3. • A Long Range Plan identifies and prioritizes natural resource concerns in the
community.
• NRCS works with partners to develop local FCAs to help implement
conservation practices that address these resource concerns.
• NRCS hosts Local Work Group (LWG) meetings at the district level, where
local agricultural producers, landowners, conservation partners and other
members of the community discuss the natural resource needs for the district.
4. • Partner-Centric: strategically focus our investments on the highest-priority
resource needs in our state.
• Cost Effective: collaborating with partners leverages additional funding
sources to make the most effective use of limited federal conservation dollars.
• Focused & Targeted: targets investments in very specific areas to
achieve clearly-defined natural resource goals as identified by local partners.
• Results-Oriented: set measurable goals and to track and achieve
meaningful conservation results.
• A Management Tool: helps NRCS leadership and field staff better
prioritize, track, plan, and monitor conservation projects on-the-ground.
West Virginia’s Focused Conservation Approach is:
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employer and lender.
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Long Range Plan- with input from landowners, agency partners and other stakeholders
NRCS West Virginia’s Focused Conservation Approach is:
Partner-Centric: NRCS works with local, state, federal, and non-governmental partners to strategically focus our investments on the highest-priority resource needs in our state.
Cost Effective: By collaborating with partners, NRCS leverages additional funding sources from other groups to make the most effective use of limited federal conservation dollars. Leveraging funds increases the total conservation investment and provides an economic stimulus to local and regional economies.
Focused & Targeted: Instead of funding conservation projects on a scattered, farm-by-farm approach, NRCS targets its investments in very specific areas to achieve clearly-defined natural resource goals as identified by local partners. This approach harnesses the power of multiple landowners in one area undertaking similar conservation projects to achieve a regional or landscape-scale result.
Results-Oriented: The strategic approach emphasizes planning with the end result in mind. NRCS staff work with local partners to set measurable goals and to track and achieve meaningful conservation results.
A Management Tool: The strategic approach helps NRCS leadership and field staff better prioritize, track, plan, and monitor conservation projects on-the-ground. This way of doing business allows us to more effectively deliver project planning and increases efficiency in implementation.
I just put some practices in here. It can be modified to what you want to highlight.
Carla is working on getting an updated list of the most popular practices in order. I will send this to you on Monday morning.
The actual dollar amount is $9,307,131.62
65 agreements in WV as of today’s date (info from Beth)
In 2014, West Virginia became a StrikeForce state along with Kentucky, Louisiana and Tennessee. The impacted W.Va. counties are Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Ca-bell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Hampshire, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Nicholas, Pleasants, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wirt, and Wyoming counties
I included the pdf of the National Story we did on this farm so you can put whichever points you’d like to share. Just edit the list above.