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During the 2023 Annual Meeting, the ARCSE Plan of Work and Strategic Plan were approved. ARCSE Plan of Work and the ARCSE Strategic Plan Pictures from the 2023 ARCSE Annual Meeting in Des Moines Recent Folk music from Bill Ward, our Regional VP for the West Region. The biggest news, the Signed MOU between NRCSContinue reading “2023 Meeting Updates”

Iowa’s Agriculture Conservation History Presentation, Presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting https://arcse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/8-7-23-iowas-agriculture-conservation-history_.pptx

Brian Peterson – ARCSE member, Iowa: ARCSE Outstanding Community Service Award This year Brian Peterson is recognized by ARCSE for his extensive volunteer contributions to school, church, community, and conservation. He and his wife reside in the small town of Corning in southwestern Iowa. After a productive career with SCS and NRCS staring in 1968,Continue reading “2023 ARCSE Award Winners”

ARCSE Members This message is being sent for your information on behalf of Julie MacSwain, who is the new President of the Association of Retired Conservation Service Employees (ARCSE). See the message below that was sent to NRCS leadership, announcing the signed MOU between the ARCSE and the NRCS (copy attached). The MOU will provideContinue reading “Signed MOU between NRCS and ARCSE”

Here’s the Election results for ARCSE. Mary Podoll, President Elect. The four regional vice-presidents were eligible to be re-elected and have agreed to serve in their roles the next 2 years. Melvin Womack, East VP, Bill Ward, West VP, Bill Kuenstler, South VP, and Rebecca Fletcher, Midwest VP. Additionally, please note: Arnold King will beContinue reading “Election results for ARCSE”

NRCS team,  As I’ve said many times recently, we have been given a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help more producers help the land than ever before with Inflation Reduction Act funding. But we know that we can’t provide great customer service or balance the higher workload for current staff without recruiting new staff to our team.  Continue reading “From the Chief, 4,000 new staff”

By Julie A. MacSwain Thank you ARCSE members for embracing our ARCSE Facebook site. Engagement between our members and others following our social media site is important. Your efforts are both valued and appreciated. If you have some photos from your NRCS and/or SCS career, please consider the opportunity of sharing! Our ARCSE Facebook siteContinue reading “Photo Sharing Opportunity”

–Julie MacSwain ARCSE launched its Facebook site in the summer of 2021. The engagement from the ARCSE membership and others is certainly appreciated. If you have any Historical Conservation Photos or NRCS photo memories that you’d like to share, please send Julie MacSwain, ARCSE Facebook Administrator, an email at: juliemacswain@gmail.com. Include a photo in aContinue reading “ARCSE Facebook“

The information below was sent out recently by NRCS Chief Cosby to ALL NRCS employees. Note the content below: “One of my priorities is to cultivate a complete and diverse workforce that has the right tools, technologies, and training to achieve our mission. We are employing strategic recruitment and hiring practices to support this priority,Continue reading “National NRCS Hiring Video”

Join us in welcoming Kailey Thompson to the SWCS staff for the summer! As the Student Leader Project Intern, Kailey will work remotely to develop a conference session for students and assist in the operations of the 77th SWCS International Annual Conference. She will also work with our intern sponsor and partner, Association of RetiredContinue reading “Join us in welcoming Kailey Thompson to the ARCSE for the summer! ”