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2 nd Annual Water Resources Summit October 25, 2011

Join us at the 2nd Annual Water Resources Summit to hear Deputy Under Secretary Ann Mills discuss water governance and conservation principles, and learn about innovative initiatives for ecosystem restoration and water quality monitoring.

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2 nd Annual Water Resources Summit October 25, 2011

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  1. 2nd Annual Water Resources SummitOctober 25, 2011 WATER GOVERNANCE Ann Mills, Deputy Under Secretary Natural Resources and Environment US Department of Agriculture

  2. USDA Water Agencies • Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) • Forest Service( USFS) • Farm Service Agency (FSA) • Rural Development (RD) • National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) • Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) • Economic Research Service (ERS) • Agricultural Research Service (ARS) • Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library • National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) • Risk Management Agency (RMA)

  3. “If we take care of the land, it will take care of us.”- Hugh Hammond Bennett, first Chief of NRCS “Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.“—Aldo Leopold

  4. Dust Bowl in the 1930s

  5. HHB Conservation Principles • Can’t do conservation from behind a desk • Good science matters • We can’t treat resource concerns in isolation • Local leadership is essential • If we take care of the land, the land will take care of us

  6. 21st Century Conservation All lands, landscape scale Strong partnerships, locally driven Targeted, systems based Strong science Results Innovation

  7. Ecosystem Restoration Landscapes

  8. Chesapeake Bay

  9. Great Lakes

  10. Mississippi River Basin

  11. National Resource Inventory

  12. Results • National Resources Inventory • Conservation Effects Assessment Project • Watershed Condition Framework • Mississippi Basin Water Quality Monitoring Framework

  13. Innovation • Environmental Markets • Certainty / Safe Harbor initiatives • Conservation Innovation Grants

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