Natural Resources Conservation Service

United States Department of Agriculture

USDA Invests $48 million through Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership

Funded projects will mitigate wildfire risk, protect water quality, improve wildlife habitat, restore forest ecosystems and ultimately contribute to USDA’s efforts to combat climate change.

Firefighters doing a controlled burn in a forest

USDA to Invest $225 Million through Partnership Program

Read more about the program and how to apply.

RCPP is accepting new project proposals though April 13, 2022.

USDA Invests $50 Million in Partnerships for Equity in Conservation

The agreements expand the delivery of conservation assistance to farmers who are historically undeserved, including beginning, limited resource, socially disadvantaged, and veterans.

African-American farmer with his crops in a high tunnel, and a USDA employee,

Climate-Smart Conservation Opportunities Expanded for 2022

Updates include nationwide availability of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Conservation Incentive Contracts option, a new and streamlined EQIP Cover Crop Initiative, and added flexibilities for producers to easily re-enroll in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).

Photo of rolling hills with a farm house and three grain silos in the distance

Nearly Half of Bog Turtle Habitat Recovery Goals Met Ahead of 2050

NRCS worked with the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), producers, and private landowners to protect 45% of the FWS habitat recovery goal for delisting the bog turtle as a threatened species.