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Florida NRCS Leadership
Florida NRCS Management Team
| State Conservationist |
Carlos Suarez,
State Conservationist |
The State Conservationist (STC) directs a staff of technical specialists in
the development of standards and techniques of applying a variety of
conservation practices and measures involving these technologies: agronomy,
plant materials, biology, agricultural economics, range, engineering,
forestry, hydrology, resource planning, soil science, and geology.
The STC maintains extensive contacts and coordinates NRCS programs and
activities with other federal agencies, state and local government
officials, public and private agencies, and other groups and individuals.
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| Assistant State Conservationist (Programs) |
Jeffrey Woods,
ASTC Programs |
The Assistant State Conservationist (ASTC) for Programs is responsible for
managing NRCS natural resource programs that provide environmental,
societal, financial, and technical benefits that not only include on-site
benefits such as sustaining and improving agricultural productivity, but
also other benefits such as cleaner, safer, and more dependable water
supplies, reduced damages caused by floods and other natural disasters, and
enhancing the natural resource base to support continuing economic
development, recreation, and other purposes. Programs include
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Wildlife Habitat Incentives
Program (WHIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).Conservation
Technical Assistance (CTA) Program , Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Grazinglands Reserve Program (GRP) and Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP).
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| Assistant State Conservationist (Strategic
Planning & Accountability) |
Theresa Chadwick,
ASTC Operations |
The Assistant State Conservationist (ASTC) for Operations is responsible for providing overall guidance, direction,
oversight and evaluation of Florida's operations. This includes:
establishing and communicating Florida's direction in the state's Business
Plan; estimating and requesting resources required to accomplish goals and
objectives; ensuring that agency operations are efficient and effective;
measuring and reporting on performance and ensuring that all programs and
services are delivered equitably. In addition, the ASTC is responsible for
managing the Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) program.
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| Assistant State Conservationist (Administration) |
Bruce Hawkins,
ASTC Administration |
The Assistant State Conservationist (ASTC) Administration is responsible for
the development and distribution of state policies, guidelines and
standards, and provides operational leadership for management services,
human resources management, financial management, civil rights, alternative
dispute resolution and ethics programs, correspondence management, and
administrative support. In addition, the ASTC is the liaison between Florida
NRCS and the Information Technology Service (OCIO).
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| State Resource Conservationist |
Greg Hendricks,
State Resource Conservationist |
The State Resource Conservationist (SRC) is responsible for carrying out the
agency's mission as it pertains to ecological sciences in the delivery of
technical assistance and programs to USDA clients. The SRC is responsible
for maintaining the National Planning Procedures Handbook, the Field Office
Technical Guide, as well as individual discipline manuals and handbooks used
in conservation planning and technical assistance delivery in Florida. The
SRC supervises an interdisciplinary team that includes an agronomist,
agricultural economist, biologist, plant materials specialist, GIS/GPS
coordinator, range management specialist, soil conservationist and a wetland
specialist. The principal functions of the SRC and staff are to, 1) ensure
that conservation planning provided to USDA clients meet agency standards,
2) that conservation planning addresses quality criteria for soil, water,
air, plants and animals, 3) that social and economic considerations are
addressed, and 4) environmental and cultural resource laws are observed
during the conservation planning process.
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| State Conservation Engineer |
Jesse Wilson,
State Conservation Engineer |
The State Conservation Engineer (SCE) is
responsible for developing a comprehensive engineering program that address
Florida’s resource concerns. The resource concerns vary considerably from
the rural areas of north Florida to the more urban areas of south Florida
and are complicated by Florida's sandy soils, high water table soils, karsts
topography, climate, environmentally sensitive areas, and large population
base. NRCS engineers provide technical assistance to landowners, partners,
consultants and others in solving erosion problems, planning and design of
water management systems (irrigation and drainage), planning and design of
agricultural waste management systems, planning and design of wetland
restoration projects, and water quality modeling. Florida NRCS engineers
develop technical tools and standards for use in the planning and design of
conservation practices that address Florida’s resource concerns. In
addition, the SCE is responsible for managing the Emergency
Watershed Protection Program (EWP). |
| State Soil Scientist |
Vacant,
State Soil Scientist |
The State Soil Scientist (SSS) is responsible for management of the Soil
Survey Program in Florida. This includes providing technical soil services
to a numerous external customers. The SSS supervises the soil survey project
leaders, cartographic staff and soil specialists who are responsible for the
soils database in Florida. SSS also conducts the National Resource Inventory
(NRI) for assessment of natural resource conditions and trends in the
Florida.
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| Area Conservationist |
Area Conservationist |
The Area Conservationist (AC) is responsible for the implementation of all Florida NRCS programs in their
area as directed by the STC. The AC works with District Conservationists to
administer NRCS programs to all clients in a fair and equitable manner and
in conformance with NRCS policy. The AC is responsible for ensuring that
clients receive high quality and timely technical assistance.
Jeff Norville
Administrative Area 1, Marianna
Frank Ellis -
Administrative Area 2, Lake City
Jeff White -
Administrative Area 3, Palmetto
Jeff Schmidt
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Administrative Area 4, West Palm Beach |
Last Modified 11/04/2008
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