Deadline: 31-Oct-22
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing the availability of Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) Grants funding for NRCS to eligible applicants to co-invest in impactful and innovative solutions to on-farm, watershed, and regional natural resource concerns.
Through RCPP, partners propose projects—using guidance contained in this NFO—that generate conservation benefits by addressing specific natural resource objectives within a critical conservation area (CCA) for the benefit of eligible agricultural producers and landowners. NRCS and partners design, implement and evaluate RCPP projects on agricultural and non-industrial private forest land. NRCS coinvests in RCPP projects selected through a competitive application process that evaluates applications based on four criteria: impact, partner contributions, innovation, and partnerships and management.
Priorities
- Critical Conservation Areas
- Nutrient Management
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award up to $40 Million through this opportunity.
- Projects may be up to five years in duration.
- The agency expects to make up to seven award(s).
Eligibility Criteria
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Applicants and applications must meet eligibility criteria by the application deadline to be considered for award. Eligible applicant type is determined by the implementing program statute. Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types:
- An agricultural or silvicultural producer association or other group of producers;
- A State or unit of local government, including a conservation district;
- An Indian Tribe;
- A farmer cooperative;
- An institution of higher education;
- A water district, irrigation district, acequia, rural water district or association, or other organization with specific water delivery authority to producers on agricultural land;
- A municipal water or wastewater treatment entity;
- An organization or entity with an established history of working cooperatively with producers on agricultural land, as determined by the Secretary, to address –
- Local conservation priorities related to agricultural production, wildlife habitat development, and NIPF management; or
- Critical watershed-scale soil erosion, water quality, sediment reduction, or other natural resource concerns; or
- An eligible entity.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343074