Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the USDA, in the New Mexico State Office, is seeking to partner with, and support the efforts of, natural resource conservation partners and promote public awareness and implementation of conservation activities including, but not limited to, conducting conservation outreach workshops and training, that will help educate New Mexico’s agricultural community, private landowners, conservation organizations, cooperating agencies, acequias, and land grants.
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State: New Mexico
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/13/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Conservation partners are invited to apply for NRCS assistance for the following opportunities:
- Conservation Outreach Workshops
- Promote public awareness of NRCS programs, and further the development of NRCS relationships with its conservation partners and participants, women agricultural producers, veterans, minority and limited resource landowners, beginning farmers, and historically underserved agricultural producers, producers in urban areas, acequias, and land grants. Direct involvement of conservation partners will enhance effectiveness of programs and ensure widest dissemination to the public while, also, offering an opportunity to provide information on current agricultural topics of interest to underserved segments of the regional agricultural population.
- Technical Workshops and/or Field Days on Soil Health Strategies, Native Plant Community Adoption, and/or Pollinator Habitat
- Provide learning opportunities to educate New Mexico agricultural producers who are following or considering soil health improvement strategies in cropping and/or incorporation of native plant communities in rangeland systems.
- Organic and Specialty Crop Workshops
- Provide learning opportunities to educate New Mexico agricultural producers, who are following or considering the use of organics, or considering transitioning to organic cropping systems for vegetables, fruits, specialty crops, produce, berries, and non-traditional agricultural production efforts in New Mexico.
Funding Information
- Estimated Funding: $100,000
- The estimated funding floor for this opportunity is $10,000, and the estimated funding ceiling is $20,000.
Project Period
- Projects will be 1 year in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- State government
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
