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It is the policy of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to use the biological sciences (a) to develop and improve soil and water conservation measures that help  maintain fish and wildlife as integral components of all ecosystems such as forest, range, cropland, and aquatic ecosystems; (b) to protect the habitat of threatened and endangered species of plants and animals; (c) to safeguard unique ecosystems; (d) to develop and maintain an esthetically pleasing, high quality environment.  These goals form the basis for the development of the Biology Technical Standards, Biology Job Sheets and Biology Technical Notes found below.

Biology Job Sheet Links

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Adobe Acrobat document646 - Shallow Water Management for Wildlife Job sheet 

Adobe Acrobat document647 - Early Successional Habitat Development/Management - Feathering Wooded Edges

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 icon_word.gif643 - Restoration of Rare and Declining Habitats
 icon_word.gif645 - Wildlife Habitat Development Plan Job Sheet
 icon_word.gif645 - Wildlife Habitat Development Plan Job Sheet Supplement

icon_word.gif645 - Upland Wildlife Habitat Management - Wildlife Food Plot Job Sheet
icon_word.gif645 - Upland Wildlife Habitat Management - Wildlife Brush Pile Job Sheet

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) and other Program Job Sheet Links

Biology Technical Notes

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Adobe Acrobat documentBiology Technical Note -- Using Micro and Macrotopography in Wetland Restoration 

Adobe Acrobat documentBiology Technical Note -- Raptor Perch

Adobe Acrobat documentBiology Technical Note -- Wetland Plantings for Wildlife

Adobe Acrobat documentBiology Technical Note -- Wetland, Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus

Adobe Acrobat IconCopperbelly Water Snake Habitat Guidelines

Biology Links
Papers - Pamphlets

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Adobe Acrobat documentIDNR - Establishing Warm Season Grasses 

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Biology Technical Standards Links

The Indiana NRCS Biology Standards listed below can be found at the NRCS Indiana FOTG web site.  All Indiana Standards and Specifications require Adobe Acrobat IconAdobe Acrobat

  • Early Successional Habitat / Development (647)

  • Fish Stream Improvement (395)

  • Fishpond Management (399)

  • Prescribed Burning (338)

  • Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats (643)

  • Shallow Water Management for Wildlife (646)

  • Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (645)

  • Wetland Enhancement (659)

  • Wetland Restoration (657)

  • Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (644)

NRCS Links

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Adobe Acrobat IconNRCS National Biologist Directory

Federal Agency Links

State Agency Links

Partnership Links

Contact the NRCS State Biologist