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Media Contact: Diane Baedeker Petit, Public Affairs Officer, 413-253-4371, diane.petit@ma.usda.gov.

125 acres of Pembroke wetlands protected through federal, local and private partnership

PEMBROKE, Mass. (June 16, 2008) – More than 125 acres of environmentally-sensitive Pembroke cranberry bogs and surrounding upland will be permanently protected and restored to natural wetlands thanks to a partnership between a private landowner, the Town of Pembroke and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Federal, state and local partners celebrate restoration of Sesuit Creek saltmarsh, Dennis

DENNIS, Mass. (June 13, 2008) -- Federal, state and local officials joined Cape Cod residents in celebrating the completion of a $1.5 million multi-year project to restore a salt marsh and fish passage for migrating herring on Cape Cod. After remarks by dignitaries and awards to project leaders, a ribbon was cut on a bridge over a new box culvert that will improve tidal exchange and enhance upstream saltmarsh ecosystem health in Sesuit Creek.

Finalists and top teams named in 2008 Massachusetts Envirothon

HOPKINTON, Mass. (May 9, 2008) – Teams from Lexington High School, Quabbin Regional High School, Somerset High School and Tantasqua Regional High School have been named as finalists in the 21st annual Massachusetts Envirothon field competition held at Hopkinton State Park on May 6th and 7th. The four teams will now go on to compete in the final competition on Saturday, May 17th at the Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster.

USDA extends sign-up for 2008 Conservation Security Program

AMHERST, Mass. (May 8, 2008) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced that Massachusetts farmers in the Connecticut River watershed and the Narragansett Bay watershed, along with others across the nation, will have two additional weeks to apply for the Conservation Security Program (CSP) in fiscal year 2008. The sign-up now ends on May 30, 2008. Originally, the CSP sign-up was scheduled to run from April 18-May 16, 2008.

Farmers in western and southeastern Massachusetts invited to harvest the rewards of their land stewardship with the Conservation Security Program

AMHERST, MASS. (March 21, 2008) -- Massachusetts farmers with land in the Narragansett Bay and middle Connecticut River watersheds and who practice good soil and water conservation are encouraged to contact their local USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office to determine if they are eligible to sign-up for the Conservation Security Program (CSP). Sign-up begins April 18 and continues through May 16.

2008 Grazing Workshop Series

The Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter (NOFA/Mass), the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the University of Massachusetts Extension have organized a series of Grazing Workshops as a continuing education resource for Massachusetts farmers.

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