speeds Oregon Salmon Recovery Effort  (May 5, 2004)
 Alaska District, Volunteers Build Bridges for Salmon  (December 1, 2004)
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