The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Local Working Group will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. July 26 at the USDA Service Center, 220 Fluvanna Ave., Suite 600, Jamestown.

The group will focus on identifying agricultural and natural resource issues existing in the community and providing information and feedback to NRCS. Participants may be agricultural producers; owners of nonindustrial private forestland; representatives of agricultural and environmental organizations; and representatives of governmental agencies carrying out environmental, agricultural, or natural resource conservation programs and activities.

NRCS Local Working Groups are subcommittees of the NRCS State Technical Committee and provide recommendations on local natural resource priorities and Farm Bill program conservation activities. For information about the State Technical Committee, contact Angela VanDyke at angela.vandyke@usda.gov.

To participate in your Local Working Group, contact Bryan Nothdurft, district conservationist, at Bryan.Nothdurft@usda.gov.

Those interested in attending the July 26 local meeting are asked to make reservations by July 21.