Posted 09.06.05 -
At the White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation in St Louis, Mo., Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced that nearly $30 million in cost-share assistance, incentive payments and technical assistance has been made available for voluntary conservation programs on private, agricultural and other nonfederal lands. NRCS is making the funding available by reallocating funds at the state level and redistributing unused funds from national level projects. Because of this funding, more landowners are able to participate in cooperative conservation in partnership with NRCS to put conservation on the land and help the environment. A state-by-state list of the reallocated funds is available at the link indicated below.
Key voluntary conservation programs and financial assistance available are:
Environmental Quality Incentives Program--$25,973,658
Ground and Surface Water Conservation--$137,000
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program--$483,458
Grassland Reserve Program--$1,401,190
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program--$767,896
Wetlands Reserve Program--$1,060,000
Source: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news
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