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Kansas NRCS Announces County Field Office Closings

Salina, Kansas, June 19, 2007—Today, Harold L. Klaege, State Conservationist for the NRCS in Kansas, announced that the National Food and Agriculture Council (NFAC) approved the proposal to close nine county field offices (FOs) and consolidate operations with neighboring county FOs to more efficiently and effectively manage operation. With the NFACs approval, Klaege hopes to have eight of the FOs consolidated by October 1, 2007. NRCS is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

NRCS Field Office Consolidations

The following are the NRCS field office consolidations.

  • Chase County FO (Cottonwood Falls) will be consolidated with Lyon County FO (Emporia).
  • Comanche County FO (Coldwater) will be consolidated with Barber County FO (Medicine Lodge).
  • Geary County FO (Junction City) will be consolidated with Riley County FO (Manhattan).
  • Gove County FO (Gove) will be consolidated with Logan County FO (Oakley).
  • Johnson County FO (Olathe) will be consolidated with Miami County FO (Paola).
  • Leavenworth County FO (Leavenworth) will be consolidated with Jefferson County FO (Oskaloosa).
  • Morton County FO (Elkhart) will be consolidated with Stevens County FO (Hugoton).
  • Woodson County FO (Yates Center) will be consolidated with Wilson County FO (Fredonia).
  • Wabaunsee County FO (Alma) will be consolidated with Pottawatomie County FO (Westmoreland). These offices will be moved when space can be found in Wamego and the offices will be collocated with the Farm Service Agency (FSA) sometime after October 1, 2007.

"Producers in counties where an office is closed," said Klaege, "would be allowed to choose which county NRCS FO they would like to have their records kept.

"All counties will still receive the same program benefits and services from NRCS. Our employees will continue to be out on the land with the producer to provide technical assistance and information for conservation programs," said Klaege.

"While FSA and NRCS are both a part of USDA, their missions and partners are different. NRCS has a unique partnership with the county conservation districts, and we provide technical assistance to state and local programs through the districts," said Klaege.

Visit your local NRCS county FOs to learn more about natural resources conservation. The county FO is located at your local USDA Service Center (listed in the telephone book under United States Government). More information is also available on the Kansas Web site.

Last Modified: 06/27/2008