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| '''NRCS helps America’s farmers, ranchers and forest landowners conserve the nation’s soil, water, air and other natural resources. All programs are voluntary and offer science-based solutions that benefit both the landowner and the environment.'''
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| National Home - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
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| WA State Home - http://www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov/
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| ==Resources==
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| *[[USDA Geospatial Data Gateway]]
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| ==Programs==
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| *'''[http://www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/FY13/index.html WA State EQIP 2013]''' - EQIP is the largest subsidy program, and provides cost-share on a wide range of conservation practices, from building construction to fish passage.
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| *'''[http://www.airquality.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/financial/cig Conservation Innovation Grants]'''
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| *'''CREP''' - The Conservation reserve enhancement program provides 10 or 15 year leases to landowners to grow native forest. NRCS provides assitance to the Farm Service Administration to implement.
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| ==System==
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| *'''The State Consevationist''' - The NRCs allocates significant authority to a state office, that develops state-wide initiatives and sets policy.
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| *'''The STAC (State Technical Advisory Committee)''' - The state technical advisory committee is the vehicle by which state agencies, local representatives of federal agencies, and other policy stakeholders participate most directly in policy development.
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| *'''LWGs (Local Working Groups)''' - Local working groups are largely County Conservation Districts organized at a multi-county scale to define the practices and maximum costs necessary to implement NRCS programs.
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| *'''Western National Technical Support Center''' - Provides technical expertise to the state where the state has needs. National Support Centers, have become less prominent over time as NRCS has shifted from a technical assistance to a subsidy distribution system.
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