The United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service will hold a local work group meeting for Chautauqua County from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Frank W. Bratt Agricultural Center, 3542 Turner Road, Jamestown.
The public is welcome to attend.
The local work group will focus on agricultural and natural resource issues existing in Chautauqua County. Participants can be agricultural producers; owners of nonindustrial private forest land; representatives of agricultural and environmental organizations; and representatives of governmental agencies carrying out environmental, agricultural, or natural resource conservation programs and activities.
Local work groups are subcommittees of the National Resources Conservation Service's State Technical Committee and provide recommendations on local natural resource priorities and Farm Bill program conservation activities.