Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the award recognizes landowners who inspire others with their dedication to land, water and wildlife habitat management on private, working land. Applications must be postmarked by July 1, 2019.

NRCS and the Forest Service are working together to fund the Wildfire Adapted Missoula partnership across private and public lands to address shared wildfire risk by mitigating current wildfire hazards surrounding Missoula. Apply by May 17, 2019.

The Wetlands Reserve Easement recently completed by the Dix family encompasses almost 200 acres of the Milk River ecosystem. The acreage is permanently protected from development and the previously farmed wetland and grassland will be restored.

USDA-NRCS partnered with Pheasants Forever and Utah State University Restoration Consortium to create a new, free design manual: Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture, spanning some 6.4 million new points of information about America’s farms and ranches and those who operate them, including new data about on-farm decision making, down to the county level.