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USING THIS YEAR'S EARTH DAY OBSERVANCE ON THE
NATIONAL MALL, THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE'S NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION
SERVICE TOLD ITS STORY TO A NON-FARM AUDIENCE.
N-R-C-S CHIEF DAVE WHITE SAYS THE NATION NEEDS TO
KNOW ABOUT EFFORTS TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT.
Dave White : We've got to get out and start talking
to other groups, other people and urban audiences
and let them know what agriculture, our farmers
and ranchers and private forest land owners are
doing voluntarily across the country.
WHITE SAYS N-R-C-S EFFORTS TO HELP AND MAINTAIN THE
ENVIRONMENT ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
ASSIST A VARIETY OF PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES AND
THEIR ECOSYSTEMS.
White: In 2007 for the first time in forty years,
the Louisiana Black Bear is back in the Delta of
Mississippi because of work that USDA did.
We've got a large project to remove fish barriers so
the Atlantic Salmon can spawn in internal areas.
If you look at endangered species like the
Bull Trout, we're working to restore that.
We're working to protect habitat for the Sage Grouse.
To keep the Ogallala Aquifer, to restore the
Long Leaf Pine in the southeast.
Across our country we have all kinds of private land
conservation going on and it's all done voluntarily
with the cooperation of our farmers and ranchers.
N-R-C-S works with private landowners to help
conserve, maintain and improve natural resources.
The Agency emphasizes voluntary, science-based
conservation, technical assistance, partnerships,
incentive-based programs, and LOCAL problem solving.
IN WASHINGTON D-C I'M BOB ELLISON FOR THE U-S
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.