CSG East Regional Conservation Projects Funded through Regional Conservation Partnership Program
The USDA has announced funding for 92 conservation projects through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. Of the total $1.5 Billion awarded, projects in CSG East members states and territories received $171,830,113 for project funding.
These projects are:
| Massachusetts Audubon | $ 25,000,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy – Maine | $ 24,999,983 |
| Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture | $ 21,250,000 |
| Procrane – Puerto Rico | $ 21,250,000 |
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts | $ 20,835,000 |
| National Hemp Association – PA and MD | $ 19,675,227 |
| Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine | $ 15,586,000 |
| Connecticut River Conservancy | $ 11,463,415 |
| The Nature Conservancy – NH and Maine | $ 10,000,000 |
| American Rivers – NJ | $ 9,273,000 |
| Rhode Island Dept of Environmental Management | $ 5,625,000 |
| Connecticut Land Conservation Council | $ 4,580,488 |
For detailed project descriptions, go the NRCS site here.
Projects are being awarded under both RCPP Classic and RCPP Alternative Funding Arrangements (AFA). RCPP Classic projects are implemented using NRCS contracts and easements with producers, landowners and communities in collaboration with project partners. Through RCPP AFA, the lead partner works directly with agricultural producers to support the development of innovative conservation approaches that would not otherwise be available under RCPP Classic.
CSG East congratulates the projects receiving funding and applauds these USDA investments in the agencies and organizations working to protect natural resources in the Eastern Region.
