Natural Resources Conservation Service

New Jersey

United States Department of Agriculture

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Information for Teachers and Students

Links

AgClassroom - Planet Ag
Farm Service Agency Kid's Corner - USDA Adventure Game
MSHA Kid's Page - Mine Safety and Health Administration provides links to over 20 governmental agencies' websites for kids
New Jersey Envirothon - annual high school environmental science competition
SEEDS- The State Environmental Education Website -New Jersey State Environmental Education Directory
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), High School Environmental Education Site
USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Educational resources for students and teachers

Documents require Adobe Acrobat.
Tree Planting Benefits (633 kb) - Trifold brochure from NRCS New Jersey
Beneficios que obtenemos de los árboles (Spanish version of Tree Planting Benefits) (662 kb)

Recommended reading from NJ State Soil Scientist Ron Taylor: Conquest of the Land Through Seven Thousand Years, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, February 1948, S.C.S. MP-32, First published as USDA Bulletin No. 99, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1939

Natural Resources Links for New Jersey

Air
Animals
Geology
- New Jersey State Geological Survey
- United States Geological Survey, New Jersey State Minerals Information
Plants
Soils
Water
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Water Quality, Students & Teachers Page
- What is a Watershed? - NJ DEP Division of Watershed Management

This page last updated May 13, 2015