NRCS Meeting
The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Idaho will hold its State Technical Advisory Committee meeting on October 20, 2026, from 9 a.m. to noon. This hybrid meeting can be attended in-person at the NRCS Idaho State Office located at 9173 W. Barnes Drive or virtually via Microsoft Teams. You may also call in at +1 202-650-0123, Phone Conference ID: 862 137 573 #
If you need accommodations (physical accessibility assistance, sign language interpreter, Braille, large print or alternative print formats, etc.), please notify Mindi Rambo by October 13, 2026, via email at Mindi.Rambo@usda.gov.
About the State Technical Advisory Committees (STAC)
State Technical Advisory Committees (STAC) serve in an advisory capacity to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and other agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the implementation of the natural resources conservation provisions of Farm Bill legislation. Committees are intended to include members from a wide variety of natural resource and agricultural interests.
Chaired by the NRCS State Conservationist in each State, these Committees are composed of representatives from Federal and State natural resource agencies, American Indian Tribes, agricultural and environmental organizations, and agricultural producers. Individuals or groups wanting to participate as members on a State Technical Committee may speak to the State Conservationist regarding their interest at any time during the year.
The NRCS Idaho STAC meets semi-annually to provide information, analysis, and recommendations to appropriate NRCS officials, who strongly consider their input on the following:
Provide information, analysis, and recommendations to NRCS Idaho on resource concerns, conservation priorities and criteria for natural resources conservation activities and programs, including application, practices,and program payment ranking and funding criteria, recommended percentages for the state.
Identify emerging natural resource concerns and program needs.
Recommend conservation practice standards and specifications.
Recommend state and national program policy based on resource data.
Review activities of the local working groups to ensure State priorities are being addressed locally.
Make recommendations to the State Conservationist on requests and recommendations from local working groups.
