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Welcome to the NRCS Louisiana state
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The second major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season,
Hurricane Gustav, made landfall along the Louisiana coast on September
1, 2008 near the unincorporated village of Cocodrie in Terrebonne
Parish. Clocking in at just 1 mph below a category 3 hurricane, this
category 2 storm downgraded to a tropical storm as it made its way
through central Louisiana. On September 3, Gustav had diminished in
strength and moved into Arkansas.
Before making landfall in the US, Gustav caused severe destruction and
casualties throughout the Caribbean, Cuba and then eventually the same
in the United States. As of September 5, 132 deaths had been attributed
to Gustav in the U.S. and Caribbean, and damage is predicted at 22
billion.
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The following information will provide a basic overview of Title II
of the new Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. Title II provides
the legislation for conservation under the new bill. Title II is
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing that
the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) has been renewed through Title II of
the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, better known as the Farm
Bill. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) administers WRP.
Many of the provisions of the Farm Bill will become effective October 1,
2008. There has been an immediate change in easement compensation. The
change in easement compensation is to the lowest of the following: fair
market value of the land enrolled based on either a Uniform Standards of
Professional Appraisal Practices appraisal or market survey, geographic
cap established by the Secretary, or the landowner offer.
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This is a success story of a small scale cattleman by the name of
Antonio “Tony” Barcellona. Mr. Barcellona retired from Bell South after
30 years of service. His farm located in East Baton Rouge parish near
Zachery, Louisiana, is approximately 72 acres. Over a third of the
acreage which he and his wife, Andree, have called home for 23 years is
forestland. Since 1990, he has owned four or five cows. In 2007, he
decided to become more involved in the cattle industry by expanding his
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Last Modified: 09/22/2008
The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership
in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural
resources and environment.
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