Terry Cosby, a longtime employee of the Department of Agriculture, has been picked as the next chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Most recently, Cosby was the state conservationist ...

Natural resource management is the practice of sustainably using and protecting natural resources. Natural resources include land, water, air, minerals, forests, fish, and wildlife. Managing natural ...

“I started as a customer of NRCS first,” says Aubrey Bettencourt, chief of the USDA agency that helps farmers and ranchers manage natural resources on private lands. As a third-generation California ...

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 ...

Athens, Ga. - If environmentalists want to protect fragile ecosytems from landing in the hands of developers--in the U.S. and around the globe--they should team up with ecotourists, according to a ...

There were many memorable outdoors-related events in 2025. In no particular order, here is a look back at the best of the ...

The Environmental and Natural Resources Conservation (ENRC) program introduces students to a broad array of natural resource disciplines. This program will provide students with a solid grounding in ...

A general program that focuses on the studies and activities relating to the natural environment and its conservation, use, and improvement. Includes instruction in subjects such as climate, air, soil ...

Some other accomplishments included: finalizing Minnesota’s Wildlife Action Plan for 2025 to 2035, completing the last of ...

The Yuba County Resource Conservation District (YCRCD) partners with local landowners to promote sustainable environment management. The origins of Resource Conservation Districts go back to the Dust ...

The Inland Empire Resource Conservation District, based in Redlands, recently announced it was awarded an Urban Agriculture Conservation Grant through a partnership with the National Association of ...