The activities and information will include workshops, a brochure, and locator cards. Workshops for agencies, tribal conservation staff, local conservation districts, 4-H Clubs, Ducks Unlimited, and rod and gun clubs will provide education on identification of purple loosestrife, problems caused by the species, and control techniques. NRCS, Partners Building Buffer Network - NRCS in Wisconsin and the State Department of Natural Resources and State Department of Agriculture have kicked off the Wisconsin State Buffer Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to build a Statewide network of stakeholders that will help promote the use of conservation buffers to improve and maintain water quality. A Growing Challenge for Workers in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management.
Participation is by invitation.
The purpose of the workshop is to identify and clarify the issues that must be dealt with surrounding privacy, confidentiality, and right to know and suggest ways that decision-makers might begin to address those issues. Participants will discuss the relative merits of sharing versus privacy, and identify the point when privacy becomes most important and when privacy negates the value of sharing data and information. West Virginia - The Northern Panhandle Soil Conservation District, with assistance from NRCS personnel, convened the local work group to discuss EQIP priority areas. The group decided to put an emphasis on a small watershed with resources concerns related to livestock operations. It was Tomlinson Run Lake, in Hancock County, which was recently placed on the State DEP list of lakes that fail to meet water quality standards.