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The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership in a
partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve
our natural resources and environment.
![Grass filter strip in Carroll County, Iowa.](/peth04/20041117053003im_/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/images/Highlights/selectwatershedssm.jpg) |
USDA announced that 202 watersheds have been selected for the fiscal
year 2005 Conservation Security Program sign-up to be held this winter. |
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![Stephen Taylor, Theresa Chadwick, Mark Rey](/peth04/20041117053003im_/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/images/Highlights/TaylorChadwickRey2sm.jpg) |
USDA announced that $80 million has been designated to ensure the
Caribbean and 13 states with traditionally smaller allocations obtain
adequate conservation funding this fiscal year. |
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Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced the watersheds in Ohio and West Virginia that are eligible for the 2005
Conservation Security Program.
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NRCS is providing $19.5 million in Environmental Quality Incentives
Program funds to control salinity in the Colorado River Basin.
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NRCS is providing Environmental Quality Incentives Program funds for
producers in Arizona and New Mexico who graze livestock on public and
private lands.
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