ORGANIZATION
NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service
Mailing Address:
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Attn: Public Affairs Division, P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013
or
Natural Resources Conservation Service, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250
Sponsored and Affiliated Programs
The Maryland Grazers Network, a farmer-to-farmer mentoring program, that pairs experienced livestock, dairy, sheep and poultry producers with farmers who want to learn innovative rotational skills.
In order to participate in many conservation cost-share programs from USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, a conservation plan is required.
"The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) is a voluntary program for private and Tribal land to develop or improve high quality habitat that supports fish and wildlife populations of National, State, Tribal, and local significance.
“The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is a voluntary program that encourages agricultural and forestry producers to address resource concerns by (1) undertaking additional conservation activities and (2) improving and maintaining existing c
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) offers two programmatic exceptions intended to encourage the participation of beginning and limited resource farmers and ranchers, and Indian Tribes, in CIG.
"USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service offered the seasonal high tunnels (officially called “seasonal high tunnel system for crops”) as a conservation practice for the first time in 2010 as part of a three-year trial to determine their eff
"Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program Organic Initiative, the USDA Natrual Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) provides assistance to eligible producers for installation of conservation practices on organic or agricultural operat
Sponsored and Affiliated Resources
A table of the current list of national conservation practices in alphabetical order by practice name, with the practice code in parentheses including: 1) Conservation practice standards; 2) Conservation practice information sheets; 3) Conservati
"The purpose of this self determination tool is to enable potential limited resource farmers and ranchers to ascertain eligibility for various USDA programs and benefits."