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2012
5/8/12 NRCS Announces Water Quality Conservation in 3 Illinois Watersheds
4/09/12 New Illinois State Conservationist Named
3/28/12 NRCS and Conservation Professional Training Program Present: CRP Readiness Initiative
3/15/12 Top 10 EQIP Tips For Producers
3/2/12 Storm Damage Relocates Saline County USDA Business To Ridgway
2/10/12 DeKalb County Team Named 2011 Field Office Of The Year
1/27/12 EQIPs Air Quality Initiative for 2012
1/12/12 Conservation Stewardship Deadline Extended to January 27th
1/9/12 NRCS Says Farewell to Illinois State Conservation Leader
2011
9/2/11 Local Champaign County Grazier Rounds Up 2011 Distinguished Grasslander Award
8/18/11 Need Soils Site Data? There’s an “App” For That!
8/10/11 2011 CSP Pays In Many Ways
8/8/11 USDA Research Shows Ag Conservation Practices Work
8/1/11 NRCS Moves to a New Website
5/11/11 Need a Long-Term Solution? Consider Easements
5/11/11 Watch Out! May is Invasive Species Awareness Month
5/9/11 Making Drainage Tiles Work Their Hardest
4/13/11 USDA NRCS Organic Funding Still Available for Illinois Organic Producers
Apply by May 20, 2011 for consideration under this application period
3/8/11 NRCS Easement Payment Rates Approved For FY 2011 Use
3/4/11 Fledgling Floodplain Attracts Endangered Crane
1/14/11 2011 Conservation Innovation Grants Extends Signup!
1/11/11 2010 NRCS Team of the Year Goes To...
2010
11/29/10 SIGN-UP UNDERWAY FOR 2011 FARM BILL PROGRAMS
7/13/10 2010 CSP First Signup Contracts Funded
7/9/10 Good Grazing Makes Good $ense! – New IL NRCS/GLCI Effort
6/9/10 Conservation Farmers in Illinois: There Is Still Time!
5/25/10 Report Cards Are Out – Illinois NRI Gets Gold Star!
5/12/10 Calling All Conservationists!
4/16/10 2010 Conservation Innovation Grants for IL Is OPEN!
4/7/10 Accepting Proposals for Agricultural Water Enhancement Program
4/1/10 Window of Opportunity…For Farmers
4/1/10 Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) Funds Available in Illinois
3/16/10 Local Work Groups Include More “Locals”
3/12/10 Send MRBI Proposals to DC!
 
2/19/10 New NRCS WRP Payment Process In Place
1/27/10 Funding available helps farmers protect natural resources; extend growing season
1/13/10 2009 NRCS Normal Team of the Year Is Anything BUT Normal!
1/6/10 Going Organic in 2010? Don’t Go It Alone!
NRCS EQIP New Organic Initiative Has Helpful Options
2009
12/2/09 Farmers Must Access Wet Fields with “Conservation Care”
11/24/09 2010 IL NRCS Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)
11/23/09 Illinois Watersheds At The Heart of Mississippi River Basin Initiative
09/24/09 Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Major Initiative to Improve Health of Mississippi River Basin
08/31/09 Public Meetings Inform IL Producers On New CSP
08/21/09 5th National Small Farm Conference Registration Just A Click Away!
08/14/09 Check Out New CSP!
08/06/09 Illinois Irrigation Systems Need A Tune-Up?
08/05/09 Partners That Work! Partnerships That Pay!
06/02/09 Illinois Sites Selected for Floodplain Restoration
05/06/09 USDA PROVIDES CONSERVATION FUNDS & OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIC PRODUCERS
$50 Million in Funding Available Nationwide
04/29/09 NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant Deadline EXTENDED!
04/06/09 2009 IL NRCS Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)
04/01/09 2009 Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) Opportunities
03/27/09 Extension Announced for Floodplain Easement Assistance
03/25/09 Get INNOVATIVE With A Conservation Grant!
03/09/09 NRCS Announces Sign-up for Floodplain Easements
02/27/09 EQIP, WHIP Applications Now Being Accepted by NRCS
01/16/09 USDA Seeks Comments on Wetland Reserve Program
2008
11/06/08 Decatur Declared “Best Conservation Service Center for 2008”
09/05/08 Floodplain Ground Damaged in ‘08?
Sign Up for NRCS’ Floodplain Easement Today
08/04/08 Easements May Ease Flooding Woes
07/18/08 Cover Crops Could Save The Day—For Next Year’s Corn!
07/17/08 Illinois State Soil Included In New Natural History Exhibition At The Smithsonian Institution in DC
07/15/08 Schafer Announces Additional $202.5 Million in Conservation Programs—Illinois NRCS gets $2.2 Million
07/01/08 NWTF recognizes NRCS’ Malone for outstanding wildlife partnerships
NRCS District Conservationist works to improve and protect wildlife habitat
06/23/08 It’s Time For National Pollinator Week, June 22-28!
05/22/08 CSP Sign-Up Winds Down
Landowners in Lower Cache Watershed Eligible for Program
04/28/08 New NRCS Staffer in Sullivan USDA Service Center
03/24/08 USDA Opens 2008 CSP Sign-up;
Landowners in Lower Cache Watershed Eligible for Program
03/13/08 Jacksonville Declared “Best Conservation Service Center for 2007”
02/21/08 IL State Conservationist Recognized for Commitment to Forestry
01/14/08 Illinois EQIP Opportunities Widen Payment Caps Increased; Expanding Operations Eligible