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NRCS Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful report promises voluntary efforts on private lands.
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In pursuit of the Biden administration’s national conservation goal of conserving at least 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030, key members of the Biden cabinet unveiled its Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful Plan offering insight on the role of working lands and strengthening conservation efforts over the next 10 years to reach the goal.
On January 27, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which launched an all-of-government effort to confront climate change, repower America’s economy with clean energy and create millions of jobs. In that order, he directed the Department of Interior, USDA and Commerce Department to work together to develop recommendations on how the nation could pursue a goal of conserving at le
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $4.8 million to the Working Farms Fund to boost support for next-generation farmers in Georgia and create a more resilient food system across metro Atlanta. The Working Farms Fund, an initiative supported by a first-of-its-kind partnership between The Conservation Fund and Emory University, acquires and permanently protects farmland, helping farmers who would not have the means to purchase the land at full market price.
Building on a previous USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service grant, the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) award will provide easement funding and technical assistance for the Working Farms Fund’s program over the next five years.
by: Reed Parker, Inside INdiana Business
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May 5, 2021 / 10:35 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) A multi-state effort to improve water quality and soil in the Western Lake Erie Basin has been awarded millions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. The effort is being led by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, which received nearly $8 million for the five-year Lake Erie Conservation Partnership program.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Ohio State University are working together with Indiana to focus on erosion control and nutrient and water management. The USDA says funding allows for new conservation programs in the three states to be used as demonstration sites of soil conservation practices.
Multi-state conservation project awarded nearly $8 million for Western Lake Erie Basin
For immediate release: May 4, 2021
LANSING, MI - Recently, the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) announced that a multi-state conservation program led by Indiana and including the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development as a key partner received $7,780,799 to protect natural resources, enhance soil health, improve water quality, and support landowners in the Western Lake Erin Basin (WLEB) region. This is a tremendous opportunity to expand and accelerate the work our states have been doing to preserve and protect our fresh water, which has been a top priority of Governor Whitmer s administration since day one, said