resources on unreclaimed mine land. It conservation, wetland and water storage provides technical and financial capacity, agricultural drought problems, assistance to land users who voluntarily rural development, municipal and enter into 5- to 10-year contracts for the industrial water needs, upstream flood reclamation of eligible land and water. damages, and water needs for fish, Small Watersheds Program The wildlife, and forest-based industries. program helps local sponsoring groups Types of surveys and plans include to voluntarily plan and install watershed watershed plans, river basin surveys and protection projects on private lands. studies, flood hazard analysis, and flood These projects include flood prevention, plain management assistance. The focus water quality improvement, soil erosion of these plans is to identify solutions that and sediment reduction, rural and use land treatment and nonstructural municipal water supply, irrigation water measures to solve resource problems. management, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, and wetlands restoration. Wetlands Reserve Program Under this The Service helps local community program, USDA purchases easements from agricultural land owners who groups, government entities, and private landowners working together using an voluntarily agree to restore and protect integrated, comprehensive watershed wetlands. Service employees help these approach to natural resource planning. owners develop plans to retire critical Snow Survey and Water Supply wetland habitat from crop production. Forecasting Program This program The primary objectives are to preserve collects snowpack moisture data and and restore wetlands, improve wildlife forecasts seasonal water supplies for habitat, and protect migratory waterfowl. streams that derive most of their water Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program from snowmelt. It helps farm operators, This program provides financial rural communities, and municipalities incentives to develop habitats for fish manage water resources through water and wildlife on private lands. supply forecasts. It also provides Participants agree to implement a hydrometeorological data for regulating wildlife habitat development plan, and reservoir storage and managing USDA agrees to provide cost-share streamflow. The Snow Supply Program is assistance for the initial implementation conducted in the Western States and of wildlife habitat development Alaska. practices. USDA and program Watershed Surveys and Planning This participants enter into a cost-share program assists Federal, State, and local agreement for wildlife habitat agencies and tribal governments in development, which generally lasts a protecting watersheds from damage minimum of 10 years from the date that caused by erosion, floodwater, and the contract is signed. sediment and conserves and develops water and land resources. Resource For further information, contact the Management Services Division, Natural Resources Conservation concerns addressed by the program Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890, include water quality, water Washington, DC 20013. Phone, 202-690-4811. Graduate School, U.S. Department of Agriculture Executive Director JERRY ICE The Graduate School was established by selected because of their professional act of May 15, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 2201). It and specialized knowledge and is a continuing education school offering experience and thus bring a practicality career-related training to adults. Courses and experience to their classrooms. are planned with the assistance of The school does not grant degrees but Government professionals and does provide planned sequences of specialists. The Graduate School's courses leading to certificates of objective is to improve Government accomplishment in a number of services by providing needed continuing occupational and career fields important education and training opportunities for to government. Training areas include Government employees and agencies. management, auditing, computer The faculty is mostly part-time and is science, communications, foreign drawn from throughout Government and language, procurement, financial the community at large. They are management, and others. For further information, contact the Communications Office, Graduate School, U.S. Department of Sources of Information food programs. Consumer Activities Educational, Department Special Examining Units. organizational, and financial assistance General employment information is is offered to consumers and their families available at www.usajobs.opm.gov. in such fields as rural housing and farm Whistleblower Hotline Persons wishing operating programs, improved nutrition, to register complaints of alleged family living and recreation, food stamp, improprieties concerning the Department school lunch, donated foods, and other should contact one of the regional offices or the Inspector General's Contracts and Small Business Activities whistleblower hotline. 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