Cooperative Agreement NR226215XXXXC006

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement to the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts from March 2023 through September 2027 under the Conservation Reserve Program. The funding will support the grantee's provision of timely survey data gathering and access to unmanned aerial vehicle and light detection and ranging technology, allowing for rapid collection of very high-quality, site-specific data to inform the agency's conservation...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $133,757.57 Cooperative Agreement to Distrito De Conservacion De Suelos Y Aguas Del Suroeste, Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The purpose of this 2-year agreement is to utilize technological tools to assist in the planning, implementation, and certification of NRCS conservation practices in Puerto Rico. Distrito De...

This $1,600,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), provides funding for Regrow Agriculture, Inc. to grant the NRCS access to the company's remote sensing monitoring platform. This platform will allow the NRCS to remotely track and analyze the presence of conservation management practices and agricultural activities across the contiguous United States over...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $279,296.74 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will enable the Craighead Conservation District, a U.S. state government entity, to recruit and deploy advanced-level conservation planners to support conservation planning training efforts across the state of Arkansas. This project, funded through the USDA's Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), aims to build the capacity of the state's...

This cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), provides $100,000 to Wageningen University in the Netherlands to enhance forest monitoring capabilities through advanced satellite technology. The project involves three key activities: 1) adapting deforestation alert methods to meet specific country needs and implementing them in open-source platforms; 2) conducting two international workshops to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program grant award (CFDA 47.070) provides $229,309 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to develop a new class of control and planning algorithms for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that can dynamically adjust performance based on available computing resources. The project aims to create a modeling and analysis framework called Co-Regulated Hybrid Systems (CHS) to enable optimal control,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), provides $297,760 to the Arizona Association of Conservation Districts (AACD) to increase acreage under managed grazing, enhance the availability of scientifically sound data through consistent data collection protocols, and provide training to government personnel and landowners. The key products and services to be...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $682,861 Project Grant under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter). The grant will fund the development of innovative grazing land monitoring approaches that combine existing resources and new technologies. The goal is to optimize pasture management inputs and reduce the environmental footprint. This multi-year...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $142,254 Cooperative Agreement on Jan 26, 2024 to Seven Rivers Resource Conservation & Development Area Inc. (Seven Rivers RC&D), a non-profit organization based in Southeast Georgia. The grant is provided under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to execute an outreach and education project that will uplift socially disadvantaged producers in rural Southeast Georgia by...

<p>The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $498,934 Cooperative Agreement to The Regents of the University of Colorado under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to develop a Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) tool for delivering soil component information to support decision support systems (DSS). The project will be located in the Rocky Mountains region and is scheduled for completion by June 30, 2026.</p>