Three Areas in Michigan Selected for USDA Conservation Initiative

Areas located in NW lower peninsula and Thumb

EAST LANSING – July 8, 2009 – Three areas in Michigan are eligible for over $1 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture financial assistance to address local natural resource concerns. The funding is the result of three conservation organizations being selected to participate in the USDA’s Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative.

Proposals from the The Nature Conservancy, the Conservation Resource Alliance and the Huron Conservation District were selected. The Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative is administered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The organizations will not receive any direct funding from the initiative but NRCS will set aside about $1.1 million in financial assistance from its existing conservation programs.

Financial assistance will be available to rural landowners, agricultural producers and American Indian tribes in areas designated by the three participating organizations. Applications for financial assistance through the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative will be accepted from July 13 until July 29 at local USDA Service Centers.
Financial assistance will be available through the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives program and Wildlife Habitat Incentives program. The financial assistance from NRCS will cover an estimated 75 percent of the cost for installing conservation practices designed to protect water, soil, air and wildlife resources.

For more information contact your local NRCS field office. A listing of NRCS field offices can be found online at www.mi.nrcs.usda.gov/contact/. NRCS offices are also listed in the government section of your phone book under U.S. Department of Agriculture.
 

The Nature Conservancy

Conservation Resource Alliance

Huron Conservation District

NRCS Michigan

Brian Thomas , CCPI Coordinator

Phone: 517-324-5259

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