‘‘(E) coordinates integration of local, 
State, and Federal efforts to make the best use 
of available resources and maximize cost-effec-
tive investments; 
‘‘(F) leverages financial and technical re-
sources from sources other than the programs 
authorized by this subtitle, including financial 
and technical resources provided by Federal 
and State agencies, local governments, non-
governmental organizations and associations, 
and other private sector entities; 
‘‘(G) describes how all necessary technical 
assistance will be provided to each producer 
participating in the project or initiative, includ-
ing cost estimates for technical assistance and 
whether such assistance will be provided by 
technical service providers; 
‘‘(H) addresses a local, State, regional, or 
national environmental priority or priorities, 
with particular emphasis on any priority for 
which there is an existing State or federally ap-
proved plan in place for addressing that pri-
ority; 
‘‘(I) links environmental and conservation 
objectives with other objectives, such as spur-
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ring rural economic development through in-
creased opportunities in the project area for 
recreation, value-added enterprises, or direct 
marketing of agricultural products, and assist-
ing beginning, limited resource, tribal, and 
other producers maintain the viability of their 
operations; 
‘‘(J) includes a plan to evaluate progress 
and measure results; and 
‘‘(K) clearly demonstrates that enrollment 
of producers in covered programs will be con-
sistent with the purposes and policies of each 
individual program, as established in statute, 
rules and regulations, and program guidance 
promulgated by implementing agencies. 
‘‘(f) PRIORITIES.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, consistent with the requirements of subsection (d), 
the Secretary shall ensure that, each fiscal year, agree-
ments are entered into under this section to support 
projects and initiatives that collectively address the full 
range of resource concerns facing producers, ranchers, 
and small private forest landowners, including specifically 
projects and initiatives that are designed— 
‘‘(1) to achieve improvements in water quality 
in watersheds impacted by agriculture, particularly 
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by increasing the participation of producers in im-
plementing best management practices in a water-
shed or developing environmentally and economically 
viable alternative uses for manure and litter; 
‘‘(2) to achieve improvements in air quality in 
a geographical area where agricultural operations 
impact air quality, especially an area that, as deter-
mined by the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, is a nonattainment area with re-
spect to any of the national ambient air quality 
standards promulgated by the Administrator under 
section 109 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7409); 
‘‘(3) to conserve water for environmental pur-
poses such as enhanced in stream flows or aquifer 
recharge in regions, States, or local areas where 
water quantity is a concern; 
‘‘(4) to assist in the recovery of Federal or 
State-listed endangered species or species of special 
concern or to further the goals and objectives of a 
State’s comprehensive wildlife conservation plan 
through the cooperative efforts of multiple pro-
ducers; 
‘‘(5) to control invasive species on rangeland or 
other agricultural land through the cooperative ef-
forts of multiple producers in a geographical area; 
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