NRCS and KLA Work as Partners through the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative

Signup Ends July 17, 2009

Eric B. Banks, Kansas State Conservationist for the NRCS, announced that a proposal submitted by the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) Environmental Services, Inc. has been selected to participate in the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI).

Vilsack Announces Floodplain Easement Selections Through Recovery Act Funding

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced June 2, 2009, the selection of 289 applications for the first national signup for floodplain easements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The easements will cover more than 36,000 acres of land in 36 states.

Vilsack Announces Nearly $42.3 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Watershed Projects

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will provide nearly $42.3 million in additional funding to 14 states to improve water quality, increase water supply, decrease soil erosion, and improve fish and wildlife habitat while creating jobs in rural communities as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Kansas had two projects selected, one in Morris County and one in Ness County.