NRCS Texas Recognizes Earth Team Volunteer

Temple, Texas – December 5, 2007.  The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has named Roy Mills of Nacogdoches, Texas, as its Earth Team Volunteer of the year for 2007.
“Mr. Mills has done an outstanding job of providing information about services and programs offered by federal, state, and local agencies specifically for limited resource producers and minority landowners,” said Donald W. Gohmert, NRCS state conservationist for Texas. “This work has opened the door for many landowners to take advantage of the conservation technical assistance NRCS offers.”

Mills began serving as an Earth Team volunteer in 2004 at the NRCS field office in Nacogdoches, Texas. He is a longtime rancher and a retired agricultural instructor at Nacogdoches High School. He has also served as chairperson for Region 3 of the Texas Small Farmers and Ranchers Community Based Organization (CBO) since July 2004. The CBO focuses on outreach to limited resource and minority/female agricultural producers. He routinely volunteers about two hours a week. In 2007, he worked nearly 90 hours for NRCS.

The Earth Team is NRCS’s volunteer workforce. It is open to all persons 14 years and older who are interested in helping conserve natural resources. Opportunities for volunteering are available in all NRCS offices throughout Texas and the nation.
 
For more information, contact the local office of NRCS located in the USDA Service Center, look at our Web site, www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov, or call 254-742-9800 in Temple, Texas.

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Roy Mills, middle, received his Texas 2007 Earth Team Volunteer of the Year Award from Troy Mumphrey, left, NRCS limited resource specialist, Tyler, Texas; and Al Schmidt, right, NRCS natural resource manager, Nacogdoches, Texas.

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