This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $10,000,000.00, is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant supports the "Black Belt and Appalachian Forest Landowner Support Project," which aims to provide cost-share, technical assistance, outreach, and education to help underserved forest landowners, including those with heirs' property, participate in...
This $750,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311) supports a three-pronged technical assistance initiative targeting heirs' property owners in rural communities interested in developing new agricultural operations. The project aims to: Provide guidance on navigating the legal and social complexities of heirs' property ownership; 2)...
The Georgia Heirs Property Law Center, Inc. was awarded a $749,818 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture Office of Advocacy and Outreach under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers program. The grant will fund services to create generational wealth and preserve property rights for low- and moderate-income Georgians through securing title to heirs' property from September 2022 through September 2025. The Outreach and Assistance...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $22,477,610 Cooperative Agreement under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to the United States Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Inc. The funding supports a range of activities to help underserved private forest landowners participate in emerging environmental markets, such as carbon offset and ecosystem services programs. Key focus areas include increasing climate change adaptation,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to the non-profit organization Help For Landowners. The purpose of this award is to encourage historically underserved farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners in North Carolina to enroll in cost-share programs and assist them with implementing core conservation support practices. The award period is from...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $650,000.00 and issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310), supports a research project to address the challenge of "clouded titles" on inherited agricultural land in the southern United States. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) research the constraints faced by property heirs when land is encumbered by clouded titles,...
The South Carolina Forestry Commission received a $500,000 Project Grant award on December 19, 2024 from the USDA Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant supports the "SOUTH CAROLINA UNDERSERVED LANDOWNER OUTREACH" project, which aims to provide technical assistance, cost-sharing, and support for underserved private forest landowners in South Carolina to participate in emerging environmental markets such as carbon...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) provides $1,952,869.00 in funding to the Croatan Institute, a non-profit organization based in Durham, North Carolina. The award, with a period of performance from November 2024 to November 2029, aims to increase participation of underserved and smallholder landowners in ecosystem markets. Key activities to be delivered...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $102,285 Cooperative Agreement to the South Carolina Rural Water Association (SCRWA) under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). This five-year project, running from December 2024 to December 2029, aims to provide technical assistance, support climate mitigation practices, and help underserved private forest landowners in the Pee Dee River Basin of South Carolina access emerging...
The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development under the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (CFDA 10.913) for the period of February 9, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The purpose of this award is to target outreach to socially disadvantaged minority farmers and landowners in South Carolina. Specifically, the South Carolina Association for Community...