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### USDA Provides Emergency Conservation Funds to Help Oklahoma Farmers Recover from Wildfires

April 16, 2024

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is opening a special disaster sign-up for $1 million in additional funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for producers in Oklahoma who have been impacted by recent wildfires.

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### NRCS Announces Second EQIP & RCPP Signup for 2024 Funding

April 16, 2024

Agricultural producers, farmers, and forest landowners need to apply by May 17, 2024 for the second round of funding in fiscal year 2024.

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### NRCS Issues Call for Proposals for NewEQIP-WaterSMART Initiative Priority Areas

April 16, 2024

Through WaterSMART, BOR supports States, Tribes, and local entities as they plan for and implement actions to increase water supply through investments to modernize existing infrastructure and attention to local water conflicts.

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### NRCS California Launches Two Popular Initiatives to Support Avian Populations on California’s Agriculture Lands

April 15, 2024

USDA NRCS in California is taking applications for both the NRCS Migratory Bird Resurgence Initiative (MBRI) and Tricolored Blackbird Initiative through May 24, 2024. 

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### NRCS Texas announces additional 2024 National Water Quality Initiative sign-ups through EQIP

April 08, 2024

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas announced an additional Fiscal Year 2024 sign-up for the National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) offered through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). 

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### Rhode Island Farmers and Forest Landowners can Act Now for NRCS Climate-Smart Funding

April 04, 2024

NRCS is using the **Act Now** process to deliver conservation contracting faster. **Act Now** allows NRCS to quickly approve and obligate a ranked application in a designated ranking pool when an eligible application meets or exceeds a state-determined, minimum threshold, ranking score. 

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### USDA Announces Third Signup for Inflation Reduction Act Funding for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Rhode Island

April 04, 2024

NRCS announces additional funding opportunities for FY 2024 for Rhode Island farmers and forest landowners. NRCS is opening a third ranking signup period for **Inflation Reduction Act** (IRA) climate-smart agriculture and forestry funding under the **Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).**

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### Marylee Reaume and her FarmASea: Nature’s Prescription Through Conservation Efforts.

April 03, 2024

From the backyard to the barnyard, Marylee Reaume's agricultural journey responsibly raising animals through conservation. 

(Photo Courtesy of Marylee Reaume)

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### Announcing a Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY24 in Minnesota

March 14, 2024

This NFO is being released prior to appropriation and/or apportionment of funds for current fiscal year Enactment of additional continuing resolutions or an appropriations act may affect the availability or level of funding for this program.

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### Restoring a Savannah Landscape in a Suburban Rural Neighborhood

March 13, 2024

What does someone do who buys out a dairy farm wanting nothing to do with cattle, but rather to return the land to the thriving tall grass prairie it once was? She gets help from NRCS and other partners leading her back to cows to reach her goal.

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