TCS Databases

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Agency: Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service

  • Additional Agricultural Conservation Investments: Environmental Quality Incentives Program

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    Agency: Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service   Description: To support the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which provides technical and financial assistance to producers and Indian tribes to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water, increased soil health and reduced soil…

  • Additional Agricultural Conservation Investments: Conservation Stewardship Program

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    Agency: Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service   Description: Funds whole-farm conservation efforts on working lands implemented by individual farmers and ranchers. This funding will support practices that directly improve soil carbon, reduce nitrogen losses, or reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions associated with agricultural production. Bill Section: 21001(a)(2)…

  • Additional Agricultural Conservation Investments: Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

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    Agency: Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service   Description: Funds land set-asides for grassland and wetland conservation. This funding will support easements or interests in land that will most reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions. For ACEP Agricultural Land Easements (ACEP-ALE) or Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE). NRCS will prioritize…

  • Additional Agricultural Conservation Investments: Regional Conservation Partnership Program

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    Agency: Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service   Description: Funds regional and state-wide conservation projects, including grasslands easements, water conservation, and more. RCPP projects may include a range of on-the-ground conservation activities implemented by farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and Indian tribes such as land management, improvement, and restoration practices; land rentals; and entity-held and U.S.-held…

  • Conservation Technical Assistance: Greenhouse Gas Emission Quantification Program

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    Agency: Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service   Description: New provision in IRA regarding quantification of carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions through collection of field-based data to assess emissions outcomes. The new investments will advance priorities set by the broader “Federal Strategy to Advance Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Monitoring for…