The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is investing $330 million in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships to address climate change, improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability. Projects are awarded through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
“The Regional Conservation Partnership Program is public-private partnerships working at their best,” said Terry Cosby NRCS Acting Chief. “These new projects will harness the power of partnerships to help bring about solutions to natural resource concerns across the country while supporting our efforts to combat the climate crisis.”
Sen. Stabenow announces $3.4 million investment to improve water quality and fishing in West Michigan By Will Kriss
Apr 28, 2021 3:01 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) – Tuesday, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, announced a new $3,429,770 investment to improve water quality and fishing habitats in Ottawa County.
Senator Stabenow says the funding will be matched by private investments, and that this partnership is one of three projects in Michigan with similar investments.
Senator Stabenow said that this partnership was made possible by the Farm Bill’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program, authored by Stabenow.
Posted by Jan Wondra | Apr 28, 2021
Funding Awarded as a Part of the Bennet-authored Regional Conservation Partnership Program
Tuesday morning, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) will award more than $6 million to the Colorado Open Lands Rio Grande Partnership to Preserve Agriculture and Restore Aquifer (PARA).
“The Upper Rio Grande Basin is vital to our regional economy and provides important wildlife habitat,” said Bennet. “I’m delighted that the Colorado Open Lands Rio Grande Project will receive over $6 million in funding from the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. This will unlock an innovative and locally-developed new approach to groundwater management in an effort to sustain the local agricultural economy and maintain wildlife habitat. Last summer I was able to visit with producers in the San Luis Valley pursuing this project and I look f
NRCS awards four new partnership projects in California
Editor
28 April 2021
The Natural Resources Conservation Service, or NRCS, announced it is investing $330 million in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships to address climate change, improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability, including 4 projects in California.
Projects are awarded through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, or RCPP.
“The Regional Conservation Partnership Program is public-private partnerships working at their best,” said Carlos Suarez, NRCS State Conservationist in California. “These four new projects will harness the power of partnerships to help bring about solutions to natural resource concerns across California while supporting our efforts to combat the climate crisis.”
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