Number: RL34069 Title: Technical Assistance for Agriculture Conservation Authors: Megan Stubbs, Resources, Science, and Industry Division Abstract: Conservation technical assistance has taken on a number of dimensions over its long and continuously evolving history. This report describes the past progressions that made conservation technical assistance what it is today, and also comments on where it might be headed in the future. After discussing what technical assistance is (and is not), this report poses additional topics for discussion. Throughout this report, conservation technical assistance refers to conservation as applied to activities on or affecting agricultural lands. Pages: 21 Date: June 29, 2007