To build capacity in the kansas conservation partnership to effectivelycommunicate and deliver conservation programs

The Kansas Association of Conservation Districts (KACD) was awarded a $571,000 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to build capacity in the Kansas Conservation Partnership to effectively communicate and deliver conservation programs from September 13, 2022 through September 30, 2025.

This funding supports KACD's work under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), a NRCS program that provides $570,966 in financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers in Kansas to conserve and enhance soil, water, air, and related natural resources on their land through September 2025. KACD will use the cooperative agreement funding to strengthen partnerships and collaboration across the state's conservation districts to more effectively engage farmers and ranchers in CSP and other NRCS initiatives that improve environmental stewardship of cropland, grassland, prairie, pastureland and rangeland.