Current Funding Opportunities in New Jersey
Applications for NRCS Conservation Programs may be submitted and accepted at anytime under a continuous sign-up. The table below lists the cutoff dates for applications for ranking and funding determinations for fiscal year 2023.
Apply by September 23, 2022
- Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)
- High Tunnel Initiative
- Cropland
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
- Aquaculture
- Beginning Farmer
- Conservation Activity Plans
- Conservation Incentive Contracts
- Highly Erodible Land
- Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) Golden Winged-Warbler
- National Water Quality Initiative
- On-Farm Energy Initiative
- Organic Initiative
- Soil Health Initiative
- Socially Disadvantaged Producers
- Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW)
- Local Work Group Fund Pools
- North: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties
- Central: Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean Counties
- South: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties
- Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)
- Protecting Source Water Protection in the Raritan Basin (Lead partner: New Jersey Water Supply Authority (NJWSA)
- Salem River Bog Turtle Protection and Restoration (Lead partner: New Jersey Audubon)
- Northern NJ Small Farm Food Link Conservation Project (Lead Partner: Urban Agriculture Cooperative)
Apply by October 31, 2022
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
- Agricultural Land Easements (ALE)
- Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE)
Apply by May 23, 2022
- Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) in New Jersey