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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to invest $3 million in partnerships to promote research that informs and improves soil surveys at the regional level, which is part of an ongoing effort to continue to provide critical data to the country.
This school year, RI high school students have studied aquatics, forestry, soils, land use & wildlife, and researched a current environmental issue in their communities and across the state. They demonstrated their knowledge May 19th at the 29th Rhode Island Envirothon at Goddard Park in Warwick.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $8 million in four partnerships to support and expand measurement and monitoring of carbon in soil on working agricultural lands and to assess how climate-smart practices are affecting carbon sequestration.
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of $500 million in funding to advance partner-driven solutions to conservation on agricultural land through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
On Friday, May 19, eleven teams of 55 Rhode Island students from six Rhode Island high schools will show how much they know about the environment at the 29th annual Rhode Island Envirothon.
R. Phou Vongkhamdy, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist in Rhode Island, announces up to $170,000 in funding available for eligible individuals, local and state governments, non-governmental organizations and tribes through Conservation Innovations Grants (CIG).
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for four positions on the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. Nominations will be open to public from May 15, 2023, to July 15, 2023.
NRCS) is excited to be co-hosting a soil health exhibit with our partners – the Eastern, Northern & Southern Conservation Districts of Rhode Island – at the Exploration Zone at Fort Adams State Park from May 13-21 as part of the Newport Stopover of The Ocean Race.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is streamlining its Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) to ultimately better help agricultural producers and private landowners conserve wetlands, productive farmlands and at-risk grasslands.
NRCS in Rhode Island is hiring a Soil Conservationist (GS 5-9) to help develop, plan, contract and apply conservation practices and programs. Visit https://bit.ly/3pb5nl2 for details or to apply by May 15!
