North Wasatch Front Urban Agriculture Strategic Funding Pool
Increase participation from Small and Urban farms by implementing a wide range cropland practice.
Project Description
The priority resource concerns within the targeted area are concentrated erosion, degraded plant condition, pest pressure, soil quality limitations, source water depletion, and terrestrial habitat for wildlife and invertebrates. The overall goal of the proposed strategy is to increase participation from Small and Urban farms by implementing a wide range cropland practice (total 22 available practices) during the next 5 years.
The resource concerns will be focused on the common needs from the Small and Urban Farms, such as concentrated erosion, degraded plant condition, pest pressure, soil quality limitations, source water depletion, and terrestrial habitat for wildlife and invertebrates. These resource concerns will address the overall needs from our targeted audience.
- County or Counties: Davis and Weber Counties
- Year active: FY 2023
- Duration: 5 years
Partners
Weber County Conservation District, Davis County Conservation District, Utah State University – Extension.
Conservation practices involved
- Composting Facility (317)
- High Tunnel System (325)
- Cover Crop (340)
- Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation (380)
- Wildlife Habitat Planting (420)
- Hedgerow Planting (422)
- Irrigation Pipeline (430)
- Irrigation Reservoir (436)
- Irrigation System – Microirrigation (441)
When to Apply
Program applications are accepted on a continual basis. However, NRCS establishes application ranking dates for evaluation, ranking and approval of eligible applications. Applications received after the ranking date will be automatically deferred to the next funding period.
Local Working Group Meetings
Every year, NRCS hosts Local Working Group meetings where farmers, landowners, conservation partners and other members of the community discuss the natural resource needs for the county. Based on feedback from those meetings, NRCS updates the county's Local Resources Assessment Priorities (LRAP) and develops new Conservation Implementation Strategies to address those resource concerns. You may contact us anytime to express concerns or comments about conservation needs in the county, and we encourage you to attend the next Local Working Group meeting in your county. For more information about Local Working Group meetings, contact your local NRCS office, or visit our Utah State Technical Committee page.
Locally Led Conservation
At the Natural Resources Conservation Service of Utah, we understand effectively partnering with our local, county and state agencies and organizations is paramount to our mission of conserving our natural resources and helping people help the land. Utah’s diverse landscape and resource needs require strategic funding and focused efforts to support locally led conservation on the ground.
Learn more about Utah's Focused Opportunities and how NRCS is utilizing SFPs to target locally identified high priority natural resource concerns and work toward a desired outcome.