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NRCS Obligates Record $85.8 Million in Conservation Funding to Iowa Farmers

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NRCS obligated a record $85.8 million in conservation practice funding to Iowa farmers in fiscal year 2023, through 1,628 conservation program contracts that will help treat natural resource concerns such as soil erosion and water quality on 386,736 acres.

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Save Rhode Island’s Ag Lands and Wetlands with USDA Conservation Easements

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NRCS in Rhode Island is still accepting applications 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.

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Helping People Help the (Marsh) Land

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NRCS is working on a marsh creation project in the LaBranche Wetlands to combat wetland deterioration. The project aims to restore 1,500 acres of marsh, providing benefits such as improved wildlife habitat, water quality, and storm protection. 

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USDA Offers Conservation Assistance to Landowners to Protect Wetlands, Agricultural Lands and Grasslands

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Private landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups wanting to restore and protect critical wetlands and protect agricultural lands and grasslands through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) have until November 30, 2023

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USDA-NRCS and Partners in Georgia Announce Sign-Up for Conservation Easements Through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program

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NRCS in Georgia announces a ranking date for the conservation easement portions of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. Interested producers must apply by December 2, 2023, for their application to be included in this batch of program funding.