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About Caribbean Area NRCS

Updated 04/04/2013

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is a natural resources and environmental agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. NRCS in the Caribbean Area provides services to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. NRCS manages and administers several programs and initiatives, and works in partnership with 17 Soil Conservation Districts in Puerto Rico and one in the U.S. Virgin Islands. NRCS provides technical assistance, free of cost, to land users to solve their natural resources challenges and assist them in maintaining and improving their economic viability.

MISSION: To provide leadership and administer programs to help conserve, improve, and sustain our natural resources and environment.

VISION: A team dedicated to customer needs in harmony with the natural resources.

POLICY STATEMENT: We are committed to consistently fulfill our customers expectations in regards to their diversity.

For More Information

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Caribbean Area Business Plan - FY2012 (PDF, 63 KB) - new!
76 Years of Conservation History in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (PDF, 5.7 MB) - new!

For more information about the Caribbean Area NRCS, please contact your local USDA Service Center or Field Office, listed in the telephone book under U.S. Department of Agriculture, or your local conservation district. National NRCS information is available at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/.

For additional information related to Human Resources, please contact: Elizabeth Hernández at 787-766-5206 x.129.

For comments about this webpage, please contact: Julie Wright

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