The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing the potential availability of funding for 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: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/21/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The goals and objectives of the Texas Partners for Conservation funding is to leverage NRCS and partner resources, assist with NRCS workload and focus on the following priorities:
- Outreach & Education to Historically Underserved Producers/Clients
- Increase outreach to historically underserved agriculture producers.
- Expand Conservation Technical Assistance to increase conservation planning and
promote USDA NRCS Farm Bill programs.
- Farm Bill Operations
- Support delivery of Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry (CSAF) Mitigation Activities such as conservation planning, implementation, and outreach to new customers.
- Urban and Small Farm Agriculture – conservation technical assistance, outreach, and
training. - Increase field office capacity to outreach and assist new customers with
conservation planning and implementation of conservation practices - Conservation Technical Assistance –
- Expand Conservation Technical Assistance to new private landowners.
- Increase capacity for landscape planning and application to include Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Watershed Operations, and Emergency Watershed Protection programs.
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $1,000,000.000.
- The estimated funding floor for this opportunity is $25,000, and the estimated funding ceiling is $300,000.
Project Period
Projects may be between 1 and 2 years in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- 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.
