USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) reminds historically underserved producers, who are participating in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), of the advance payment option.
Mike Thralls Memorial Scholarship Applications Sought
The Application Process for the Mike Thralls Memorial Scholarship:
Applicants should submit a 500 word essay on a conservation subject of their choice along with their full name, address, telephone number, email address and a copy of their most recent high school or college transcripts to OACD no later than March 29, 2020. Applications can be mailed or emailed to:
OACD
PO Box 2775
Oklahoma City, OK 73101
sarahblaney@okconservation.org
Phil Campbell of Luther and Joe Caughlin of Tonkawa Named to Leadership Institute Established by the National Conservation Foundation
There may be something to the fact that “conversation” and “conservation” look and sound a lot alike.
Why? Because it’s those who are willing to learn and have conversations, who are advancing conservation efforts.
Oklahomans Phil Campbell of Luther and Joe Caughlin of Tonkawa are perfect examples. That is one reason those involved in conservation are excited to hear that Campbell and Caughlin have been named among the seven participants in the inaugural cohort of the Next Generation Leadership Institute (NGLI). The National Conservation Foundation (NCF) recently released the list.
NCF Names Next Generation Leadership Cohort
District Workshops for Pollinator Prairies Expand Native Habitat in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma County Conservation District (OCCD) in Oklahoma recently held two Pollinator Prairie Workshops as a part of a larger Pollinator Prairie Workshop Series. Kevin Mink, the urban soil health specialist for the district, had the idea to launch this project, hoping to do experiments to help people learn how to transition a property to a pollinator prairie.
Farmer Uses Aerial Approach to Planting Cover Crops
Torrential rains fell in May and radish, turnip and cereal rye seeds fell in October over Scotty Herriman’s farm.
Recently Herriman stood in his soybean field about a half mile from the Verdigris River in northeastern Oklahoma as an airplane buzzed over top, about 40 feet up, dropping a cover crop mix of radishes, turnips and cereal rye upon the beans and the 70-year-old producer.
2019 Oklahoma Nonpoint Source Success Stories
There’s aiming for success and there’s adding to it. Oklahoma is in the category of the latter when it comes to cleaning up streams.
The Oklahoma Conservation Commission’s (OCC) Water Quality Division this week in delivering its 2019 Oklahoma Nonpoint Source (NPS) Success Stories to the Conservation Commission announced 12 new stories and three updates.
“That’s success added to success for Oklahoma, the nation’s leader in Nonpoint Source Success Stories at 84 stories since 2007,” said Shanon Phillips, Director of the OCC Water Quality Division. “The partnership among Oklahoma landowners, Conservation Districts, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment is a national leader in solving water quality problems.
Finalists Selected for Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award
Two finalists have been selected for the prestigious 2019 Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award®.
Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the award recognizes farmers, ranchers and foresters who inspire others with their dedication to land, water and wildlife habitat management on private, working land.
The finalists are Chuck and Ruth Coffey Family of Springer in Carter County and Victor Ranch of Afton in Ottawa County.
NRCS Offers more than $200 Million in Emergency Funding to Restore Flood-Prone Lands
In response to flooding impacting many parts of the United States this year, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) earlier announced the availability to 11 states of $217.5 million dedicated to funding conservation easements on certain lands damaged by flooding and other natural disasters. In a second round of funding, an additional $9 million has been made available for the floodplain easement component of the Emergency Watershed Protection Program – Floodplain Easements (EWPP-FPE). With that, Oklahoma, as well as two other states, Kentucky and Mississippi have been added to the list of those identified for funding.
U.S. Congressman Markwayne Mullin learns more about Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program in eastern Oklahoma
As impressive and historic as it is, there are a lot of things a person can’t see from Capitol Hill in the nation’s capital. Among those are the projects of the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program in eastern Oklahoma.
So, in boots and jeans on a slightly muggy August morning, U.S Congressman Markwayne Mullin traveled Muskogee County roads in Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District which he has served since 2013.