Agriculture
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Opportunity #: 10.913
Award Ceiling
$1.0M
Award Floor
N/A
Close Date
N/A
Total Funding
$1.0M
Cost Sharing Required
No
Grants.gov ID
usa-10.913
Description
To provide funding to eligible entities to purchase conservation easements to limit conversion to non-agricultural uses of farm and ranch lands that contain prime, unique, or important soils; that contain historical and archaeological resources; or that support the policy of a state or local farmland protection program.
Types of Assistance: DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIED USE
Eligible Applicants
An eligible entity was any local or State agency, county or groups of counties, municipality, town or township, soil and water conservation district, or Indian tribe or tribal organization, that has a farmland protection program that purchases conservation easements for the purpose of protecting agricultural use and related conservation values by limiting conversion to non- agricultural uses of land, and that has pending offers. This program was available in all 50 States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands. The program was repealed by the Agricultural Act of 2014 effective February 7, 2014. No new enrollments are authorized after that date.
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