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Susan McAvoy (202) 720‑4623

susan.mcavoy@usda.gov

Mary Cressel (202) 690‑0547

mary.cressel@usda.gov

**GLICKMAN ANNOUNCES 33 NEW RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AREAS**

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2001 ‑ Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today
designated 33 areas in 25 states as part of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture\'s Resource Conservation and Development Program.

"This announcement will help people in rural areas increase conservation
of natural resources, promote economic development, and solve local
problems," said Glickman.

RC&D areas are locally led by councils comprised of volunteers, civic
leaders, and locally elected officials. RC&D projects provide practical
solutions for community development, land conservation, environmental
enhancement, and water management.

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service will provide each area a
local coordinator to help access USDA programs and services. Other USDA
agencies will also provide assistance.

Projects currently underway in the 315 existing RC&D areas across
America are reducing soil erosion, improving water quality, enhancing
recreational and tourism facilities, developing and diversifying local
business opportunities, assisting child and elder care, and improving
sewage treatment.

The 33 areas designated today are:

[State]{.underline} [RC&D Designated Area]{.underline}
[Counties]{.underline}

Alaska Bering Strait Region Bering Strait Region

> Lower Kuskokwim Bethel Area

California Central Sacramento Valley Colusa, Glenn, Tehama

> Mojave Desert-Mountain Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, San Bernardino,
> Tulare

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> Yosemite/Sequoia Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare

Colorado Painted Sky Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San
Miguel, Saguache

Florida Florida West Coast Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota

Hawaii O'ahu Honolulu

Illinois Wabash Valley Clark, Crawford, Edwards, Lawrence, Richland,
Wabash, Wayne

Indiana Northwest Territory Lake, Porter, St. Joseph

Iowa Cedar Valley Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell

> Prairie Rivers Boone, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story, Webster

Kansas Central Prairie Barton, Edwards, McPherson, Pawnee, Reno, Rice,
Stafford

> Santa Fe Trail Finney, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton,
> Stanton, Wichita

Kentucky Eagle Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Henry, Owen, Trimble

Minnesota Three Rivers Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Lesueur, Martin,
Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan

Mississippi Mississippi Coastal Plains George, Hancock, Harrison,
Jackson, Pearl River, Stone

Nebraska Nebraska Loess Hills Burt, Cuming, Dakota, Dodge, Thurston,
Washington

> Trailblazer Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Harlan, Nuckolls, Thayer,
> Webster

Nevada Da Ka Doiyabe Elko, Eureka, Lander, Nye, White Pine

New York Lower Hudson‑Long Island Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New
York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Ulster, Westchester

North Carolina Unifour Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell

Ohio Western Reserve Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina,
Portage, Summit, Wayne

Oklahoma High Plains Beaver, Cimarron, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Texas,
Woods, Woodward

South Carolina Foothills Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens,
Spartanburg

South Dakota Tatanka Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Zeibach

Tennessee Cumberland Mountain Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Roane, Scott

Texas Chihuahuan Desert Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff
Davis, Presido

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> High Plains Armstrong, Carson, Castro, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford,
> Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Sherman,
> Swisher

Washington Blue Mountains Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla

> Olympic Peninsula Clallam, Jefferson

Wisconsin Glacierland Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee,
Manitowoc, Outagamie, Sheboygan, Winnebago

Wyoming Historic Trails Carbon, Natrona

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