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Arizona NRCS News
 Conservation
Security Program Available in Agua Fria River Watershed
April 3, 2008 —Farmers and ranchers in the Agua Fria River
Watershed can apply for assistance through the Conservation Security Program.
Sign-up is from April 18-May 16.
Links...
News Release (April 8, 2008)
Agua Fria River Watershed
Conservation Security Program - Arizona
Information
Conservation Security
Program - National Information
End of Winter Precipitation Low, Still One of the Best
Winters in Years
April 3, 2008 —April 1 snowpack measured 87 percent of the
30-year average.
Links...
News Release (April 3, 2008)
Arizona Basin Outlook Reports
Arizona Department of Water
Resources Drought Web Page
 Money
Available to Improve, Develop Wildlife Habitat
Jan. 14, 2008 —
Private and tribal
landowners in Arizona have an opportunity to apply for technical and financial
help to develop and improve wildlife habitat. The Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Arizona is accepting applications for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives
Program from Jan. 14-25.
Links...
News Release (Jan. 14, 2008)
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
 Census
of Agriculture Opportunity Conducted Dec. 28-Feb. 4
Dec. 28, 2007 — The USDA-NRCS is urging farmers and ranchers to
participate in the 2007 Census of Agriculture. While the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) is responsible for conducting
the 2007 Census of Agriculture, NRCS and all U.S. Department of Agriculture
agencies are helping get the word out about this important census.
Links...
News Release (Dec.
18, 2007)
USDA-NASS
Census of Agriculture
 Conservation
Innovation Grants Available
Dec. 17, 2007 — Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
are being accepted until Feb. 20. The CIG program is designed to stimulate the
development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies.
Links...
News Release (Dec. 17, 2007)
Conservation
Innovation Grant 2008
CIG projects in Arizona
 Farmers,
Ranchers Receive Additional Assistance for Conservation
Sept. 10, 2007 — Farmers and ranchers who qualify for the
Environmental Quality Incentives Program for 2008 will be funded for 75 percent
of their project, an increase from 50 percent in 2007.
Links...
News Release (Sept.
10, 2007)
Environmental Quality Incentives
Program-Arizona Information
 Biodiesel
Available in Western Arizona
July 26, 2007 —For those with a diesel vehicle, Parker, Ariz.,
will be a new place to stop. Parker became the first location in western Arizona
to offer biodiesel to the public.
Links...
News Release (July 26, 2007)
 Small
Family Farmer Embraces Change to Continue Tradition
June 21, 2007 —Twenty-two acres of land is not very much for a
farm. It’s got sandy soil, available water is scarce, and the remote location
makes it difficult for equipment to get there. Sound like a great opportunity?
It is for one Navajo family.
Links...
News Release (June 21, 2007)
 Livestock
Water Sources Provide for Wildlife
June 12, 2007 —As drought and development diminish the
distribution and abundance of natural water sources, livestock water
developments have become an important resource to many species of wildlife.
Unfortunately, animals attracted to these water sources can become trapped and
drown. Workshops conducted this month by the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation
Service and Bat Conservation International showed ranchers how to build and
install devices that keep that from happening.
Links...
News Release (June 12, 2007)
East Maricopa Natural Resource Group Works With New
Neighbors
April 30, 2007 — The East Maricopa Natural Resource
Conservation District wanted to meet it's neighbors. A day at Superstition Farm
helped them do that.
Links...
News Release (April
30, 2007)
East Maricopa NRCD Website
Arizona Snowpack Levels Low
April 3, 2007 — With the overall snowpack accumulation in
Arizona 80 percent below average and the melt-out a month ahead of schedule,
water managers should plan for half of the normal stream flows for spring and
summer uses.
Links...
News Release - April 1 Report (April
3, 2007)
Arizona Basin Outlook Reports
Arizona Department of Water
Resources Drought Web Page
Protect Farm, Ranch Land With Money from FRPP
March 27, 2007 —
More than $137,710
is available to protect agricultural land in Arizona through the
federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program this year. Project proposals
will be accepted through April 27.
Links...
News Release
(March 27, 2007)
Money
Available to Improve, Develop Wildlife Habitat
March 15, 2007 —
Nearly
$300,000 is available to Arizona private and tribal landowners who want to
develop or improve wildlife habitat on their land. Proposals are being accepted
until April 13 for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP).
Links...
News Release (March 15, 2007)
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
 NRCS
Improves Service With Navajo Nation
March 8, 2007 — NRCS
Assistant Chief Sara Braasch met with Navajo leaders at Tribal Headquarters in
Window Rock, Arizona, March 7-8. Two historical events demonstrated a renewed
commitment to provide better service – a meeting between NRCS leaders from three
states with Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly and the signing of a
cooperative agreement opening a new office on the reservation.
Links...
News Release (March 8, 2007)
 Being
Green Wins Award for Arizona Education Center
Jan. 8, 2007 — The Willow Bend Education Center, part of the
Coconino Natural Resources Conservation District, won the national NRCD district
award for its work with wildlife and the environment. The center will receive
the award during the national NRCD conference Feb. 3-8 in Los Angeles.
Links...
News Release (Jan. 8, 2007)
Willow Bend Education Center
Coconino Natural Resources Conservation
District
Conservation
Innovation Grants Available
Dec. 4, 2006 — Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
are being accepted until Feb. 2. The CIG program is designed to stimulate the
development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies.
Links...
News Release (Dec. 1, 2006)
CIG projects in Arizona
CIG
Announcement on grants.gov
 Money,
Technical Help Available for Conservation Projects
Dec. 1, 2006 — The Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP), Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), and Wetlands Reserve Program
(WRP) provided nearly $25 million to private landowners in Arizona in 2006. NRCS
is accepting applications for these programs for 2007.
Links...
News Release (Dec. 1, 2006)
 NRCS Helps Arizona Landowners Recover from a 1000-Year
Flood
Nov. 13, 2006 — Residents in Graham County experienced a
1000-Year flood this past summer, receiving as much as 14 inches of rain in six
days. NRCS is helping to fix the damage caused by
that rain through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program.
Links...
News Release (Nov.
13, 2006)
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