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| Media Advisory No. 5042.11 |
Contact:
USDA Office of Communications
(202) 720-4623
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USDA Official to Release Final Report Assessing Use of Conservation in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2011 – TOMORROW, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will release its final report on the effects of conservation practices on cultivated cropland in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. This is USDA’s second Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) study on cultivated cropland. CEAP quantifies the effects of conservation practices on cultivated cropland.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
11 a.m. EST |
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Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White and NRCS Deputy Chief for Soil Survey and Resource Assessment Doug Lawrence will discuss the release of a final report assessing conservation practices in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. |
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800-857-5233
Passcode: NRCS (Given Verbally)
Troubleshooting: 202-720-8560
All callers using the above pass code will be placed in listen only mode. To join the Q&A portion of the meeting, these callers are instructed to press *1 on their touch tone phone. |
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