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Science and Technology: Delivering
Science and Technology: Delivering
MISSION:
GOALS:
Identify and meet field staff
needs
for scientific and technical information
Deliver training and information to the field in a
timely and efficient manner
Respond to requests for information, research, and
technology development from the field
Provide scientific and technical support to program
implementation
Priority Issues
for the
Science and Technology
Consortium
DROUGHT
Water Supply
Water Conservation
Ground Water Decline
N um ber o f Dam s
AGING WATERSHEDS
700
PL-566
Pilot/RC&D
PL-534
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Year
FLOODS
Program Requirements
Customer Needs
OTHER GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
OTHER COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES
CENTERS
INSTITUTES
Grazing Lands Technology
Natural Resources Inventory and Analysis
Social Sciences
Soil Quality
Watershed Science
Wetland Science
Wildlife Habitat Management
Grazing Lands
Technology Institute
Science-based,
ecologically and
economically sound
technology that
meets the needs of
owners and
managers of
grazing lands.
Provides a focused
effort to meet the plant
information needs of
the agency and its
partners activities.
National Water
Management Center
NATIONAL
AGROFORESTRY CENTER
A partnership between the
Forest Service and NRCS
that conducts research on
forested buffers, and
develops and delivers
technology on agroforestry
practices.
PLANT MATERIALS
CENTERS
Develop improved plants and plant technology for
natural resource conservation. Native plants are
promoted as a healthy way to solve
conservation problems.
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