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Local Working Group Meeting Set for NYC: Kings, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Richmond

Event Date
August 13, 2024
Time
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location
Virtual
Fee Description
No Fees
Topics
New York
Early morning on the High Line an elevated railway line owned by the City of New York, today the High Line is a 1.45-mile-long linear public park maintained, operated, and programmed by Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, on Tuesday, September 15, 2015. High Line was opened in 1934 and moved goods to and from Manhattan’s largest industrial district until 1980. The third and final phase officially opened to the public on September 21, 2014.

Local Working Group Meeting Set for Kings, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Richmond. These meetings are open to the public.

8
Aug
Deadline

Registration

To participate in your Local Working Group, please contact Liz Camps, your local District Conservationist, via e-mail at liz.camps@usda.gov OR Tony Capraro atanthony.capraro@usda.gov. Directions and phone numbers to your local USDA Service Center can be found online at 

https://www.farmers.gov/working-with-us/service-center-locator.

***PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE***

Riverhead, N. Y., July 02, 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 Kings, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Richmond. These meetings are open to the public.

WHEN: August 13, 2024
TIME: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

TEAMs Link: 
Join the meeting now
Meeting ID: 242 064 242 080 
Passcode: pHQG3Z 

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Dial in by phone 
+1 347-690-4420,998079031# United States, New York City 
Phone conference ID: 998 079 031# 

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.