This project focuses on preserving intact grassland habitats and enhancing degraded habitats, particularly in areas that support declining grassland birds, waterfowl, and upland game birds. It will also restore marginal cropland and unproductive monocultures to higher quality forage and develop grazing infrastructure on grasslands recently restored or at risk of conversion.
Awards grants to maintain or improve interconnected, native grasslands in focal areas to sustain healthy populations of grassland-obligate species while fostering sustainable livelihoods and preserving cultural identities. Focal areas include the Dakota Grasslands, Missouri-Milk River Grasslands, and Powder River-Thunder Basin Grasslands. Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations, Federal and state agencies, local and municipal governments, Tribal … Read more
Supports ranches through technical assistance, ongoing monitoring, and cost-share opportunities. Goal to increase rangeland health and prevent conversion to cropland
Promotes coordination of NRCS activities with partners that offer value-added contributions to expand the ability to address on-farm, watershed, and regional natural resource concerns.
Variety of programs offering assistance for landowners to create or manage habitat on private land to enhance reproduction, recruitment, and survival of wildlife.
Target conservation efforts to improve agriculture and forest productivity and enhance wildlife habitat on working lands. Voluntary adoption of conservation practices that benefit both wildlife and agriculture.
Our Mission is to retain, enhance, restore, and protect grassland, sagebrush-steppe, wetland, and riparian ecosystems, with an emphasis on sustaining and increasing populations of migratory and resident birds while supporting working lands and communities that sustain these habitats.
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