The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing the potential availability of grants and agreements in Kansas for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources, addressing local natural resource issues, encouraging collaboration and developing state and community level conservation leadership.

The purpose of Conservation Outreach Grants or Agreements is to leverage NRCS and partner resources to assist historically underserved farmers and ranchers and assist farmers and ranchers to improve, restore or maintain natural resources that:

• Improve soil health.
• Improve water quality.
• Assist communities and groups to build and strengthen local food projects that provide healthy food and economic opportunities in both urban and rural communities.
• Improve the environmental and economic performance of working agricultural lands.
• Provide habitat for local wildlife species of concern.

Funding Information

• The funding floor for this opportunity is $100,000, and the funding ceiling is $2,500,000

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility for this opportunity includes but is not limited to the following entity types.

• City or township governments
• County governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Nonprofit organizations, other than institutions of higher education
• Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
• Special district governments
• State governments
• Farmer cooperatives
• Community and technical colleges

For more information, visit USDA-NRCS.