Cooperative Agreement NR199104XXXXC011

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $133,000 Cooperative Agreement to Tulare County Resource Conservation District, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030, under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP, CFDA 10.912). This agreement supports cultural resources review and technical compliance assistance to facilitate NRCS California operations in accordance with applicable environmental laws and regulations....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) provides $318,606.00 to the California Resource Conservation And Development Council Association, Inc. to implement a pilot program to enhance the retention of interns and workforce participants in priority underserved locations. The funding will be used to execute portions of a plan developed under a previous award...

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $998,405 to the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition on July 29, 2025, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). This agreement, which extends through February 28, 2029, funds conservation technical assistance to advance strategic plans, partnerships, and tools for grazing lands resiliency in California. The awardee will deliver one-on-one conservation planning, technical...

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $156,500 Cooperative Agreement under the Cultural Resources Management (CFDA 15.946) program to the Santa Monica Mountains Fund, a non-profit organization, to perform cultural resource management activities within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Under this 5-year award, the Santa Monica Mountains Fund will inventory, monitor, and assess unevaluated and partially evaluated archaeological sites; collaborate...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation to strengthen the USDA-NRCS Diversity Recruitment Mission in support of the Natural Resource Career Development Program. The award will support the Soil and Water Conservation federal grant program (CFDA #10.902) from July 25, 2022 through December 31, 2023. Under the agreement, the Foundation will work with NRCS to provide conservation technical...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $633,931 to the University of California, Davis, effective September 29, 2025, through September 28, 2029, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The project will continue assessment and evaluation of conservation effects resulting from agricultural managed aquifer recharge (MAR) initiatives in California's Central Valley. UC Davis will conduct...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $149,934.31 Cooperative Agreement to the Calaveras County Resource Conservation District on August 2, 2024. The agreement, funded through the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), provides technical assistance, education, and outreach to support the delivery of Farm Bill programs and increase capacity, sustainability, and economic vitality in rural and tribal communities in Calaveras County,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded the State of California Department of Water Resources a $650,012 Cooperative Agreement on May 14, 2026, under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904) to develop comprehensive watershed planning and environmental documentation for the Salton Sea Watershed in Imperial County, California. The agreement, which extends through March 30, 2028, requires the awardee to prepare a...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $105,826 Cooperative Agreement to the Nebraska Historical Society (NHS) to collaborate on necessary Section 106 activities. This funding will result in the protection of cultural resources and acceleration of conservation practice implementation across Nebraska. The five-year award, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2029, leverages NHS's expertise as the state historic preservation...

This $299,999.87 Cooperative Agreement award under the National Park Service's "Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System" (CFDA 15.945) program is supporting a research project at Sonoma State University to study the effectiveness of post-wildland fire recovery efforts for cultural resource preservation in the Pacific West Region. The key objectives of this 4-year project are to: 1) develop protocols and tools to support cultural resource...