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Earth Team Volunteers

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Volunteers Make a Difference in Louisiana!

What is the Earth Team?

In 1981, Congress authorized the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), formerly the Soil Conservation Service, to accept volunteers to increase soil and water conservation efforts, and to do this by working closely with Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

Earth Team volunteers work side by side with professionals from NRCS, helping protect and conserve the earth's natural resources. By volunteering, you will help your community, your country and our earth. Earth team members also meet new people, learn new skills and help accomplish conservation work throughout the state. It's fun and easy. The mission of the Earth Team is to provide an effective volunteer workforce within NRCS to help people conserve, improve and sustain our resources and environment.

Volunteers can help expand efforts in soil and water conservation. Anyone 14 years or older and interested in saving our precious soil and water can join the Earth Team. Volunteers may work part-time, full-time, outdoors or in an NRCS office. Help reduce soil erosion, conserve our water and improve its quality, carry the conservation message to schools, and take pride in our country's natural resource heritage. Whatever your talents or interests, there is a volunteer opportunity for you.

 

What Can You Do?

On the Land

In the Community

In the Office
  • Soil Mapping
  • Surveying
  • Water Sampling
  • Establishing Wildlife Habitat
  • Native Grass Seeding
  • Resource Inventories
  • Conservation
    Practice Layout
  • Planting Trees
  • Conservation Planning
  • Photography
  • Conservation Education
  • Writing
  • Special Tours & Fairs
  • Conservation
    Youth Groups
  • Outdoor Classrooms & Nature Areas
  • Public Speaking
  • Drafting
  • Computer Data Entry
  • Map Interpretations
  • Typing
  • Telephoning
  • Editing
  • Reception
  • Filing

 


For more Earth Team program information, contact your nearest coordinator.

Title

Name

Address/Phone Number

E-mail Address
Louisiana State Volunteer Coordinator Sandra Plunkett 3737 Government Street
Alexandria, Louisiana 71302
Telephone: 318-473-7763		 sandra.plunkett@la.usda.gov
Area 1 - NRCS Coordinator
 		 Bobbie Wall 216 B Broadway
Minden, Louisiana 71055
Telephone: 318-377-3950		 bobbie.wall@la.usda.gov
Area 1 - District Coordinator
 		 Angela Dennis 216 B Broadway
Minden, Louisiana 71055
Telephone: 318-377-3950		 angela.dennis@la.nacdnet.net
Area 2 - NRCS Coordinator
 		 Barton Devillier (Bart) 905 Jefferson Street, Suite 310
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
Telephone: 337-262-6601		 bart.devillier@la.usda.gov
Area 2 - District Coordinator
 		 Gayle Roussel P.O. Box 72
Convent, Louisiana 70723
Telephone: 225-562-2335		 gayle.roussel@la.nacdnet.net
Area 3 - NRCS Coordinator Brian Baiamonte 1402 Hawn Avenue
Shreveport, Louisiana 71107
Telephone: 318-676-3461		 brian.baiamonte@la.usda.gov
Area 3 - District Coordinator Erica Baxley 1311 Ringgold Avenue
Coushatta, Louisiana 71019
Telephone: 318-932-4352		 erica.baxley@la.nacdnet.net

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Last Modified: 06/26/2008

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