Project Grant IC0508004508

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $1.86 million cooperative agreement to Pheasants Forever, Inc. under the Conservation Reserve Program to support private landowners in Missouri in applying voluntary conservation practices from September 2021 through September 2024. The funding will support landowners in reducing soil erosion, improving soil health, water quality and quantity, wildlife habitat, and grazing conditions through conservation practices....

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $5.9 million cooperative agreement to Pheasants Forever, Inc. on September 22, 2022 to educate private landowners about USDA conservation programs and assist with implementing conservation projects through September 30, 2025. The funding supports Pheasants Forever's work to conserve soil, water, and wildlife in Minnesota under the Conservation Reserve Program. Authorized by the Food Security Act of 1985 and reauthorized in 2018, the CRP...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded Ecosystems Protection Service, LLC a $1.5 million cooperative agreement under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program to provide construction assistance for easement rehabilitation and enhancement activities from September 2022 through May 2025. Specifically, the award will fund rehabilitation of prior restored easements and enhancement of previous work with new structures to further the Agricultural...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $255,970 cooperative agreement to the Kansas Alliance For Wetlands And Streams Inc. from September 29, 2022 to September 30, 2025 under the Conservation Reserve Program. The funding will support increased conservation planning assistance and long-term stewardship for the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program and related easement programs in Kansas. As authorized by the Food Security Act of 1985 and reauthorized by the 2018 Farm Bill,...

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $166,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 10.902 - Soil and Water Conservation) to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to implement its GROW MORE and CONSERVATION CHAMPIONS programs across South Carolina. Through this award, NWF will train conservation practitioners and farmer leaders to engage social science understandings of behavior change, with the goal of encouraging their farmer clients and...

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $220,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Farmers Conservation Alliance on September 20, 2021 through the Conservation Stewardship Program. Under this award, the Farmers Conservation Alliance will collaborate with various local, state, and federal entities through September 2026 to determine the feasibility of using various Natural Resources Conservation Service programs to support watershed plans or irrigation...

This $1.5 million cooperative agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service will provide technical assistance for annual monitoring of Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Wetland Reserve Easements and Wetland Reserve Program easements through September 2027. In addition, the Nature Conservancy will coordinate the Tri-State Conservation Partnership consisting of NRCS and conservation partners in Arkansas, Louisiana, and...

The Petroleum County Conservation District received a $321,264 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Through this award, the Petroleum County Conservation District will provide technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers in Montana from September 2021 through September 2026 to conserve and enhance soil, water, air, and related natural resources on...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $283,548 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to the Center of Southwest Culture, a non-profit organization, to provide a series of culturally and linguistically informed training workshops on soil regeneration, water conservation, and farm development. The goal is to improve conservation practices and build the success of limited-resource, socially...

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $260,132.95 cooperative agreement to American Conservation Experience to support easement restoration projects from August 26, 2022 through September 30, 2027. The award will provide additional capacity for American Conservation Experience to carry out easement restoration work under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, identified by CFDA #10.931, aims to...