NRCS administers the program providing a coordinator and administrative support. A local council of citizens sets their own priorities. Rainfall varies from 30 to 200 inches per year. Soil textures are predominantly sandy and well drained. Elevations vary from sea level to a few hundred feet in Florida to more than 4,000 feet in Puerto Rico.
Plant communities are varied and complex.
The climate ranges from warm and humid to tropical. Major land uses include row crops, rangeland, pasture and haylands, orchards, forestland, wastewater treatment, recreation and urban. The Brooksville center is addressing those conservation problems by using native plants whenever possible to improve forages with pasture and range grasses, improve wildlife habitat, control erosion on cropland, coastal areas and disturbed sites with erosion control plantings, and improve and maintain water quality on wetlands. NRCS conservationists help farmers and ranchers improve range and pasture conditions by managing for improved forage quality, weed and brush control, grazing management, as well as erosion control and range and pasture health. Partnerships with landowners and other organizations are essential to expand the management of grazing lands in Florida.