Fuels Reduction Projects Enhance Traveler Safety, Support Green Energy

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) Right-of-Way (ROW) Fuels Reduction project included wildfire threat reduction and increased safety along two highways that run through Lincoln County. Contractors and Nevada Division of Forestry Conservation Camp hand crews removed Pinyon and Juniper trees that have been encroaching on Highway 93 and State Route 319 through the Cedars, Caliente Summit, and Panaca areas.  On the Cedars section, crews cut and chipped Pinyon and Juniper trees on nearly 440 acres.  Workers hauled the materials from this project to the Northern Nevada Correctional Center's cogeneration facility in Carson City, where the chips satisfied eight full days of plant operations and saved the prison $20,000 in electricity and natural gas costs. Workers cut and chipped another 250 acres of Pinyon/Juniper on the Caliente Summit for nutrient replenishing and erosion and weed control.  Firewood was given to local senior citizens.  There are quite a few partners involved in this project," said Nevada State Forester Pete Anderson.  The Nevada Division of Forestry anticipated treatment of 1,680 acres and creation of 24 jobs.  Since the start of the Lincoln County project 37 positions have been funded.

 

 

Permalink  |  Posted: 04:02PM Apr 20, 2010 by Gwen Ernstulrich in USDA Web Site  |  Add Your Comment Here [0]

feeding the hungry

Thanks to the President and Congress, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 included $20 billion in additional funding to provide food to those most in need. It also provides infrastructure support to the National School Lunch Program, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations – to make them even stronger. We know there are people in every community who face hunger and need help. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service oversees 15 nutrition assistance programs that form a national safety net against hunger. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, is our largest nutrition program serving more than 33 million people each month, half of whom are children. In April 2009, SNAP helped 202,331 people in Nevada put more healthy food on the table, reaching 39 percent more people than the previous year. The beauty of the program is that it expands and contracts based on economic conditions. ARRA money provides participating SNAP families of four, for instance, an additional $80 each month to purchase nutritious food. Helping the hungry in our communities not only provides needed assistance, but helps all of us by stimulating local economies. Every $5 in new SNAP benefits generates over $9 in total economic activity – both within local communities and well beyond. The diets of low-income Americans are improved every day because of nutrition assistance programs. If you know someone in need, please have them call the SNAP toll-free number, 1-800-221-5689 or visit www.fns.usda.gov. Together, we can work toward the President’s mandate to end childhood hunger by 2015 and improve the lives of our youngest Americans.

Permalink  |  Posted: 09:38AM Jul 31, 2009 by Jean Daniel in USDA Web Site  |  Add Your Comment Here [0]

Lander County Combined Sewer and Water District #2

Lander County Combined Sewer and Water District #2

How Rural Development Funds Will Be Used:

• Project will include the relocation of wastewater treatment ponds and 9,000 linear feet of interceptor line
• Project will bring the small rural town of Austin’s wastewater treatment system into compliance with the Clean Water Act.
• Project will bring the wastewater system into compliance with the State of Nevada Division of Environmental Protection discharge permit
• Project will directly benefit the 470 rural community residents of Austin NV

Permalink  |  Posted: 11:59AM Jul 17, 2009 by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site  |  Add Your Comment Here [0]

City of Yerington

City of Yerington

How Rural Development Funds Will Be Used:

• Project will provide for the replacement of two vehicles for the City of Yerington’s Public Works Department.
• The new vehicles will be utilized to oversee all community services such as streets, utilities, parks and animal control.
• Project will directly benefit the 2,798 rural community residents of Yerington NV

Permalink  |  Posted: 11:54AM Jul 17, 2009 by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site  |  Add Your Comment Here [0]

City of Wells –Silver Sage Senior Citizens Center

City of Wells –Silver Sage Senior Citizens Center

How Rural Development Funds Will Be Used,:

• Project will provide ADA access ramp into the Silver Sage Senior Center to enhance accessibility for all visitors to the center.
• Project will replace and upgrade the fire suppression system in the kitchen to meet the National Fire Protection Association current fire codes.
• Silver Sage Senior Center provides 46 meals daily at the center and home delivery.

Permalink  |  Posted: 11:48AM Jul 17, 2009 by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site  |  Add Your Comment Here [0]

Tell Us Your Story

USDA is implementing the $28 billion provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This Funding will help jumpstart the Nation's economy, create or save millions of jobs and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. Our efforts will help modernize our nation's infrastructure, revitalize rural communities, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need. Give us your feedback and tell us how the Recovery Act is helping in your local communities.

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Permalink  |  Posted: 04:24PM Apr 29, 2009 by NITC Blog Admin in USDA Recovery Act  |  Add Your Comment Here [0]

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