The earth needs you--join our team

10 Pages·1992·0.41 MB·English

by  United States. Department of Agriculture

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UnitedStates The Needs You
Earth
Departmentof
Agriculture
Our Te^m
Soil
Join
Conservation
Service
ProgramAid
No. 1451
Volunteers for SotfiarKd^Wcrfe^DCpnservcition
.
So you're interested in joining opportunities available. Office support services include
opportunities in computer data entry, typing, filing,
Team.
tiie Eartii • computer programming, and conservation information.
There are opportunities for everyone.
Who Can Volunteer
ureals We need your help in reducing soil erosion, Anyone 16years ofage or olderand interested in
conserving ourwaterand improving its quality, and conserving our precious natural resources can join the
developing pride in ourcountry's natural resource Earth Team. You can work part time orfull time.
heritage. Your commitment to the Earth Team will help
ensure thatgenerations to come will enjoyAmerica's
bounty.
The Earth Team, the volunteerarm ofthe U.S.
Department ofAgriculture's Soil Conservation Service
(SCS), is now recruiting volunteers in more than 3,000
locations across the country. Make a difference inyour
community—become an Earth Team volunteer.
As an Earth Team volunteer,you'll work with
professionals on conservation activities inyour
community. Whateveryour talents or interests, there is
avolunteer opportunity foryou. Technical assistance is
needed to plan, lay out, and design conservation
practices; to make natural resource inventories; and to
improve wildlife habitat. Schools and community
groups benefit from the conservation tours and exhibits
thatvolunteers can organize. Taking photographs,
writing articles, speaking to communitygroups, and
producing artwork and publications are some ofthe
.
So you're interested in joining opportunities available. Office support services include evenings orweekends, outdoors or in a local SCS You alsowill have manyopportunities togain
opportunities in computer data entry, typing, filing, office. professional wor1< experience, and you may discover
tlie Eartli Team. computer programming, and conservation information. lifetime career. You may earn academic creditwhile
. There are opportunities for everyone. Why Volunteer for the Earth Team working with the Earth Team.
As a member ofthe Earth Team,you'll be involved in
Who Can Volunteer conservation at the action level—helping farmers,
Great! We need your help in reducing soil erosion, Anyone 16years ofage or olderand interested in ranchers, and other landowners reduce wind and water
conserving our waterand improving its quality, and conserving our precious natural resources can join the erosion, keep streams clear, conserve water, enhance
developing pride in ourcountry's natural resource Earth Team. You can work parttime or full time. wildlife habitat, and reduce upstream flooding.
heritage. Your commitment to the Earth Team will help
ensure thatgenerations to come will enjoyAmerica's
bounty.
The Earth Team, the volunteerarm ofthe U.S.
Department ofAgriculture's Soil Conservation Service
(SCS), is now recruiting volunteers in more than 3,000 lit
locations across the country. Make a difference in your 1
community—become an Earth Team volunteer.
As an Earth Team volunteer,you'll work with
professionals on conservation activities in your
community. Whateveryour talents or interests, there is
a volunteer opportunity foryou. Technical assistance is
needed to plan, lay out, and design conservation
practices; to make natural resource inventories: and to
improve wildlife habitat. Schools and community
groups benefit from the conservation tours and exhibits
thatvolunteers can organize. Taking photographs, Earth Team volunteers help carry the
writing articles, speaking to communitygroups, and messageofresourceconservation to
producing artwork and publicationsare some ofthe schools.
Volunteers help SCSand districts respond to
tlie planning needs offarmers, ranchers,and
other land users.
Where Volunteers Can Help
On the Land—v^th professional conservationists who
are working directly with farmers and ranchers.
In schools—v^th high school, college, and university
students. Through camps and cliisses,you can
introduceyoung people to the wonders ofnature.
With organizations-youth groups, professional
societies, or civic groups. All types oforganizations are
joining together to sponsor water quality education
campaigns, community beautification, and erosion
control projects. Cooperative Earth Team efforts can
help solve many natural resource problems inyour area.
In offices—where SCS oryour conservation district
may want to useyour talents for clerical cissistance,
organizing information in a computer, preparing
newsletters, or educating others about natural resource
conservation.
How to Volunteer
It's easy to join the Earth Team. Here's whatyou do:
Contact the Volunteer Coordinator in your State, the
address ofwhich appears on the back ofthis brochure.
Volunteers in SCS offices provide important Let the coordinator knowthatyou're interested in
clerical help that includes data entry, taking joining the Earth Team.
phone calls,and greetingvisitors.
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Service office directly. Your interestand skills will be St^te C^ces Connecticut
matched with the projects that need to be done inyour 16 Professional Park
community. Alabama Storrs, Cr06268-1299
665 Opelika Road (203) 487-401
Auburn,AL36830 Delaware
[phone] 1203 College Park Drive
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Suite
Alaska
Suite 300 Dover, DE 19901
201 East9thAvenue [phone]
Anchorage,AK99501-3687 Florida
[phone] Federal Building
Arizona 401 S.E. 1st Avenue
Suite 200 Gainesville, FL 32601
201 East Indianola [phone]
Phoenix,AZ85012 Georgia
[phone] Federal Building
Arkansas 355 East HancockAvenue
Athens, GA 30601
Federal Office Bldg.,
Room 5404 [phone]
700WestCapitol Street Guam
Uttle Rock,AR 72201 414WestSoledad Avenue
[phone] GCIC Building, Suite 602
Califomia Agana, GU 96910
2121-C 2nd St., Suite 102 [phone]
Davis, CA95616 Hawaii
[phone] 300 AlaMoana Boulevard
Colorado Room 4316
655 ParfetStreet, Honolulu, HI 96850
Room E200C [phone]
Ukewood, CO 80215-5517
Give agiftto futuregenerations—join the [phone]
Eartli Team. Togetherwe can preserve
America's bounty.
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Room 124 Bangor, ME 04401 * * 601 Business Loop, 70 West Room 3301
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Boise, ID 83705 [phone] Columbia, 65203 Albuquerque, 87102
[phone] Maryland (314) 876-091 [phone]
Illinois John Hanson Business Center Montana New York
1902 Fox Drive 339 Busch's Frontage Road Federal Building, Room 443 James M. Hanley Federal
Champaign, IL 61820 Suite 301 10 East Babcock Building
[phone] Annapolis, MD 21401 Bozeman, MT 59715 Room 771
Indiana [phone] [phone] 100 South Clinton Street
6013 Lal<eside Boulevard Massachusetts Nebraska Syracuse, NY 13260
Indianapolis, IN 46278 451 West Street Federal Building, Room 345 [phone]
[phone] Amherst, MA 01002 100 Centennial Mall, North North Carolina
Iowa [phone] Lincoln, NE 68508 4405 Bland Road, Suite 205
693 Federal Building Michigan [phone] Raleigh, NC 27609
210Walnut Street 1405 South Harrison Road Nevada [phone]
Des Moines, lA 50309 Room 101 5301 Longley Lane North Dakota
[phone] East Lansing, MI 48823 Building F, Suite 201 Federal Building, Room 278
Kansas [phone] Reno, NV 8951 220 East Rosser Avenue
760 South Broadway Minnesota [phone] Bismarck, ND 58502
Salina, KS 67401 600 Farm Credit Building New Hampshire [phone]
[phone] 375 Jackson Street Federal Building Ohio
Kentucky St. Paul, MN 55101-1854 Durham, NH 03824 Room 522
77 Corporate Drive [phone] [phone] 200 North High Street
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[phone] 100 West Capitol Street Somerset, NJ 08873
Louisiana Jackson, MS 39269 [phone]
3737 GovernmentStreet [phone]
Alexandria, LA 71302
[phone]
Oklahoma South Carolina Vermon^ National Technical
Agricultural Center Building Strom Thurmond Federal Centers
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Federal Building, 16th Floor South Dai(Ota Richmond, VA 23240 Lincoln, NE 68508-3866
1220S.W. Third Avenue Federal Building [phone] [phone]
Portland, OR97204 200 4th Street, SW Washington
[phone] Huron, SD 57350 3 6 Boone Avenue Northeast
Pennsylvania [phone] Su1ite450 Northeast National Technical
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All programsand services ofthe U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, are offered on a
nondiscriminatorybasiswithout regard to race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or handicap. Slightly revised February 1992.