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Local Working Group Meeting Set for Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Ulster, Orange and Rockland Counties

Event Date
August 2, 2024
Time
10:00 am - 2:00pm
Location
Farm and Home Center – Conference Room A and B, 2715 Route 44 , Millbrook, NY 12545
Fee Description
No fees
A lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) sits on a leaf stem at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) North Central Laboratory in Brookings, SD on Nov. 11, 2011. Coccinella septempunctata is a predatory lady beetle introduced into North America to control wheat pests, but its diet also includes pollen and nectar and USDA ARS scientists are studying the lady beetle’s feeding behavior to learn how to better use it for insect pest control. USDA photo by Jonathan L

Millbrook, N. Y., July 8, 2024— The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) gives notice that it will hold a Local Working Group meeting for Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Ulster, Orange and Rockland Counties. 

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Registration

To participate in your Local Working Group, please contact Oscar Velez-Juarbe, your local District Conservationist, via e-mail at oscar.velez-juarbe@usda.gov. Directions and phone numbers to your local USDA Service Center can be found online at

***PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE***

Millbrook, N. Y., July 8, 2024— The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) gives notice that it will hold a Local Working Group meeting for Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Ulster, Orange and Rockland Counties. These meetings are open to the public.

WHEN: Friday, August 2, 2024
TIME: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm 
WHERE: Farm and Home Center – Conference Room A and B
2715 Route 44, Millbrook, NY 12545 

The Local Working Group will focus on identifying agricultural and natural resource issues existing in your community and providing information and feedback to NRCS. Participants may be agricultural producers; owners of nonindustrial private forestland; representatives of agricultural and environmental organizations; and representatives of governmental agencies carrying out environmental, agricultural, or natural resource conservation programs and activities.

NRCS Local Working Groups are subcommittees of the NRCS State Technical Committee and provide recommendations on local natural resource priorities and Farm Bill program conservation activities. For information about the State Technical Committee, contact Angela VanDyke via e-mail, angela.vandyke@usda.gov.