Both domestic and wild animals are a critical component of ecosystems and our environment. Domesticated animals, such as livestock, provide us with food and fiber, while wildlife support healthy ecosystems.
NRCS offers technical and financial assistance to help producers improve their livestock operations as well as manage for wildlife habitat, depending on their natural resource and business goals.
Livestock practices help reduce soil erosion, promote forage growth, improve water quality and help provide water, and others. Meanwhile, wildlife practices enable farmers and ranchers to integrate wildlife habitat into working lands while also improving the quality of habitat in forests and other landscapes.
Examples of Livestock Practices
Examples of Wildlife Practices
Additional Conservation at Work videos and conservation practice standards are available. If you’re interested in assistance with these practices, contact your local NRCS office. You can also explore further with the Conservation Concerns Tool on farmers.gov.
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
This initiative was developed as a coordinated effort to identify priority issues, find solutions, and effect change on private grazing land, enhancing existing conservation programs.
Working Lands for Wildlife
Working Lands for Wildlife brings together partners and agricultural producers to help manage land for wildlife and agriculture.