Each year, from March through May, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Texas county field office staff and their conservation partners at Soil and Water Conservation Districts host Local Work Group meetings across the entire state.These meetings provide a forum to outline future conservation needs, identify conservation resource concerns and set priorities for a given resource area.The Dawson County planning meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on April 5 at the USDA’s Lamesa Cotton Classing Office, 806 N. Elgin Ave. For more information on that meeting, contact Hal Rogers at 806-319-1868 or e-mail: hal.rogers@usda. gov“These Local Work Group Meetings serve ...