William “Bill” Richards, a soil conservation pioneer who served as chief of USDA’s Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service) from 1990-1993 under President George H.W.

Ninety years ago this month, in the depths of the Great Depression, Congress created a new agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard rural prosperity for future generations: The ...

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service has opened the first round of staff positions to implement $19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding. The first set of entry-level soil ...

The new USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) website is designed for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners who use NRCS conservation programs, and our partners who help us deliver the ...

The Dust Bowl led to the creation of what is now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Just as it celebrates a major milestone, the agency is dealing with job losses, massive proposed ...

Josh Hensley, a Greenwood resident and senior at Lutheran High School, receives the Distinguished Conservation Service Award from the Crossroads of American Council board of directors in September.

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Conservation Stewardship Program is one of the federal government’s most popular tools for making “working land” in agriculture more environmentally friendly. Todd C. Hagel, ...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Pacific Islands Area is now accepting applications for fiscal year 2025 assistance programs. Farmers, ...