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Recognizing the Power in Rural

March 04, 2013 USDA Rural Development Oregon State Director Vicki Walker

As the USDA Rural Development State Director for Oregon, I’m aware of the significant economic benefits our programs have produced in partnership with rural communities, residents and businesses in every corner of my state. As I drove across the country during my recent vacation, I was curious to...

Energy Rural

USDA Expands Its Housing Refinance Program to 15 More States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Help Rural Homeowners Lower Mortgage Rates

January 31, 2013 Tammye Treviño, Administrator, USDA Rural Development Housing Programs

Rural Development is the lead Federal agency that works to ensure that rural families have access to safe, well-built, affordable homes. In February 2012, the agency initiated a two-year, pilot refinancing program in 19 states hardest hit by the Nation’s housing downturn to help eligible USDA...

Rural

USDA Boosts Innovation as a Pathway to Jobs and a Rural Biobased Economy

January 15, 2013 Sarah Bittleman, USDA Senior Energy Advisor

If you want proof that rural America is a land of limitless opportunity, go to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Last week I accompanied Secretary Vilsack as he toured a state-of-the-art bioindustrial facility in Pennsylvania that converts multiple feedstocks into cellulosic sugars. The plant, operated...

USDA Results Energy

NRCS Snow Surveyor Collects Vital Water Data, Lives Dream Job

January 10, 2013 Spencer Miller, NRCS

Koeberle’s job carries her over mountains by helicopter and horse, snowshoes and skis. She has encountered grizzly bears, avalanches and wolves and visited ridges that few people have seen. Koeberle is a hydrologist and snow surveyor for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and works...

Conservation

Forest Service Officer James Schoeffler Discovers Booby Traps While on Patrol on the Forest

September 17, 2012 Charity Parks, Public Affairs Specialist, Intermountain Region

On April 16, 2012, U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer James Schoeffler was on routine patrol on the Pleasant Grove Ranger District which is located on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. While on foot patrol in a popular recreation area located off Big Springs Trail in Provo...

Forestry

Got Map? Dixie National Forest Kicks-Off Public Awareness Campaign

August 15, 2012 Charity Parks, Intermountain Region, and Ellita Willis, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Hauling a trailer emblazoned with a forest scene and large map, the Dixie National Forest “Got Map” traveling crew made stops across Utah, passing out 60,000 free maps, talking to people about using off-highway vehicles in the forest and engaging the public in the work to designate motorized travel...

Forestry

Forest Service Lines up 500 Jobs for Young Conservationists

May 25, 2012 U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

When President Obama recently called on federal agencies to help young people find more work in the great outdoors, the U.S. Forest Service – with 193 million acres of prime outdoor space —responded quickly with jobs for hundreds of underserved youths. The America’s Great Outdoors: Developing the...

USDA Results Forestry

Taking Part in a "Yes We Can" America

March 08, 2012 Monica Wyant, USDA, Office of Congressional Relations:

Each year, USDA Rural Development assists thousands of limited income Americans achieve the dream of homeownership. We do it with the support of our partners and our field staff. Below, cross-posted from the White House website, is the story of one person in Utah who teamed with USDA to make a big...

USDA Results Rural

CSA Utah: Rooted in Your Community, Harvested for Your Table

July 08, 2011 Jeff Williams, NRCS Utah

Development can often benefit communities at the expense of agriculture; many of Utah’s farms are quickly being replaced by expanding residential, commercial and industrial development. Now many farmers and consumers have joined forces to increase the sustainability of agriculture in Utah with...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Young Navajo Woman Gains Engineering Experience with NRCS

June 06, 2011 Ron Francis, NRCS Utah

Semira Crank is proud to be part of a growing number of young Navajo women breaking barriers to become scientists and engineers. Her story began in the small southeastern Utah community of Montezuma Creek in what is referred to as the “Utah Strip” portion of the Navajo Nation Reservation.

Conservation
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