Top USDA Officials Attend National Wildlife Policy Conference NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster, along with Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, Under Secretary Mark Rey and other NRCS officials, attended the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy in Reno, Nevada on October 2-3. The core issues were funding for wildlife conservation; management of wildlife habitat; maintaining access to public and private land; education, recruitment and retention; the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation; Federal, State and Tribal coordination; climate change impacts; and energy development.

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Study Highlights Benefits of Conservation and Wetlands Reserve Programs A recent study concludes that the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) provide benefits on more than 5 million acres of wetland and adjacent grassland habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Northern Great Plains. Among the findings, soil loss was reduced on 682,048 acres of upland CRP and WRP land by an estimated average of 1.9 million tons per year.

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Conservation... Our Purpose. Our Passion The purpose and passion for conservation is shared among many. It is shared between NRCS employees and partners who help people help the land. And it is shared by the landowners with whom we work. Our passion is manifested through the benefits derived from stewardship of private lands—benefits we all enjoy, such as cleaner water and air, improved soils and abundant wildlife habitat. Learn about our stories, the stories of conservation made possible through a shared purpose, a shared passion and a shared commitment to conservation.

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	Meet the Featured Customers! Eight featured customers, chosen to represent diversity of geography, culture, conservation practices and products, represent a cross-section of our landowner-partners nationwide as part of our Conservation... Our Purpose. Our Passion. campaign.
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Updated 10/15/2008