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USDA expands and renews CRP in effort to boost enrollment and address climate change

USDA expands and renews CRP in effort to boost enrollment and address climate change USDA also announces investments in partner programs to support climate-smart policies   From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last Wednesday that USDA will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program with higher payment rates, new incentives, and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation. Additionally, USDA is announcing investments in partnerships to increase climate-smart agriculture, including $330 million in 85 Regional Conservation Partnership Program  RCPP projects and $25 million for On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials. Vilsack made the announcement last Wedne.

Senator Hirono Announces More Than $2 Million in USDA Funding to Support Kona Biodiversity, Wildlife Habitat

On Monday, April 26, 2021, Senator Mazie K. Hirono announced that the Kona Soil and Water Conservation District and seven partners have been awarded $2,028,572 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to boost biodiversity and support wildlife habitat for a variety of Hawaiian forest birds, including the akiapolaau, Hawaiʻi akepa, and Hawaiʻi creeper. The forest restoration efforts resulting from this project, titled “Kona is home to some of the most spectacular wildlife in our state. Investments like this one from USDA build strong public-private partnerships that help keep our environment healthy and will make restoration efforts lasting, so that our keiki can enjoy Hawaii’s unique biodiversity well into the future,” Senator Hirono said in a press release.

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