Volunteer Showcase
Wisconsin high school senior Katyra Von Ruden discusses her Earth Team activities and duties she performed while volunteering. More (PDF 528 KB)
Earth Team volunteer Elizabeth Hunter says farming is in her blood. Growing up, her maternal grandfather was a farmer, and her paternal grandfather was a veterinarian, so she always had a strong love of animals and the land. More (PDF 393 KB)
To fulfill an internship requirement for her degree, Earth Team Volunteer Jill Ewers completed clerical work for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) at the Area Office in Richland Center, Wisconsin. More (PDF 268 KB)
As a well-known community member, local producers trust and respect Earth Team Volunteer Clay Crawford. More (PDF 671 KB)
Kala Davis has been an Earth Team volunteer at the Rapid City, South Dakota NRCS Field Support Office for the past year and it all started as a high school class credit. More (PDF KB)
Meet Doyle Easter, an Earth Team Volunteer who has been answering phones and greeting office visitors 25 hours a week for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). More (PDF 209KB)
Patience is a virtue when tedious work is necessary,
and one Earth Team Volunteer has just the right
amount. More (PDF 186 KB)
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Field Office in Homer, Alaska was fortunate to have
the help of student, Katie Schmidt as an Earth Team
Volunteer. Schmidt volunteered her time... More (PDF 242 KB)
Youth Conservation Crew team up with the Wisconsin Tribal Conservation Advisory Committee, as Earth Team Volunteers, to help install large woody debris fish habitat... More (PDF: 726 KB)
Producers of the Mississippi River-Winona Watershed in
Minnesota volunteered their time at the 2012 Watershed
Citizen Summit to discuss concerns...More(PDF 541 KB)
Mena Limpy-Goings' talent has made the staff at the Billings, Montana field office more efficient...More(PDF 640 KB)
The Kansas Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Office has received assistance from Earth Team Volunteers including creating materials for... More(PDF 654 KB)
Nine SCS/NRCS retirees volunteered to sort through approximately 3,000 slides... More(PDF 1093 KB)
For years, Paul Cash has been using magic to teach students of all ages about conservation. In 2012, some schools were unable...More (PDF 931 KB)
For more than five years, Earth Team Volunteer Pat Johnson has been a great asset to the NRCS in Montana especially... More (PDF 749 KB)
In just one week, the Scott County USDA Service Center
in Missouri coordinated two watermelon gleaning events,
donating a total of 33,552 pounds of fresh produce to local
food banks. More (PDF: 1,125 KB)
Danae Bray is an Earth Team volunteer working with engineering
staff in NRCS offices near Bozeman, MT. More(PDF 700 KB)
Although Kayla Higgins has lived in a small Montana county
her entire life, she continues to meet local producers and
landowners she’s never encountered before. More(PDF 651 KB)
Last summer, NRCS offices throughout the country received a challenge; states were asked to plan... More(PDF 605 KB)
Grace Milanowski started volunteering regularly at the Havre, Montana NRCS field office in October 2011 when she moved to the state. More(PDF 64 5 KB)
NRCS, in partnership with the Humphreys County Soil Conservation District in Tennessee, hosted the 16th annual Environmental Field Day. More(PDF 798 KB)
In 1996, a Soil Conservationist in the NRCS Havre field office in
Montana approached Don... More(PDF 842 KB)
Riley Singer has been an Earth Team volunteer at the Hardin,
Montana NRCS Field Office for the past year. Singer has assisted the office
with numerous activities including surveying, workshop
mailings and well monitoring. Each time he comes... More(PDF 719 KB)
Volunteers and the NRCS Saipan field office staff recently participated
in an annual environmental expo. More(PDF 870 KB)
Robin Roberts, Earth Team Volunteer, has become an
integral part of the soil surveys in the San Joaquin Valley
of California. He is the author of... More(PDF 953 KB)
Nearly 20 Earth Team Volunteers and the Saipan field office
staff in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
(CNMI) celebrated the 150th anniversary of the USDA by...More (PDF 762 KB)
Sandra Smith is an exceptional Earth Team Volunteer in Indiana who assisted the NRCS and the Clinton County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) with a number of tasks for the South Fork Wildcat Creek Watershed Management Project (SFWCP). More (PDF: 745 KB)
When you’re looking for a biologist and a guy who can get things done, you’re glad to have the assistance of a volunteer like Gordon Haugen. More (784 KB PDF)
Each July, more than 9,500 people pedal across the state of Iowa, covering a total distance of more than 400 miles in just seven days. The Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) attracts cyclists from across the globe. More (1,400 KB PDF)
Joe Evans recently retired from Oregon NRCS, but continues to stay involved
by donating his time and experience as an Earth Team
volunteer. More (765 KB PDF)
A new USDA “People’s Garden” in Van Buren County, Arkansas has given fresh, nutritious food to food banks during the summer when food is needed most. More (975 KB PDF)
Soil babies are constructed of knee-high hose, rye grass seed, soil, and decorations. After placing the seed in the toe of a knee-high (to grow grass hair), soil is packed in to
form a ball. More (1.63 MB PDF)
It may have taken 19 years for Loren Muldowney to become a NRCS employee, but in her mind it was worth the wait! Muldowney became employed by NRCS Marshall, Minnesota Area Office in 2011 as a Water Quality Specialist. A career with NRCS is something she had long desired and her dream finally
came true! More (733 KB PDF)
