BANGOR, Maine, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Maine office issued the following news release: A nearly $2 million agreement from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will help protect the drinking water of one-sixth of Maine's population. NRCS provided $1.86 million in funding from its Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) for a conservation easement to a coalition of partner agencies aiming to permanently p  more