2009 National RC&D Week

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: September 15, 2009

Contact:

Pembina Trail RC&D, (218) 253-2646 Ext. 4

Pembina Trail Resource Conservation & Development Council Celebrates National RC&D Week-September 20-26, 2009

Pembina Trail Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council joins the 375 RC&D Councils across the country in celebrating “RC&D Week”. The week of September 20-26, 2009 is designed to raise greater public awareness of Resource Conservation & Development councils and their activities in local communities. National RC&D week coincides with the anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962 which established the RC&D program that covers 85% of the United States and its territories. 

Joan Smith Freeman, President of the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Council, expressed appreciation to the thousands of RC&D Council members who celebrate the National Community Service that Resource Conservation & Development councils provide to America. President Freeman affirmed “The strength of RC&D is that local people create solutions for local needs.  In these times of economic downturn, RC&D councils are invaluable in solving community problems in conservation and community development.  RC&D Councils are far too important to go unnoticed in our communities.”

The Pembina Trail Resource Conservation & Development council’s mission is “to provide leadership and assistance in coordinating the development of our human and natural resources”.  The council is made up of local leaders who volunteer their time.  Pembina Trail RC&D’s service area includes the counties of Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk and Norman.  The RC&D area is locally organized, sponsored and led.  Because of this, local people can come together to make choices for their communities – working on projects for land conservation, land management, water management, community development, or something unique to their particular area.  The council determines area needs and creates solutions.  Some of the projects the Pembina Trail RC&D council has been involved in recently include installing dry hydrants for rural fire protection, securing grant dollars to help combat weed problems and sponsoring grazing tours to assist area producers with implementing rotational grazing systems.

If you would like to become a volunteer for Pembina Trail RC&D, or have a project requiring technical assistance, please contact the office at 218-253-2646 extension 4 for more information.  To learn more about the Pembina Trail RC&D visit our new website at http://www.pembinatrailrcd.org and for information on the NRCS RC&D program in Minnesota, please visit http://www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/rcd.

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 The Pembina Trail RC&D prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

For More Information Contact:

Pembina Trail Resource Conservation & Development Association, Incorporated
2605 Wheat Drive, Red Lake Falls, MN 56750
Tel: (218) 253-2646 Ext. 4
FAX: (218) 253-4112
Internet: pembina@yahoo.com

The Pembina Trail (RC&D ) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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