Natural Resources Conservation Service

Caribbean Area

United States Department of Agriculture

¡Únete a nuestro equipo de conservación!/ Join Our Conservation Team!

¿Busca una carrera para ayudar la agricultura, los recursos naturales y los agricultores? Visite nuestro stand del USDA en la feria de trabajo UPR-Mayagüez el 20-22 de febrero.

NRCS Conservationists and Pathways interns take a selfie in the field.

February is African American History Month!

Celebrating the contributions of people of Afro-Caribbean descent to American History.

Joint Chiefs Partnership delivers over 6,000 trees to PR farmers

NRCS and partners delivered 6,069 native trees to PR farmers in the past two years as part of our first Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership Initiative (JCI) project.

On Nov. 21 NRCS & our conservation partners delivered 1,377 trees for multistory cropping to 2 farmers served by the NRCS Juana Diaz office (Juana Diaz and Coamo municipalities). The trees were propagated at the Guayanilla nursery as part of the Joint Chiefs Restoration Partnership Initiative.

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.

NRCS Caribbean Area reorganizes Field Offices to better serve farmers

Para servir mejor a nuestros agricultores y clientes, NRCS en el Área del Caribe ha reorganizado los municipios atendidos por nuestras siete oficinas en Puerto Rico.