Funding-USDA - Regional Conservation Partnership Program; July 14, 2014

Agency

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Description

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 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 and implement conservation practices and activities to deliver environmental benefits locally, regionally, and nationally. Through the new Farm Bill, NRCS has been given the authority to enhance regional cooperation to more effectively implement and maintain conservation activities, thereby promoting the restoration and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on regional or watershed scales. Through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), NRCS will co-invest in mobilizing creative and workable solutions to agricultural production and resource management challenges. These solutions will benefit not only individual farming, ranching, and forest operations, but also local economies and the communities and resource users in a watershed or other geographic area that depend on the quality of the natural resources. Through RCPP, NRCS will increase the opportunity for partners to bring innovative ideas and resources to accelerate conservation on private lands. RCPP partners will have the opportunity to join in this mission by developing project applications, as described in this notice, to address specific natural resource objectives in a proposed area or region. Partners will commit to activities to promote, implement, and evaluate the outcomes of conservation.

Announcement Number: USDA-NRCS-NHQ-RCPP-14-01

Closing Date: Jul 14, 2014

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=256049

Contact Information

Frankie Comfort Grants & Agreements Specialist Phone 202-690-0164
Administrative Contact