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 What is an RC&D?
A not-for-profit organization, Huron Pines was established in 1973 as part of the Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) effort. Organized by the US Department of Agriculture, the RC&D effort is a national network of locally led, non-governmental organizations that work to help identify local problems, develop and implement solutions, and help bring the technical and financial resources to their service areas.
The program is administerd through the USDA by the
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
Huron Pines- A Working Partnership
For Huron Pines, our partnership with the USDA-NRCS gives our organization the opportunity to access project help in the areas of engineering, surveying, mapping, soils, and wildlife management. This technical support helps our organization to do more across Northeast Michigan than we could otherwise get accomplished.
Additionally, we’re able to partner our efforts to offer training opportunities to other groups, such as watershed associations and Conservation Districts. We are pleased to have Perry Smeltzer, District Conservationist; Andrea Paladino, Engineer; and Steve Rodock, Soil Scientist, as NRCS staff assigned to Huron Pines to assist with meeting the needs of our region.
Quarterly Partner Report
Fall 2008
There are eight RC&Ds in the state  of Michigan:
To learn more about the program, visit NRCS- RC&D in Michigan.
To learn more about other RC&D programs in the state, please check out any of the links below or download the quarterly report put out by the Michigan Association of RC&D Councils.
Huron Pines serves the 11 county region of Michigan’s Northeast Lower Peninsula. While Huron Pines focuses much of its energy on water resource protection, habitat improvement, and leadership programs designed to help like-minded nonprofit partners, other RC&D organizations across the nation take on activities that meet the local needs of their own service areas. |
