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Conservation Leaders Praise USDA for Moving More Dollars Into Cost Share Programs

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:35:13 CDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded more than $4.5 million in funding to conservation districts across the country to implement conservation practices on agricultural and nonindustrial private forest lands through the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI). Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that over $10 million in financial and technical assistance would be available to producers in 13 states. Conservation districts from seven of those states received funds, including California, Delaware, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Oregon and Pennsylvania.


"We're extremely pleased to see conservation districts being recognized for their critical role in helping producers implement conservation measures on their operations," said National Association of Conservation Districts President Gene Schmidt. "The fact that districts were awarded a significant portion of these funds demonstrates their proven track-record of success when it comes to working with local landowner customers to enhance clean air, water, soils and wildlife habitat in their communities."


Fifteen of the 38 selected proposals will directly support the work of conservation districts. Now that approved projects have been announced, qualified farmers, ranchers and private landowners located in a project area may apply for one of three programs, which may be approved for assistance by the NRCS. These programs the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) will help leverage additional services and resources from non-federal partners.


Proposals submitted by eligible partners were evaluated and competitively ranked for consideration of the NRCS program to support the project.


Click here for a complete list of approved projects.



   

 

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