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USDA Receives Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Award

September 17, 2010 Deidra L.McGee, USDA Forest Service Office of Communication

The Forest Service played an integral role with USDA and DOI being selected as recipients of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Award for Federal Preserve America Accomplishment. On Sept. 16, both Departments were recognized at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. for their outstanding...

Forestry

USDA Rural Development Puerto Rico Joins With NRCS to Feed Families

September 17, 2010 Miguel A. Ramírez, USDA Puerto Rico Public Affairs Coordinator

We recently marked the final day of Feds Feed Families Campaign. José Otero-García, USDA Rural Development State Director for Puerto Rico, led the efforts of the Campaign that included the help from our sister Agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). We collected 500 pounds of food...

Conservation Rural

Little Colorado Medical Center in Arizona Will Provide Improved Medical Services and Create Jobs

September 17, 2010 Dianna Jennings, Arizona USDA Public Information Coordinator

In the 14 th century the Hisat’sinom people, ancestors of the Hopis, found themselves on the sandy slopes of a rich flood plain while on their migration north. This beautiful location in the Little Colorado River Valley was so compelling that the people stayed and established a community they called...

Rural

USDA Recovery Act Grant Helps Establish a Telepharmacy to Help Seniors, Town Residents, in Minnesota

September 17, 2010 Adam Czech, USDA Minnesota Public Affairs Specialist

For most of its 130-year existence, the city of Adrian, Minn., has had the services of a hometown pharmacist. That is, until the local pharmacy was forced to close in 2008.

Initiatives Rural