NRCS and Mississippi Department of Archives and History Sign Cultural Resources Agreement

To show implementation of cultural resource policies by NRCS, respect for history and conservation planning with clients, NRCS and the Mississippi Department of Archives History recently signed an agreement to work as partners in protecting Mississippi's cultural resource heritage.

"This is a good day when two government agencies can sign an agreement like this to help protect and conserve state historical properties, " stated Hank Holmes, Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives State Historical Preservation Office.

The agreement will allow NRCS to effectively ensure that effects of conservation activities on historic properties are thoroughly considered in the earliest planning stages and that protection of historic properties is accomplished as efficiently as possible.

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