From the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service:

New Beginnings on Flyin D Ranch

Ranching, agriculture new career for retirees in Okaloosa County…

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Conservation News for the Gulf of Mexico Region

November 3, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Program Seeks 2017 Gulf Guardian Nominations. 

The Gulf…

From The Nature Conservancy Florida:

Pensacola, FL | October 20, 2016

The Nature Conservancy announced the first steps in a three-year effort to design an oyster habitat restoration project along 6.5-miles of shoreline in East Bay near Pensacola, Florida. The Conservancy is partnering with CH2M and Ecology and Environment, Inc., to monitor, design and permit the…

From the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative:

Full Proposal Due Date: December 1, 2016 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time



The Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Program has approximately $975,000 to award in funding for grants this year. The majority of awards under this program will fall in the range of $25,000 to $250,000 range. However upper or lower limits to award size are not specified. A minimum of a 1:1 non-Federal match of cash and/or in-kind…

From the USFWS National Conservation Training Center:

Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Conservation Broadcast Series

Series Description

Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Conservation addresses the relationship of people to the land and wildlife. In this series, we introduce you to the subject through educational broadcasts. The broadcasts provide up-to-date academic theory and on-the-ground natural resource management…

A new handbook of drought indicators and indices from the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) was recently published. The handbook, intended as a resource guide for practitioners, was developed by Mark Svoboda and Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Access the handbook here:…