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Rural Champion Promotes Economic Self-Sufficiency to the Winnebago Tribe and its Members

August 22, 2011 Talishia Sears, Web Communications Intern, USDA

Cross posted from the White House Rural Champions of Change website: Lance Morgan is an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and President, CEO, and co-founder of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the award-winning economic development corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe.

USDA Results Rural

Youth Workers Improve Los Padres Wilderness Trails

August 22, 2011 Jennifer Gray, USDA Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest

Recovery Act funding spurs a renaissance in backcountry trail maintenance. This year, visitors to the Los Padres National Forest, near Goleta, Calif., are seeing widespread wilderness trail improvements thanks to Recovery Act funds. Nearly $2.3 million was allocated to the forest for wilderness...

Initiatives Forestry

Five Families in Monticello Begin Building New Homes Utilizing Rural Development Housing Funds

August 22, 2011 Katherine Belcher, KY Rural Development, Public Information Coordinator

Dozens of people gathered in Monticello, Ky., on Wednesday to break ground on a project in which five local families began the process of building their own homes. Great partnerships can lead to great projects – and this event highlighted several strategic partners that worked incredibly hard to...

Rural