Deadline: 21 April 2017
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking applications for its “Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)” to co-invest with partners in innovative, workable and cost-effective approaches to benefit farming, ranching, and forest operations, local economies, and the communities and resources in a watershed or other geographic area.
NRCS is the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) conservation agency working with farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners nationwide to identify and address natural resource objectives in balance with operational goals in order to benefit soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources locally, regionally, and nationally.
Funding Information
Estimated Total Program Funding: $252,600,000
Program Goals
Through RCPP, NRCS seeks to achieve:
- Solutions: Investing in projects that generate near-term results that are measurable from environmental, economic, and social perspectives.
- Contributions: Leveraging the Federal resources to at least double the total investment in conservation projects.
- Innovation: Promoting innovative projects that integrate multiple conservation approaches to deliver comprehensive and measurable solutions.
- Participation: Maximizing the number of partners and participants, including those with a proven track record and those new to NRCS-administered conservation programs, to participate in and contribute to projects.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible partners include:
- An agricultural or silvicultural producer association or other group of producers
- A State or unit of local government
- An Indian Tribe
- A farmer cooperative
- A water district, irrigation district, rural water district or association, or other organization with specific water delivery authority to agricultural producers
- A municipal water or wastewater treatment entity
- An institution of higher education
- An organization or entity with an established history of working cooperatively with producers on agricultural land, as determined by NRCS, to address:
- Local conservation priorities related to agricultural production, wildlife habitat development, or nonindustrial private forest land management,
- Critical watershed-scale soil erosion, water quality, sediment reduction, or other natural resource issues.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.