The process for the Natural Resource Conservation Service to approve new conservation practices is slow, bureaucratic and without clear guidelines. The NRCS often requires years for a practice to be ...
An Inside Climate News analysis found the department lost 21 percent of its workforce in 2025. Those cuts have thrown it into ...
Iowa NRCS Area Resource Soil Scientist Jason Steele uses his farming experience to train NRCS staff and build stronger relationships with farmers Soil scientist – to many people – may sound like a ...
Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Aubrey Bettencourt (USDA photo). The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s new chief says the agency is trying to “go mobile” with aims to have its ...
Idaho's snowpack peaked nearly three weeks early this year and was one of the lowest on record since measurements began in ...
The Natural Resources Conservation Service has released a water supply outlook report after a fairly dry March, calling ...
CHAMPAIGN — Across Illinois and around the country, farmers, ranchers and forest landowners are working with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to implement conservation practices across ...
A northern Idaho conservationist has received a major award from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Pamela Pavek, NRCS resource conservationist based in Moscow, won the Hugh Hammond ...
On April 14, 1935, one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl rolled over the landscape. Black Sunday covered an area about 800 miles long and about 300-500 miles wide, including Hugoton, Kansas, shown ...
Water scarcity demands real solutions. PondLock exceeds NRCS standards with a 30 mL swell index, delivering natural, chemical-free sealing that protects our most vital resource.” — Jonathan Klotz, ...