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Helping You Care for the Land
The Natural Resources Conservation Service—
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An Iowa Farm
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Traditional products
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Conservation farm “products”
Water
Soil
Animals
Plants
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Benefits for everyone
Quality food
Recreation
Clean water
Healthy Plants
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Benefits for everyone
Wildlife
Clean air
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For the future
Conservation efforts now can ensure benefits for tomorrow.
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Private Lands Conservation
More than 95 percent of Iowa’s land is privately owned.
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Conservation affects us all
More than 90 percent of Iowa’s drinking water passes over private lands.
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Working together
NRCS works with landusers to protect and improve natural resources on private lands.
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NRCS Mission
To provide leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural resources and environment.
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Our employees
Skilled technical specialists
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Our employees
Committed to conservation and customers
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Our customers
Farmers, ranchers, and many other landusers
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Our customers
• Rural and urban communities
• Federal, state, and local agencies
• Policymakers
• Special-use districts
• American Indian tribes
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Our Partners Soil & Water Conservation Districts
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Our Partners Soil & Water Conservation Districts
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Our Partners Iowa Conservation Partnership
• Conservation Districts of Iowa (CDI)
• State Conservation Committee
• Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship, Division of Soil Conservation (DSC)
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Our partnersA large and diverse group
• Universities
• Commodity groups
• Professional societies
• Environmental groups
• Agricultural organizations
• Local, state and federal agencies
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Our partnersEarth Team Volunteers
Work in office, on the land, schools
Help with conservation work
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Our partnersEarth Team Volunteers
Get involved!Call 1-888-LANDCARE
Learn new skills
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Legacy of conservation
Soil Conservation Service, now the NRCS,
was established in 1935.
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Legacy of Conservation
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Programs and Services
• Conservation Operations
• Resources Conservation and Development
• Soil Surveys
• National Resources Inventory
• Emergency Watershed Protection
• Small Watershed Programs
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Conservation operationsTechnical assistance
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Technical assistance
Conservation planningInventory/ assessment
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RC&DResource Conservation & Development
• Work locally to improve economic, social, and natural resources
• 15 multi-county RC&D areas in Iowa
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Soil Surveys
• Published scientific inventories provide limitations and uses of soils
• Assist landusers make resource management decisions
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NRINational Resources Inventory
•Evaluates resource conditions and trends
•Helps Americans make wise land use and management decisions
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EWPEmergency Watershed Protection
• Helps protect lives and property following natural disasters
• Converts floodprone land to other uses
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Small Watershed Programs
• Helps improve natural resources in small watersheds
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1996 Farm Bill Programs
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
• Environmental Quality Incentives Program
• Conservation Reserve Program
• Wetlands Reserve Program
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WHIPWildlife Habitat Incentives Program
Improve habitat for fish and wildlife
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EQIPEnvironmental Quality Incentives Program
Address serious threats to natural resources
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CRPConservation Reserve Program
Establish permanent vegetation on environmentally sensitive cropland
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WRPWetlands Reserve Program
Restore and protect wetlands
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Iowans Meet Challenges
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Conservation Achievements
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The Future
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For more information
• Contact your local NRCS office
• Contact your local Soil and Water Conservation District office
• Visit the NRCS homepage at www.ia.nrcs.usda.gov
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