Presenter: Mike Berger

Commission Agenda Item No. 3
Briefing
Cooperative Projects with the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
November 2003

I. Executive Summary: This item is a presentation by Dr. Larry Butler, state conservationist for the NRCS, who will apprise the Commission of the major conservation provisions of the federal Farm Bill, and a new cooperative agreement between NRCS and TPWD that will facilitate an expansion of technical assistance services to private landowners.