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 $277,800.00 in funding to Equilibrium Inc., a non-profit organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas. The award supports a two-year project for comprehensive water quality monitoring and parameter load estimations across 12 hydrologic unit codes (HUCs) in the Cache River watershed of Arkansas. The project...
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 $272,350.00 in funding to Equilibrium Inc., a non-profit organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas. The award supports water quality monitoring and parameter load estimations for 12-digit hydrologic unit codes (HUCs) in the St. Francis Watershed of Arkansas. The project, spanning from September 30, 2024...
This $118,518 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) will support the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas in conducting water quality monitoring in identified Mississippi River Basin Initiative and National Water Quality Initiative watersheds. The goal is to provide data on the effects of conservation practices in these areas. This 3-year...
The Department of Agriculture Arkansas received a $2,667,624.94 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) to continue monitoring edge-of-field water quality parameters at various farms throughout Arkansas, primarily on Discovery Farms. This 3-year award, running from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund a co-funded position to support the...
This $958,500 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.923 - Emergency Watershed Protection Program) provides funding to the County of Jackson, Arkansas for debris removal and streambank protection measures along the Cache River. The project aims to mitigate imminent hazards to life and property by addressing watershed impairments through activities such as runoff retardation, erosion prevention, and floodplain...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $1,041,040 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil and Water Conservation Program (CFDA 10.902) to the Central Arkansas Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. The award will support the advance acquisition, restoration, and monitoring of conservation easements in Arkansas from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2028. The organization will provide advanced conservation technical assistance...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $939,127 Cooperative Agreement to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas. This 3-year project, running from September 30, 2023 to September 30, 2026, will document the environmental impacts of soil and water conservation practices on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and monitor edge-of-field practices. The work falls under CFDA 10.902 - Soil and Water Conservation, a program that...
The Cooperative Agreement award of $135,303.17 from the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service will provide direct technical assistance to producers in Arkansas from September 2022 through August 2025. The funding supports the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), which aims to conserve soil and water resources through a network of conservation professionals assisting private landowners, conservation districts, tribes and other organizations....
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission a $1.71 million Project Grant under the Support for the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan program (CFDA 66.485) to support implementation of Arkansas' Nutrient Reduction Strategy from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Key activities include conducting water quality monitoring and analysis in the Upper Cache River watershed to evaluate pre-restoration conditions in year one, and constructing up to 22,000...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.924), provides $168,371.50 to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas to deliver one-on-one assistance in teaching irrigation water management concepts, recognizing irrigators, and promoting public awareness of NRCS programs and conservation through an irrigation challenge program. The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to September...