More than 17,800 acres are enrolled in safe harbor and prairie restoration programs. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and the Regional Director of FWS presented the award. In just the last 9 days, employees, customers, and partners have sent Chief Reed more than 50 messages. Topics covered included administrative concerns, technical assistance in the field, requests for technical materials, software applications, reducing field office workload burdens, and natural resource program concerns. Chief Reed also received compliments for initiating the feedback system.
All messages are anonymous, direct, and unfiltered.
The Internet version of Part 1 of the NRCS Conservation Planning Course has been updated to reflect the July 1999 amendment to the NRCS conservation planning policy. To meet this overall goal, regional buffer goals have been established. These will be provided to the appropriate regional and State conservationists in the near future. The group will also review the new NRCS nutrient management standard. They make their living in an environment dominated by the vagaries of weather, wildly fluctuating markets, and accelerating technological change.