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Oklahoma NRCS Announces Program Deadlines

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NRCS Oklahoma Announces First FY2024 Application Batching Date for Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) and Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

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OklahomaAirAnimalsClimateEnergyInvasive Species and PestsLandPlantsSoilWaterWildlife HabitatCroplandsEasementsForbsForestryGrassesInsects and PollinatorsLegumesOrganic AgriculturePlant MaterialsRange & PastureShrubsSoil HealthTreesUrban AgricultureWetlandsWildlifeAgricultural Conservation Easement ProgramAgricultural Land EasementsConservation Stewardship ProgramEnvironmental Quality Incentives ProgramHigh Tunnel InitiativeMonarch ButterfliesWetland Reserve Easements
Larry Huntington (left), United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA), Farm Loan Manager and Justin Maxey (right), a rancher in Nowata, Oklahoma survey cattle Maxey purchased with, both a USDA, FSA Beginning Farmer and a Rancher Loan and an Ownership Loan. Maxey was able to double his herd with a second loan with money available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). " I would not have been able to buy these new cows and needed supplies without this lo
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NRCS Alabama Announces FY 2024 Financial Assistance Program Signup

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NEWS RELEASE - Signup Deadline Announcement for Alabama’s FY 2024 Easement and Financial Assistance Programs

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AlabamaAirAnimalsClimateEnergyInvasive Species and PestsLandPlantsSoilWaterWildlife HabitatCroplandsEasementsForestryGrassesInsects and PollinatorsLegumesOrganic AgriculturePlant MaterialsRange & PastureShrubsSoil HealthTreesUrban AgricultureWetlandsWildlifeAgricultural Conservation Easement ProgramAgricultural Land EasementsAgricultural Management AssistanceAir Quality InitiativeHigh Tunnel InitiativeLandscape Conservation InitiativesLongleaf Pine InitiativeOn-Farm Energy InitiativeOrganic Initiative
Tree Stand
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NRCS Funding Available for Quail Habitat Practices in Southern Iowa

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Conservationists with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are encouraging Iowa landowners with marginal cropland or land adjacent to trees, brush and pasture to seed down native warm-season grasses to benefit the northern bobwhite quail and other wildlife.

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IowaAnimalsClimateLandWildlife HabitatGrassesRange & PastureTreesWildlifeEnvironmental Quality Incentives Program
Northern Bobwhite Quail
Success Story

Culturally Informed Land Restoration

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Inspired by the history of the land he stewards and driven by his desire to connect more deeply with his family’s traditional cultural relationships with the land, Damian Vraniak has worked for the past 30 years to restore the savanna and prairie land once owned by his grandfather.

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WisconsinLandPlantsSoilWaterWildlife HabitatCroplandsForestryShrubsSoil HealthTreesWetlandsWildlifeConservation Stewardship ProgramEnvironmental Quality Incentives Program
Skyline view of a savanna and a prairie with a creek and a house
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Alabama NRCS Hosted Fiscal Year 2023 State Technical Committee Meeting

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NRCS State Technical Committee meeting was held on August 10, 2023

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AlabamaAirAnimalsClimateEnergyInvasive Species and PestsLandPlantsSoilWaterWildlife HabitatCroplandsEasementsForbsForestryGrassesInsects and PollinatorsLegumesOrganic AgriculturePlant MaterialsRange & PastureShrubsSoil HealthTreesUrban AgricultureWetlandsWildlifeAgricultural Conservation Easement ProgramAgricultural Land EasementsAgricultural Management AssistanceEmergency Watershed ProtectionEnvironmental Quality Incentives Program
Alabama NRCS State Conservationist Ben Malone
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Alabama NRCS Pathways Present on Summer Experience

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NRCS Alabama Interns met at the  State Office in Auburn, Alabama to share their experiences of working for NRCS this summer.

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AlabamaAirAnimalsClimateEnergyInvasive Species and PestsLandPlantsSoilWaterWildlife HabitatCroplandsEasementsForbsForestryGrassesInsects and PollinatorsLegumesOrganic AgriculturePlant MaterialsRange & PastureShrubsSoil HealthTreesUrban AgricultureWetlandsWildlifeAgricultural Conservation Easement ProgramAgricultural Land EasementsAgricultural Management AssistanceAir Quality InitiativeColorado River Basin Salinity ProjectConservation Innovation GrantsConservation Reserve ProgramConservation Stewardship ProgramEmergency Watershed ProtectionEmergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program BuyoutsEnvironmental Quality Incentives ProgramGrazing Lands Conservation InitiativeGreat Lakes Restoration InitiativeHealthy Forests Reserve ProgramHigh Tunnel InitiativeJoint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration PartnershipLandscape Conservation InitiativesLesser Prairie-Chicken InitiativeLongleaf Pine InitiativeMississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds InitiativeMonarch ButterfliesNational Water Quality InitiativeOn-Farm Energy InitiativeOrganic InitiativeRegional Conservation Partnership ProgramSage Grouse InitiativeSentinel Landscapes InitiativeSnow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting ProgramSource Water ProtectionWater Bank Program Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) ProgramWatershed ProgramsWatershed RehabilitationWaterSMARTWetland Reserve EasementsWetland Reserve Enhancement PartnershipWorking Lands for Wildlife
Pathways Interns Enjoy Snacks While Preparing Presentations