CONSERVATION INITIATIVES ...
SURVEY RESULTS ...
Ag retail & customer efforts yield cleaner water
Adoption rates of products and services benefit both the environment and pocket books
UPCOMING TRAINING ...
Wetland Delineation Training, July 24-26
Please be prepared for wet conditions and outdoor classroom conditions
CONSERVATION FUNDING ...
Bird & wildlife conservation projects find support
Program aims to improve the conservation elements of agriculture and grazing lands
LEADERSHIP ...
NRCS CA announces new Assistant State Conservationist
Anthony Sunseri appointed Assistant State Conservationist for Field Operations for Area 1
IMPROVING OUR SOIL ...
CDFA’s Healthy Soils Program selects 217 projects
CDFA selected 2017 projects totaling approximately $12.48 million in grant requests
CONSERVATION FUNDING ...
USDA seeks proposals to protect critical wetlands
Proposals should be emailed to NRCS at SM.NRCS.WRE@wdc.usda.gov by June 14th
WHAT'S COOKING ...
New restaurant supports local farms, conservation
Machina Kitchen & ArtBar is working to support the local farm economy
FARMLAND PRESERVATION ...
Peninsula Open Space Trust protects coastside farmland
Supports long-term farming on San Mateo coast as part of POST’s Farmland Futures Initiative
FARMLAND PROTECTION ...