USDA NRCS Officials Sign Agreements with Landowners to Purchase Floodplain Easements with Recovery Act Funds
 

LITTLE ROCK, October 8, 2009 — Officials with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Arkansas have signed agreements with landowners to purchase easements on 1,453 acres for $1,779,557. The funding is provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The six floodplain easements are in Arkansas, Clay, Phillips, Prairie, Pulaski and Yell counties.

Recovery Act Web Site

USDA Commits $320 Million to Mississippi River Basin Cleanup

Secretary Vilsack announces 12-state initiative to reduce nutrient runoff into the Mississippi. Find out how producers, partners, and conservation programs are going to make America's Great River greater.

NRCS Begins Statewide Sign-up for the New Conservation Stewardship Program

Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 12, 2009 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) began continuous sign-up for the new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) August 10 in Arkansas.

Conservation Stewardship Program Web Site