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NRCS Florida Easement Coordinator Crenel Francis talks to two UF students.

Outreach in Action - Florida

NRCS is committed to ensuring that its programs and services are accessible to all our customers.

Earth Team Volunteer Mrs. Linda Johnson receives Southeast Region Award

Meet our longest serving Earth Team volunteer Linda Johnson, PhD. She began volunteering at the NRCS Crestview Field Office in 1992. Linda was selected for the 2024 Earth Team Individual Volunteer Award in the Southeast Region. 

Pictured here with her husband Brad Johnson (left) and NRCS Florida Crestview Office District Conservationist Darryl Williams (right), Linda Johnson was recently presented with a Certificate of Appreciation by Florida NRCS for winning this award. Congratulations! 

Her 32 years of dedication on conservation projects varying from writing annual reports to helping students plant for beach dune habitat make her richly deserving of this commendable award. 

Earth Team Volunteer Mrs. Linda Johnson receives Southeast Region Award.

NRCS Florida is dedicated to promoting conservation opportunities to everyone.

Outreach Goals

Enhance knowledge, accessibility to and participation in services and programs across a variety of NRCS programs throughout Florida.

Increase the visibility of NRCS programs and services.  

Improve NRCS Florida employees’ understanding of outreach, their role in outreach and how to reach the communities that they serve.

Adhere to customer needs through agency programs and authorities.

Foster a seamless agricultural service provider network for all our customers.

Cultivate a more educated customer base on the positive impact natural resource conservation can have on agricultural productivity.

2023 Florida Ag Expo USDA booth.

In FY 2023, NRCS Florida participated in approximately 80 outreach events across the state. About 10,781 participants were reached through active engagement during producer meetings, agricultural tradeshow events, field days, and other partner, local, state, and community outreach events designed to inform farmers, ranchers and the public about NRCS conservation programs, disaster assistance, and employment opportunities.

Check out our NRCS Flickr page to see photos of outreach events happening in Florida.