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 (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/03/2022
Grant Size: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
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
- 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
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
- Award Floor: $100,000
- Projects may be between 1 and 5 years in duration. Applicants should plan their projects based on an estimated project start date of September 30, 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- City or township governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Private institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- County governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
