The public and all agencies interested in conservation issues are invited to a Local Work Group meeting Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Lampasas County Office Building coordinated by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Hill Country Soil and Water Conservation District.

The meeting is designed to receive comments from a broad range of local agencies, organizations, businesses and individuals interested in natural resource conditions and needs in Lampasas and Burnet counties.

Comments will allow the group to make recommendations about resource concerns to be addressed for county-based funding. The recommendations will be used while implementing the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and other conservation programs offered by NRCS.

For more information, phone the USDA Service Center office in Lampasas at 556-5572, ext. 3 or in Burnet at (512) 756-4651.