“I started as a customer of NRCS first,” says Aubrey Bettencourt, chief of the USDA agency that helps farmers and ranchers manage natural resources on private lands. As a third-generation California ...

New federal initiative provides farmers funding for soil health practices and conservation through streamlined application ...

The new USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) website is designed for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners who use NRCS conservation programs, and our partners who help us deliver the ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Natural Resources Conservation Service announced Wednesday it awarded $22 million to projects through the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, four of which are located in ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Conservation Stewardship Program is one of the federal government’s most popular tools for making “working land” in agriculture more environmentally friendly. Todd C. Hagel, ...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Pacific Islands Area is now accepting applications for fiscal year 2025 assistance programs. Farmers, ...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Pacific Islands Area is now accepting applications for fiscal year 2025 assistance programs. Farmers, ...

USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service is embarking on a big hiring push to recruit the staff needed to handle a massive infusion of cash from the Inflation Reduction Act. Positions for ...

Gov. Ralph Northam announced today that his proposed budget includes $10 million to conserve historic and cultural sites that are important to Virginia’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and $12 ...

“It feels incredibly rewarding. ... I’ve seen firsthand the impact our work has on the local landscape.” ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texan by Nature (TxN), a conservation non-profit, today announces the selection of the 2025 TxN Conservation Wranglers. Conservation Wrangler is an accelerator program ...