Natural Resources Conservation Service

California

United States Department of Agriculture

Excellence in Conservation Planning Award Nominations Deadline Aug. 23!

Accepting Nominations for Excellence in Conservation Planning Awards

PLANNER OF THE YEAR
INNOVATION AWARD
OUTSTANDING TEAM OR PARTNERSHIP

Nominations to be submitted no later than August 23, 2019

Excellence in Conservation Planning Home Page

Plantings Aim to Help Monarch Butterflies

With the Western monarch butterfly population dropping, conservation groups encourage farmers, ranchers and home gardeners to plant more of the native milkweed that monarchs need to survive—and are working on seed mixes and other incentives to speed the rescue effort...

NRCS, UC Davis Announce Release of SoilWeb 2.0 App Update

The update now has a cleaner, more modern interface and GPS-based links to NRCS-published, digitizled soil survey data (SSURGO) for most of the US.

Organic Farmers— Experienced or Brand New—Are All Welcome at NRCS

Organic Farmers JOHN Teixeira from Lone Willow Ranch near Firebaugh, California, first started working with conservationists from United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) when he was already an...

The ABCs of Pollinators

The ABCs of Pollinators will walk you through some of the amazing facts about pollinators' role in supporting life on this planet, and what we can do to help pollinators thrive.