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County of Sonoma

Natural Resource Conservation Service

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Conservation Stewardship Program

  • https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/financial/csp/
  • Our Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) helps you build on your existing conservation efforts while strengthening your operation. Whether you are looking to improve grazing conditions, increase crop yields, or develop wildlife habitat, we can custom design a CSP plan to help you meet those goals. We can help you schedule timely planting of cover crops, develop a grazing plan that will improve your forage base, implement no-till to reduce erosion or manage forested areas in a way that benefits wildlife habitat.  If you are already taking steps to improve the condition of the land, chances are CSP can help you find new ways to meet your goals.
  • Expected opening of program – Spring 2020

Conservation Innovation Grants: On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials

  • https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/programs/financial/cig/?cid=nrcseprd1459039
  • On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials – Newly authorized in the 2018 Farm Bill, On-Farm Trials supports more widespread adoption of innovative approaches, practices and systems on working lands. On-Farm Trials projects feature collaboration between NRCS and partners to implement on-the-ground conservation activities and then evaluate their impact. Incentive payments are provided to producers to offset the risk of implementing innovative approaches.
  • Expected Opening of program – Spring 2020

Environmental Quality Incentives Program

  • https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/financial/eqip/
  • The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural and forestry producers to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water, reduced soil erosion and sedimentation, and improved or created wildlife habitat.
  • Visit NRCS Office to apply

Regional Conservation Partnership Program

  • https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/financial/rcpp/
  • Promotes coordination of NRCS conservation activities with partners that offer value-added contributions to expand our collective ability to address on-farm, watershed, and regional natural resource concerns. Through RCPP, NRCS seeks to co-invest with partners to implement projects that demonstrate innovative solutions to conservation challenges and provide measurable improvements and outcomes tied to the resource concerns they seek to address.
  • Must partner with eligible organization
  • Solicitation Open – September 3, 2019
  • Applications Due – December 3, 2019