Natural Resources Conservation Service

Caribbean Area

United States Department of Agriculture

USDA Service Centers open for business by phone appointment only.

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Teaching Underserved Children About Soil Health

NRCS Soil Scientists led a children’s outreach activity at the Jesus Nazareno Children’s Home in Isabela, PR, to provide 15 three to 10-year-old kids in this earthquake-damaged area with entertainment and conservation education.

NRCS staff from left: Manuel Matos Caribbean Area State Soil Scientist; Janella Cruz NY Soil Scientist; Joxelle Velázquez-Garcia MS Soil Scientist; Brenda Cortez Hogar Infantil employee; Ricardo Colon CB State Conservation Biologist; Mighty Mini Lizandra Nieves-Rivera, CB Soil Scientist.

Celebrating Women's History Month!

Women's History Month 2020 celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

New York State Union of Teachers 2020 Women's History Month poster - detail of "Burning Down the Hall" from "Hear Us Roar 2020: Suffrage Centennial Calendar" by Ann Altman and SyracuseCulturalWorkers.com

NRCS Caribbean Office UPDATE - Earthquakes

As of 8:00 a.m. Jan. 22 all NRCS Caribbean Area offices have been inspected and are safe and open for business. A partir de las 8:00 a.m. del 22 de enero todas las oficinas de NRCS Área del Caribe han sido inspeccionadas y están seguras y abiertas para los negocios.

USGS Map of Earthquakes in the Puerto Rico area magnitude 2.5 and greater from Jan. 20 - Feb. 19 2020. Two clusters, one in SW Puerto Rico (Guánica region) and one in the ocean off northwest PR.

Emergency Watershed Protection Program Helps Communities Recover from Hurricanes

As of August 26^th, 322 EWP projects have been completed removing over 210,000 cubic yards of sediment and debris from waterways impacted by Hurricanes Irma & María across Puerto Rico & the U.S. Virgin Islands.