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20 Cards in this Set
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NRCS stands for...
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National Resources Conservation Service
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The NRCS was founded by...? He was called the ______ ___ ______.
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Hugh Hammond Bennett
Father of Soil Conservation |
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Hugh Hammond Bennett had worked for the _______ since the early 20th century
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Department of Agriculture
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In 1933 the ____ _____ _____ was formed in the ______ ___ _____ ______ with _____ as chief.
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Soil Erosion Service
Department of the Interior Hugh Hammond Bennett |
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In 1935 the Soil Erosion Service was transferred to ______
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The Department of Agriculture
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The Soil Erosion Service was combined with other USDA units to form the ______ _____ ______.
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Soil Conservation Service
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The Soil Conservation Service was formed from the _____ ______ _____ by the _____.
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Soil Erosion Service
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1935 |
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Bennett retired in _____
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1951
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In 1994, the agency was renamed ______.
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service
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The NRCS has about ____ employees.
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12,000
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The mission of the NRCS is to...
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Improve, protect, and conserve natural resources on private lands through cooperation with local and state agencies.
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The primary focus of the NRCS is ______ lands, although they have made many technical contributions to soil surveying, classification and water quality improvement.
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Agricultural
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The NRCS is involved in the _____ which was set up to quantify the benefits of agricultural conservation.
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CEAP (Conservation Effects and Assessment Project)
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The CEAP is supported by ______
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Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
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The new chief of the NRCS as of 2009 is ____ _____.
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Dave White
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NRCS's programs help people:
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-Enhance water supplies
-Reduce erosion -Increase wildlife habitat -Reduce flood damage |
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Who stated that "The greatest reward... on people's faces... this is the true meaning of the NRCS mission statement."
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James Currington from Alabama
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The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, passed in ____ allows ______.
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1954
The NRCS can work with the states and local agencies to carry out improvement, conservation, water practices. |
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4 Easement Programs are:
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-Grassland Reserve Program
-Healthy Forests Reserve Program -Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program -Wetlands Reserve Program |
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NRCS works alongside cattle ranchers to control ticks in ___ south Texas counties.
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