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The National Resources Conservation Service awarded Ridge To Reefs Inc. a $995,991 project grant under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program on February 15, 2021. The grant will fund efforts to bring together a coalition of organizations from academia, public, private, and non-governmental sectors to assist farmers in improving regenerative production systems through February 14, 2024. Under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which promotes agricultural production, forest...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) will use information collected on demonstration farms to introduce and increase awareness among producers, land managers, and technical advisors of the value, use, and management of NWSGS. The $133,349.00 award to the Two-Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. has a project period from September 15, 2023 to...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $114,902 Environmental Quality Incentives Program project grant to the Scott River Watershed Council on September 24, 2021 for completion by January 1, 2025. The grant supports the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which promotes agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality through voluntary practices on eligible private working lands. Specifically, the funding will allow the Scott River Watershed Council to...

The American Farmland Trust was awarded a $2,627,531 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to deliver services that promote more sustainable agricultural practices. Funded through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the award will support the organization's efforts to address challenges associated with increased cover cropping from 2021 through 2026. Originally intended to include sites in Washington and Oregon, the...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded Sustainable Northwest $239,761 under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. The project aims to demonstrate that electrifying agricultural farm equipment can achieve triple bottom line goals of improving air quality, worker health conditions, and reducing operational costs. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program promotes agricultural production, forest management, and environmental...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $134,200 cooperative agreement to the Nebraska Community Foundation under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The three-year award running from September 2021 through September 2024 will promote agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality in Nebraska. Through this funding, the foundation will work with farmers, ranchers, and non-industrial private forest land owners to implement conservation practices...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded an $849,998 project grant to Pheasants Forever, Inc. under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The grant will address financial, technical and social barriers that farmers in the Prairie Pothole regions of Iowa and Minnesota face in implementing precision conservation decision making systems on their farms from April 15, 2022 to April 30, 2027. As part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program's goal of promoting agricultural...

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) to the Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign, a non-profit organization. The award, granted on June 20, 2024, will support educating the public about the serious threats of noxious weeds on soil health, wildlife habitat, and quality of life in Idaho. The project has a target completion date of October 1, 2029. The Environmental Quality Incentives...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded GSR Solutions LLC a $174,963.69 Project Grant under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program on September 21, 2021 for a period ending September 14, 2023. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program, listed under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance as CFDA 10.912, promotes agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality through voluntary land stewardship efforts. Specifically, this...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded Ecosystems Protection Service, LLC a $148,160 Project Grant under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The two-year grant running from September 30, 2021 to September 30, 2023 will support the awardee's delivery of environmental protection services to agricultural producers. Under the EQIP program's goal of promoting agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality as compatible...