Easements in Action in North Carolina
To addressing historic loss of agricultural land to protecting vital wetlands, easements have been a crucial tool in conserving these important land uses in North Carolina.
To addressing historic loss of agricultural land to protecting vital wetlands, easements have been a crucial tool in conserving these important land uses in North Carolina.
On March 13, 2024, NRCS announced it will invest about $138 million of financial assistance from the Inflation Reduction Act in 138 new climate-smart conservation easements, through which farmers and ranchers are conserving wetlands, grasslands and prime farmlands.
Windmist Farm is perhaps the most visible of Jamestown, Rhode Island, farms. The town sits on Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay, a steppingstone for tourists on their way to nearby Newport.
NRCS State Conservationist, Tammy Willis announced funding is now available for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Agricultural Land Easements (ACEP-ALE).
Historic 176-acre Roy Ranch in Victor conserved in partnership with the Bitter Root Land Trust.
The Jaquette's work with the Flathead Land Trust and the NRCS to help preserve their land.
The NRCS in N.H., in partnership with the Upper Valley Land Trust announces a second RCPP signup under the 2024 Upper Valley Farmland Protection Initiative RCPP for select areas of the Granite State for Fiscal Year 2024.
New Jersey's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is now accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Agricultural Land Easement (ACEP-ALE).
NRCS New York announces February 9, 2024, as the second application deadline for Fiscal Year 2024 funding through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) – Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) and Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE)
Rhode Island NRCS announces a second application sign up period for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). ACEP helps landowners, land trusts, and other entities protect, restore, and enhance wetlands or protect farmland and ranchland through conservation easements.