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For more than 80 years, we have helped people make investments in their operations and
local communities to keep working lands working,
boost rural economies,
increase the competitiveness of American agriculture, and improve the quality of our air,
water, soil, and habitat.
Our Mission: We deliver conservation solutions so agricultural producers can protect natural resources and
feed a growing world.
Our Vision: A world of clean and abundant water, healthy soils, resilient landscapes, and thriving agricultural communities through voluntary conservation.
What originally began as the USDA Soil Conservation Service in 1935 is now known as the Natural Resources Conservation
Some of these
benefits include:
- Reduced contamination from agricultural sources, such as animal feeding operations.
- Efficient use of nutrients, reducing input costs and reduction in nonpoint source pollution.
- Improved soil health, which mitigates against increasing weather volatility, improves drought resiliency and can positively affect climate change.
- Implementation of climate-smart practices that improve
carbon sequestration and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions while building resilient landscapes.
The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP) provides funding to help State and tribal governments encourage landowners to allow
public access to their
land for hunting, fishing, and other wildlife-dependent recreation.
VPA-HIP is a competitive grants program and only State and Tribal Governments may apply.
Projects may be up to three years in duration. The maximum amount for a single award is $3 million.
Up to 25 percent of the funding for each award may be used to provide incentives to improve wildlife habitat on enrolled public access program lands.
The Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) helps agricultural producers manage financial risk through diversification, marketing or natural resource conservation practices.
Program At A Glance
AMA provides financial assistance up to 75 percent of the cost of installing conservation practices.
- Total AMA payments shall not exceed $50,000 per participant for any fiscal year.
- Participants are not subject to Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985.
- Participants are subject to Adjusted Gross Income provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985.
- AMA offers an additional higher cost-share for historically underserved producers.
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