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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
The Agriculture Department is accepting proposals for Regional Conservation Partnership Program projects as it looks to dole out $1.5 billion in funding for the program this fiscal year, Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday.
The Agriculture Department, state agencies, private companies and non-profits are preparing to distribute $1.1 billion through 81 new Regional Conservation Partnership Program projects.
Applications for fiscal 2023 funding under USDA's Regional Conservation Partnership Program are seeking $2.2 billion, more than four times the $500 million available, according to a slide presentation obtained by Agri-Pulse.
In this opinion piece, Harry Huntley at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center discusses the needed changes to the Regional Conservation Partnership Program and funding the Inflation Reduction Act in the farm bill.
The Agriculture Department will be distributing $500 million this fiscal year through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, which allows the agency to share costs for regional conservation projects with private entities and state governments.
Congressional Republicans who opposed the Inflation Reduction Act, the main funding mechanism for President Joe Biden's climate policy, would like to move the IRA's funding for climate-related farming practices into the farm bill, which could permanently boost funding for conservation programs.
Farmers and western conservation groups called for faster access to funding under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program at a Senate hearing Thursday, saying RCPP is important for farmers in drought-stricken areas.
The Department of Agriculture is making available $225 million for public-private partnerships aimed at conservation projects, with an eye on climate change mitigation, supporting urban agriculture and helping historically underserved producers.
A private-lands project that aims to improve conditions for threatened coho salmon in California is getting an $8 million boost from the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
As parts of Oregon and California face severe water shortages, the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service has awarded the states a total of 9 Regional Conservation Partnership Program grants.
