USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NRCS
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Regional_Conservation_Partnership_Program
gptkb:Agricultural_Conservation_Easement_Program
gptkb:Conservation_Stewardship_Program
gptkb:Emergency_Watershed_Protection_Program
gptkb:Environmental_Quality_Incentives_Program
gptkbp:authority gptkb:Soil_Conservation_and_Domestic_Allotment_Act_of_1935
gptkbp:budget over $4 billion (2023)
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:tribal_governments
state agencies
private landowners
local conservation districts
gptkbp:director CEO
gptkbp:employs gptkb:engineer
conservationists
biologists
soil scientists
gptkbp:focus gptkb:wildlife
air quality
energy conservation
soil conservation
water conservation
gptkbp:formed 1935
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Soil_Conservation_Service
gptkbp:hasFieldOffices gptkb:Caribbean_Area
gptkb:Puerto_Rico
gptkb:Pacific_Basin
all 50 states
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
gptkbp:logo https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/styles/scale_1200/public/2022-10/NRCS-Logo.png
gptkbp:mission conservation of natural resources
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees ~10,000 (2023)
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Agriculture
gptkbp:providesService technical assistance to farmers
financial assistance for conservation
gptkbp:publishes conservation practice standards
soil surveys
gptkbp:renamed 1994
gptkbp:website https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soil
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5