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CEDAR CREEK —The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Bastrop County Soil and Water Conservation District are seeking input from the public on how to best serve local citizens through Farm Bill conservation programs and technical assistance.
The public is invited to attend the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Working Group meeting April 5 from 9 a.m. to noon. The meeting will be at McKinney Roughs Nature Park, 1884 S.H. 71 West in Cedar Creek. An educational program focusing on pasture management and the LCRA Creekside Conservation Program will precede the working group session.
This meeting is an opportunity to bring farmers, ranchers, conservationists and others together todiscuss natural resource needs and set local conservation priorities. The information gathered at these listening sessions helps provide NRCS and districts technical and financial support to help land managers make management decisions that produce positive ecological outcomes at local and state levels. According to event organizers, the input helps determine collaborative efforts for natural resource priorities and identifies opportunities to address them with conservation practices that improve soils, watershed health, biodiversity and farmers’ livelihoods.
Conservation stakeholders and others interested in obtaining federal technical and financialassistance to improve private land in Bastrop County are encouraged to participate in this meeting.
To RSVP, contact district conservationist Hilary Bravenec at 512-321-2489 ext. 3 or via email at [email protected]. A request for accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours before the meeting.
For more information, visit http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov.
