U.S. Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Wisconsin State Office, 6515 Watts Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53719
Contact: Renae Anderson, NRCS, 608-276-8732x227
August 16, 2002
News
Leavenworth Selected for Washington Position
Patricia Leavenworth, State Conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Wisconsin for the past eight years, has been selected to serve in a key post with the agency in Washington, D.C., for the next four months. She will be acting Deputy Chief for Programs, a critical position as the new Farm Bill conservation programs begin to be implemented. Funding for conservation work was increased by 80 percent in this farm bill, including major funding increases for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the new Conservation Security Program.
Don Baloun will be acting State Conservationist for Wisconsin until Leavenworth returns, which is anticipated to be by January, 2003. He was previously Assistant State Conservationist in charge of Programs, including the Resource Conservation and Development program.
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