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News from around the NCF world

This page is an aggregate of press releases, editorials and more related to a variety of NCF programs, activities and events.

January 15, 2022

Samuel “Grant” Victor, JR.

Grant is fortunate to be able to reside on his great grandmother’s Cherokee Indian allotment as a 4th generation farmer/rancher. He assisted with this endeavor with my wife and three sons. Each generation practiced and taught the importance of preserving our natural resources.
January 15, 2022

Josh Smith

Josh is a practicing attorney with the Law Office of Joshua L. Smith, LLC in New Mexico, focused on water rights, real estate, business law, commercial transactions, agricultural law and estate planning and has over 15 years of experience doing so. Josh is also a licensed real estate broker in New Mexico focused on Farm and Ranch, Commercial and Residential transactions and a part-time farmer and rancher.
January 15, 2022

Terri Preeg-Riggsby

Terri is an experienced, publicly-elected leader with a demonstrated history of successfully working in the conservation field. She is skilled in Watershed Management, Policy Analysis, Collaborative Decision-making, Performance Auditing, Public Speaking and Grant Writing.
January 15, 2022

Vaughn T. Poe

Vaughn T. is a retired Marine Corps Officer with a passion for people, agriculture and innovation. He has served in leadership capacities across the globe; spanning over two decades, including several combat tours. Having no heir property or generational assets, he purchased, built, and maintains PoeFolks Cattle Company, LLC; a registered Brangus operation nestled in rural West Alabama.
January 15, 2022

Jamie Irving

Though currently residing in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, Jamie has lived and traveled throughout the United States, Caribbean and Central America. After briefly attending college in both Wyoming and Colorado, Jamie returned to New Hampshire to finish an undergraduate degree in environmental studies at Colby-Sawyer College.
January 15, 2022

Jennifer Casey

Jennifer Casey is the granddaughter of sharecroppers and her family has lived in Jacksonville for three generations. Her 43 years have been filled with books, music, faith and a large extended family. She is enormously grateful to share life with her husband of 22 years and their three children in a beautiful and diverse city on the St. Johns River.
January 15, 2022

Laura Boyd

Laura Boyd is an environmental professional with over ten years of experience addressing a multitude of environmental compliance issues for the public and private sectors. Her professional experience provides her with an in-depth knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental rules and regulations.