NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, HURON, SD, January 14, 2019–USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) serving South Dakota (SD) is seeking proposals for Conservation Collaboration Grants or Agreements (CCGA) to help address SD’s most pressing natural resource concerns. Proposals are due February 20, 2019.
Improve soil health in SD.
Improving water quality in SD.
Provide habitat for local wildlife species of concern.
Improve the environmental and economic performance of working agricultural lands in SD.
Assist communities and groups to build and strengthen local food projects that provide healthy food and economic opportunities.
An emphasis will be placed on projects that build technical capacity to implement Farm Bill Conservation Programs; build technical capacity of NRCS and partner field conservation employees; build the capacity of local partners to develop and implement effective projects; and leverage non-federal and non-government resources to achieve positive natural resources conservation outcomes.
The opportunity number USDA-NRCS-MULTI-STATE-CENTRAL-19-01 is posted on www.grants.gov. For more information about the SD CCGA proposal process, visit the NRCS SD web site at: http://bit.ly/NRCSSDCCGA2019 or contact Denise Gauer at denise.gauer@sd.usda.gov or (605) 352-1200.