Conservation Helps a Beginning Farmer in Walsh County

It isn’t easy getting started farming or ranching. Justin Zahradka, of Lawton, credits some of his early success as a beginning farmer to help from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)...Continue Reading

NRCS to Fund More Conservation Practices to Protect Drinking Water

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service of North Dakota has laid the foundation to beef up protection of Grafton’s and Park River’s drinking water.

Grafton (pop. 4,000) gets its drinking water mainly from the Red River. It also draws water from the Park River when its Red River inlet pumps are down for maintenance.
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