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Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Aubrey Bettencourt visited Tim Nebergall’s Wetland Reserve Easement in Caldwell County, Missouri. NRCS Wetland Team Leader Clint Roby shares the 103.7-acre site’s background with the Chief, emphasizing the increased wildlife and water quality benefits they’ve seen from restoring the wetland.

Chief Bettencourt is putting boots on the ground, meeting with producers who’ve implemented voluntary, locally led conservation. First up Missouri where she met with farmers building water resilience.

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