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(VIDEO) Climate Connections: Questions from North and South Carolina

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

America has questions about climate change, and the USGS has real answers. In this episode of Climate Connections, USGS scientists answer questions gathered from North and South Carolina.

Friday June 10th, 2011

8:00am - 2:30pm

(lunch provided)

Take a Walk in the Woods!

See first hand and close up, how modern logging and forestry operations are run.

The 2011-2012 Whatcom Food & Farm Finder is here, your comprehensive map and resource for f nding the most nutritious, freshest and most flavorful products grown, raised, caught, & made right here in Whatcom County!

Link to 2012 Plant Sale

We have published our Winter 2011 Newletter!

Here are some of the highlights.

• Plant Sale information
• Board of Supervisors Election information
• District Participates in Community Energy Challenge
• Dairy & Small Farm Updates
• Birch Bay Pilot Project
• And much more!

Landowners
interested in USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) have until
January 21, 2011 to apply for this year’s funding.

Authorized in the
2008 Farm Bill, CSP offers payments to producers who maintain a high
level of conservation on their land and who agree to adopt higher levels
of stewardship. Eligible lands include cropland, pastureland, rangeland
and non-industrial, private forestland.

Applicants will compete within identified ranking pools in Washington.

Potential

As part of a larger tour of the North Sound, the WCD staff and Board welcomed a small group (14) of distinguished EPA and WSDA directors, policy makers, and administrators to Whatcom County on August 10th.  These included Larry Elworth, EPA National Agricultural Councilor to the Administrator, and Dan Newhouse, Director of the Washington Dept of Ag.

Article by Jeremy Schwartz for the NorthernLight.com Community Newspaper on WCDs EPA Grants.

http://www.thenorthernlight.com/news/article.exm/2010-07-28_epa_grant_to...

More info: EPA Highlights Nooksack River Watershed as a Success Story

Landowners interested in USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) have until June 25, 2010 to apply for this year’s funding.

Authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill, CSP offers payments to producers who maintain a high level of conservation on their land and who agree to adopt higher levels of stewardship. Eligible lands include cropland, pastureland, rangeland and non-industrial, private forestland.