The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), has announced potential availability of cooperative 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: South Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/13/2022
Grants Size: $4.3 million
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The purpose of Conservation Collaboration Cooperative Agreements is to leverage NRCS and partner resources to help NRCS to address the goals of their strategic plan:
- Improve soil health.
- Improve landscape performance in dealing with water quantity issues; either excess or inadequate, and downstream impacts.
- Improve water quality.
- Improve 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.
Priorities
Priority will be placed on projects that address soil health/climate smart agriculture, water quality and quantity, habitat, and urban/community agriculture and will be executed through:
- Building technical capacity of the NRCS to implement Farm Bill Conservation Programs.
- Building technical capacity of NRCS and partner field conservation employees.
- Building the capacity of local partners to develop and implement effective projects that align within the mission and scope of NRCS.
- Leveraging non-Federal and non-government resources to achieve positive natural resources conservation outcomes.
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award up to approximately $4.3 million through this opportunity.
- Projects may be between one and three years in duration. Applicants should plan their projects based on an estimated project start date of September 1, 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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 and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
