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NRCS Announces National Water Quality Initiative in Rhode Island State Conservationist R. Phou Vongkhamdy announced the launch of a new National Water Quality Initiative committed to improving three impaired watersheds in Rhode Island.  The watersheds include the Sakonnet River, Tomaquag Brook-Pawcatuck River, and Upper East Passage.  USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will manage the initiative by making funds available to farmers and forest landowners in the selected watersheds.    National Water Quality Initiative in Rhode Island News Release     If You Own or Manage Farmland or Forest Land in Rhode Island, We Can Help You Protect, Restore, and Enhance Your Land The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides conservation planning and financial and technical assistance to help you composting animal and plant waste, preventing soil erosion, protecting crop fields, enhancing woodlands, controlling invasive plant species, reducing irrigation water use, and improving water quality along among other resource concerns.  Funds are available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).  Although applications are accepted on a continuous basis throughout the year, the third round application deadline is June 1, 2012!   Upcoming Farm Tours/Information Session Open Houses-Register Now! (PDF, 363 KB) This documents require Acrobat Reader.   Would You Like to Learn More About NRCS at an Upcoming Outreach Event?  View the NRCS Outreach Calendar (PDF, 35 KB) This documents require Acrobat Reader.     EQIP Program Application Information     NRCS Announces Innovative Working Lands for Wildlife Partnership to Preserve Working Lands and Conserve Habitat for Wildlife Species Including New England Cottontail Rabbit USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in partnership with the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service announced funding for the Working Lands for Wildlife partnership which allows farmers and forest landowners to use innovative approaches to restore and protect habitats for wildlife including at-risk species such as New England cottontail rabbit.  Although applications are accepted on a continuous basis throughout the year, the application ranking deadline is April 30, 2012!   WHIP Program Application Information     $125,000 Available for Rhode Island State Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) The Rhode Island Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies.  Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded through a competitive grants process with up to $125,000 to be awarded statewide.  The application deadline is Tuesday, May 1, 2012.  CIG Program Application Information     Notice to Women and/or Hispanic Farmers If you are a woman or Hispanic farmer and believe that you were improperly denied farm loan benefits by USDA between 1981 and 2000, you may be eligible for compensation.  Earlier this year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General Tony West announced the establishment of a process to resolve the claims of Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who assert that they were discriminated against when seeking USDA farm loans.   En Español (PDF)

Last Modified: 05/15/2012

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