The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing availability of cooperative agreements in South Dakota for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources, addressing local natural resource issues, encouraging collaboration, and developing state- and community-level conservation leadership.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture
State: South Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,200,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
The purpose of Conservation Collaboration Cooperative Agreements (CCCA) is to leverage NRCS and partner resources to help NRCS to address the goals of their strategic plan:
- Improve soil health.
- Improve landscape performance in dealing with water quantity issues; either excess or inadequate, and downstream impacts.
- Improve water quality.
- Improve habitat for local wildlife species of concern.
- Improve the environmental and economic performance of working agricultural lands.
- Assist communities and groups to build and strengthen local food projects that provide healthy food and economic opportunities.
- Support Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry Strategies.
Priority will be placed on projects that address soil health, climate smart agriculture, water quality and quantity, habitat, and urban/community agriculture, and will be executed through:
- Building technical capacity of the NRCS to implement Farm Bill Conservation Programs.
- Building technical capacity of NRCS and partner field conservation employees.
- Building the capacity of local partners to develop and implement effective projects that align within the mission and scope of NRCS.
- Leveraging non-Federal and non-government resources to achieve positive natural resources conservation outcomes.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding Amount: $4,300,000
- Maximum Funding Amount: $1,200,000
- Minimum Funding Amount: $50,000
Projects may be one to four years in duration. Applicants should plan their projects based on an estimated project start date of September 1, 2023.
Eligible Applicants
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.