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Conservation Success Stories
The following leaflets were assembled the the USDA - Natural Resource Conservation Service [http://www.ga.nrcs.usda.gov/news]. They represent recent examples of land-owner conservation success stories throughout Georgia.
Pasture
Partnership helps save the land - Taylor County, April 2008 [pdf]Chantilly Farms: It's their life - Oglethorpe County, March 2008 [pdf]
Cattle farmer utilizes Georgia Grazing Land Conservation Coalition - Peach County, January 2008 [pdf]
Improving natural resources - Echols County, July 2007 [pdf]
Farmer gets conservation assistance to improve water quality and reduce soil erosion on farm - Jones County, July 2007 [pdf]
Environmental quality incentives program reduces erosion - Lowndes County, July 2007 [pdf]
Georgia Grazing Land Conservation Coalition transforms farm - Bulloch County, June 2007 [pdf]
All natural cattle farm benefits from NRCS and EQIP - Paulding County, June 2007 [pdf]
Cabe Farm - Franklin County, February 2007 [pdf]
Water quality is priority - Wayne County, February 2007 [pdf]
Conservation farming through the generations - Cherokee County, February 2007 [pdf]
Urbanite returns to the land and becomes a conservationist - Carroll County, February 2007 [pdf]
Wildlife habitat improved on working farm - Taliaferro County, January 2007 [pdf]
Water quality issues lead farmer to conservation - Carroll County, October 2006 [pdf]
Conservation planning for generations to come - Catoosa County, October 2006 [pdf]
Goat farming at Rosewood Farms - Cobb County, October 2006 [pdf]
Grazing land success - Floyd County, October 2006 [pdf]
Soil historian conserves family land - Forsyth County, October 2006 [pdf]
Stream crossing solves water quality problem - Laurens County, July 2005 [pdf]
Conservation helps keep water clean - Morgan County, July 2005 [pdf]
EQIP improves grazing on the family farm - Telfair County, November 2006 [pdf]
Cropland
No till saves farmer's dream - Appling County, March 2008 [pdf]Practices improve health of the land - Calhoun County, March 2008 [pdf]
Use of no till leads to a reduction in soil erosion - Laurens County, March 2008 [pdf]
Mr. Max: Godfather of no till farming - Coffee County, January 2008 [pdf]
Conservation pays in time and dollars saved - Irwin County, March 2007 [pdf]
First generation farmer creates model conservation farm - Washington County, March 2007 [pdf]
Use of no till leads to a reduction in soil erosion - Laurens County, December 2005 [pdf]
Benefits of strip tilling changes farming operation - Wheeler County, October 2006 [pdf]
Conservation tillage saves soil and money - Wilkinson County, October 2006 [pdf]
Soil erosion / water conservation problems - Worth County, July 2005 [pdf]
Dairy
Voluntary conservation awarded to Petty Dairy - Murray County, March 2007 [pdf]Water quality and farm production improved - Morgan County, October 2007 [pdf]
Conservation saves water and money - Greene County, April 2007 [pdf]
Landis Dairy gets comprehensive nutrient management plan from NRCS - Burke County, July 2006 [pdf]
Wildlife
Restoring wetlands - Jenkins County, January 2008 [pdf]Partners for wildlife grant protects water quality - Banks County, November 2007 [pdf]
NRCS helps businessman turn land into wildlife habitat - Clay County, March 2007 [pdf]
Longview Farm is conservation pioneer - Coweta County, March 2007 [pdf]
Wildlife habitat improved - Haralson County, February 2007 [pdf]
Pre-commercial thinning will benefit wildlife - Warren County, November 2006 [pdf]
Earth Team volunteers clean up wetland pond after Hurricane Francis - Lamar County, October 2006 [pdf]
New wetland wildlife preserve to establish bird sanctuary - Rockdale County, July 2006 [pdf]
Poultry
Waste storage facility becomes a reality - Marion County, January 2007 [pdf]Cattle and poultry farming in Lower Little Tallapoosa Watershed - Carrol County, November 2006 [pdf]
Farming for generations - Catoosa County, October 2006 [pdf]
Soil erosion / water quality / waste management problem - Dawson County, July 2005 [pdf]
Little stackhouse helps water bodies and wetlands clean - Ware County, October 2006 [pdf]
Specialty Operations
Peach farmer likes the micro-irrigation system - Taylor County, April 2008 [pdf]Limestone valley resource conservation and development council helps start new farmers' market - Walker County, November 2006 [pdf]
The Glover family pioneers organic farming - Douglas County, November 2006 [pdf]
EQIP helps metro-Atlanta farmer find a niche in alternative livestock - Dekalb County, October 2006 [pdf]
In step with conservation farmer Robert Mitcham - Rabun County, September 2003 [pdf]
Watersheds
Conasauga River Alliance formed with help of NRCS - Whitfield County, July 2007 [pdf]Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance protects natural preserve - Dekalb County, December 2006 [pdf]
North Broad Watershed rehabilitation - Franklin County, February 2007 [pdf]
River of mud becomes a stream of traffic - Chattahoochee County, July 2006 [pdf]
Little River Watershed dams - Fulton County, October 2006 [pdf]
Emergency conservation program helps recover from the storm - Gilmer County, October 2006 [pdf]
Watershed dam rehabilitated - Gwinnett County, November 2006 [pdf]
Forestry
Owens Farm: A tradition of conservation - Stephens County, March 2008 [pdf]Ivanhoe Plantation gets help to improve wildlife habitat - Camden County, October 2006 [pdf]
Conservation a long-term venture for Bloomingdale native Pete Waller - Chatham County, October 2006 [pdf]
Urban / Residential
10 years after the Olympic Games: A look back at the use of native plants in urban conservation - Fulton County, October 2007 [pdf]Project WET School of the Year hosts water festival - Floyd County, November 2006 [pdf]
NRCS solves drainage problem - Dodge County, December 2006 [pdf]
NRCS helps Eastman Dodge Recreation Department - Dodge County, July 2006 [pdf]
NRCS helps protect city water supply - Haralson County, December 2005 [pdf]
Breedlove Farm protected - Oconee County, December 2006 [pdf]