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### USDA Makes $1.5 Billion Available to Help Farmers Advance Conservation and Climate-Smart Agriculture

April 04, 2024

The USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced $1.5 billion investment in partner-driven conservation and climate solution projects, through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).

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### Save Rhode Island’s Farmland, Forestland and Wetlands with USDA Conservation Easements

April 03, 2024

NRCS in Rhode Island announces a third application sign up period for the **Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)** and the **Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) RI Forest Health Works**.

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### Easements in Action in North Carolina

March 27, 2024

To addressing historic loss of agricultural land to protecting vital wetlands, easements have been a crucial tool in conserving these important land uses in North Carolina. 

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### Agricultural Producers to Conserve Land through Climate-Smart Easements as part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

March 13, 2024

On March 13, 2024, NRCS announced it will invest about $138 million of financial assistance from the Inflation Reduction Act in 138 new climate-smart conservation easements, through which farmers and ranchers are conserving wetlands, grasslands and prime farmlands.

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### Windmist Farm Protects Agriculture Land in Jamestown, Rhode Island

February 20, 2024

Windmist Farm is perhaps the most visible of Jamestown, Rhode Island, farms. The town sits on Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay, a steppingstone for tourists on their way to nearby Newport.

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### Ag Land Conservation Easements with NRCS & Entities

February 15, 2024

NRCS State Conservationist, Tammy Willis announced funding is now available for the **Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Agricultural Land Easements (ACEP-ALE)**. 

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### Biden-Harris Administration Makes Record Investment in Private Lands Conservation As Part of  Investing in America Agenda

February 13, 2024

USDA made record investments in private lands conservation in fiscal year 2023.

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### NRCS N.H and UVLT Announces Second RCPP Signup for the 2024 Upper Valley Farmland Protection Initiative

January 23, 2024

The NRCS in N.H., in partnership with the Upper Valley Land Trust announces a second RCPP signup under the 2024 Upper Valley Farmland Protection Initiative RCPP for select areas of the Granite State for Fiscal Year 2024.

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### Egan Slough Jaquette Easement

January 23, 2024

The Jaquette's work with the Flathead Land Trust and the NRCS to help preserve their land.

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### Forest Landowners in Rhode Island eligible for funding to permanently protect their land

January 19, 2024

The **RI Forest Health Works Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) Project** is accepting applications for funding for fiscal year 2024. It is a agreement between NRCS, RI DEM Division of Forest Environment & 10 partners to leverage over $3.9 million in 5 years to protect critical forests.

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