Happy 90th Anniversary NRCS!!!
This week we are celebrating the 90th anniversary of NRCS and their mission of helping people help the land. The link below tells the amazing story of Hugh Hammond Bennett, the "Father of Soil Conservation", and how and why the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Soil & Water Conservation Districts were created.
90 Years of Helping People Help the Land: The History of NRCS
Have you heard about the USDA-NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)? NRCS works one-on-one with producers to develop a conservation plan that outlines conservation practices and activities to help solve on-farm resource issues. Producers implement practices and activities in their conservation plan that can lead to cleaner water and air, healthier soil and better wildlife habitat, all while improving their agricultural operations. EQIP helps producers make conservation work for them. Financial assistance for practices may be available through EQIP.
Highlighted below are just a few of the practices available through EQIP that have been implemented in Henry County.
NRCS is an agency committed to “helping people help the land”—our mission is to provide resources to farmers and landowners to aid them with conservation.
Did you know that our office is happy to provide free technical advice to all landowners in Henry County? Our soil conservationists can meet with landowners and provide free technical advice for erosion problems that will help conserve, maintain and improve our natural resources.
Do You Know What Soil Type You Have?
Would you like to know more about your soil? Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides official soil data and maps produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world and is operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. WSS allows you to generate a custom soil resource report and even print a soil map and data description for free! It's user friendly and easy to search by address, county or by using the easy map tool. Click the link below to get started on Web Soil Survey and find out what's under your feet!