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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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### Announcing Application Date for Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs

January 09, 2024

NRCS New York announces February 9, 2024, as the second application deadline for Fiscal Year 2024 funding through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) – Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) and Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE)

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### Save Rhode Island’s Ag Lands and Wetlands with USDA Conservation Easements - 2024

January 08, 2024

Rhode Island NRCS announces a second application sign up period for the **Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)**. ACEP helps landowners, land trusts, and other entities protect, restore, and enhance wetlands or protect farmland and ranchland through conservation easements.

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### NRCS Obligates Record $85.8 Million in Conservation Funding to Iowa Farmers

December 12, 2023

NRCS obligated a record $85.8 million in conservation practice funding to Iowa farmers in fiscal year 2023, through 1,628 conservation program contracts that will help treat natural resource concerns such as soil erosion and water quality on 386,736 acres.

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### Save Rhode Island’s Ag Lands and Wetlands with USDA Conservation Easements

December 11, 2023

NRCS in Rhode Island is still accepting applications for the **Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)**. ACEP helps landowners, land trusts, and other entities protect, restore, and enhance wetlands or protect farmland and ranchland through conservation easements.

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### NRCS Nevada accepting applications for FY2024 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

November 29, 2023

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The application deadline is January 5, 2024.

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###  USDA-NRCS Texas Accepting Applications for  Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

November 06, 2023

While the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) accepts easement applications on a continuous basis, applications for the 2024 fiscal year Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) funding consideration must be submitted to NRCS by December 8, 2023.

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### USDA NRCS, USACE Partner to Improve Florida Wetland Reserve Easements 

November 02, 2023

A unique partnership between USDA and USACE provides top-notch, valuable service through the through Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE) and has allowed treatment of invasive, exotic vegetation on tens-of-thousands of WRE acres in the state.

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