The Natural Resources Conservation Service is sponsoring a public meeting regarding the new National Water Quality Initiative. The meeting will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Delta Rivers Nature Center in Regional Park.
Organizers will inform producers about the initiative designed to assist them in improving the water quality in three impaired watersheds in Jefferson and Lincoln counties.
“The Water Quality Initiative will further NRCS’ partnership efforts to improve water quality using voluntary actions on private lands,” said Mike Sullivan, NRCS state conservationist. “This initiative is a focused approach in areas facing significant natural resource challenges. It bolsters the positive results of landscape conservation initiatives NRCS and its partners already have underway.”
Through this effort, eligible producers in Cousart Bayou-Little Cypress Bayou, Upper Deep Bayou and Lower Deep Bayou watersheds will invest in voluntary conservation actions to help provide cleaner water, officials said.
The selected watersheds were identified with help from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts, University of Arkansas and other partners.
Details Contact: Reginald Jackson at USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service at (501) 301-3133.