The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing potential availability of cooperative conservation agreements for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources, addressing local natural resource issues, encouraging collaboration and developing state- and community level conservation leadership.
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The goals and objectives of these programs are:
- Use climate-smart management and sound science to enhance the health and productivity of agricultural lands.
- Lead efforts to adapt to the consequences of climate change in agriculture and forestry.
- Restore, protect, and conserve watersheds to ensure clean, abundant, and continuous provision of water resources.
- Increase carbon sequestration, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and economic opportunities (and develop low-carbon energy solutions).
- Protect agricultural health by minimizing major diseases, pests, and wildlife conflicts.
- Build resilient food systems, infrastructure, and supply chain.
- Foster agricultural innovation.
- Increase food security through assistance and access to nutritious and affordable food
- Increase capacity, sustainability, and economic vitality in rural and tribal communities.
- Promote environmental justice by maximizing sustainable and green economic development in rural and tribal communities.
- Foster a culture of civil rights, diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, transparency, and accountability.
- Establish a customer-centric, inclusive, high-performing workforce that is representative of America and the communities they serve.
The purpose of cooperative conservation agreements through this funding opportunity is to leverage NRCS and partner resources to:
- Improve water quality.
- Improve soil health.
- Provide habitat for local wildlife species of concern.
- Improve the environmental and economic performance of working agricultural lands.
- Assist communities and groups to build and strengthen local food projects that provide healthy food and economic opportunities.
Emphasis will be placed on projects that:
- Build technical capacity to implement Farm Bill & NRCS conservation programs.
- Establish Demonstration Farm Networks
- Urban Agriculture technical assistance
- Build technical capacity of NRCS and partner field conservation employees.
- Build the capacity of local partners to develop and implement effective projects.
- Achieve positive and measurable natural resources conservation outcomes.
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $7,000,000.
- The estimated funding floor for this opportunity is $100,000, and the estimated funding ceiling is $2,000,000.
Project Period
Projects may be between 1 and 5 years in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
