Deadline: 1-Jun-22
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking applications for the California Conservation Cooperative Agreements to address the following objectives in all areas of California, as applicable.
Objectives
- Address climate resiliency and drought
- Improve plant and forest health and productivity – consideration given to fire risk mitigation
- Improve air quality
- Improve surface and groundwater quality
- Improve surface and groundwater quantity
- Improve soil health/soil quality
- Improve wildlife habitat of terrestrial and/or aquatic wildlife species
- Provide educational opportunities for tribes and historically underserved farmers, ranchers and non-industrial forestland users, including urban farmers with education and conservation planning.
- Collect and produce scientifically credible information through assessments of soil, water and related resources from Core Land Segments identified by the National Resource Inventory (NRI) program.
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $1,000,000 through this opportunity. However, the agency retains the discretion to award a larger or lesser amount.
- Projects may be between one and five years in duration.
- The agency expects to make 15 award(s).
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339337
