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Natural Resources Conservation Service “Helping People Help the Land”

Natural Resources Conservation Service “Helping People Help the Land”. Edwin Almodovar Director, Caribbean Area USDA-NRCS. What we do?. We are not a regulatory agency. We offer Technical and Financial Assistance for the implementation of Conservation

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Natural Resources Conservation Service “Helping People Help the Land”

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  1. Natural Resources Conservation Service“Helping People Help the Land” Edwin Almodovar Director, Caribbean Area USDA-NRCS

  2. What we do? • We are not a regulatory agency. • We offer Technical and Financial Assistance for the • implementation of Conservation • We have 8 offices in the Caribbean Area (PR and • USVI) • We work with private landowners and farmers. • We manage Farm Bill Programs.

  3. What we do? • Work on Special Projects • Guanica Bay Initiative – We collaborate with Local, State and Federal Agencies. • Goal is to protect Coral Reefs • Reduce sedimentation from sun grown coffee • Santa Isabel Acquifer – Working with Local Governments we have implemented conservation practices to help the acquifer in the area.

  4. What we do? Cont… • Bosque Maricao Corridor – Using WHIP, and collaborating with federal partners we are helping connect natural areas using a Lanscape Approach. • Energy Audits – Partnering with PR Dept of Ag we are helping dairy farmers to obtain Energy Audits on their opertations.

  5. www.pr.nrcs.usda.gov 787-766-5206 Jose Santiago, 787-743-2203 @NRCS_Caribbean NRCS Caribbean

  6. Equal Opportunity The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).

  7. Servicio de Conservación de Recursos Naturales “Ayudando la Gente a Ayudar la Tierra” Edwin Almodóvar Director, Caribbean Area USDA-NRCS

  8. ¿Qué hacemos? • Somos una agencia no reguladora. • Ofrecemos Asistencia Técnica y Financiera. • Contamos con 8 oficinas en el área del Caribe (PR y • USVI) • Trabajamos con agricultores y dueños de tierras privadas. • Manejamos programas bajo la Ley Agrícola.

  9. ¿Qué hacemos? • Trabajamos en Proyectos Especiales • Iniciativa de la Bahía de Guánica – Colaboramos con agencias locales, estatales y federales para: • Proteger los Arrecifes de Corales • Reducir la sedimentación de café bajo sol • Acuífero de Santa Isabel – Trabajamos con gobiernos locales implementando prácticas de conservación para ayudar a mejorar la calidad del acuífero de Santa Isabel.

  10. ¿Qué hacemos? Cont… • Corredor del Bosque Maricao – Utilizamos fondos bajo, y colaboramos con agencias federales conectando áreas naturales utilizando un “Landscape Approach”. • Auditorias Energéticas – En conjunto con el Departamento de Agricultura de PR, estamos ayudando a los ganaderos a obtener auditorias energéticas en sus operaciones.

  11. www.pr.nrcs.usda.gov 787-766-5206 Jose Santiago, 787-743-2203 @NRCS_Caribbean NRCS Caribbean

  12. Igualdad de Oportunidades y Derechos Civiles • Todos los servicios del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos, USDA, son ofrecidos sin discriminar por razones de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, religión, edad, impedimentos, afiliación política, preferencia sexual, o estado civil o familiar (No todas las prohibiciones aplican a todos los programas). Personas con impedimentos que necesiten formas de comunicación alternas (escritas al relieve, letras grandes o cintas auditivas, etc.) deben comunicarse con el Centro USDA TARGET al l(202) 720-2600 (visual y audio). • Para radicar alguna querella sobre discriminación, escriba a: USDA, Director, Oficina de Derechos Civiles, Oficina 326-W, Whitten Buildilng, 14th Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20250-9410, o llamé al (202) 720-5964 (vocal y TDD). USDA es un patrono de igualdad de empleo y proveedor de servicios.

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