Do you own or manage farmland or forest land in Rhode Island?
Could you use some technical and financial help in managing those lands more effectively? Through our partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), we can provide you with financial and technical assistance to address natural resource concerns through an array of conservation practices.
Contact info@easternriconservation.org today to learn more.
NRCS Programs:
• EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program) - NRCS’ flagship conservation
program that helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners integrate conservation into working lands.
• EQIP IRA (Environmental Quality Incentives Program) – Helps farmers, ranchers, forestland owners, and Tribes with the application of conservation measures that focus on carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions, reduced energy, and soil health.
• CSP (Conservation Stewardship Program) – Helps landowners build on existing conservation efforts while strengthening operations.
• AMA (Agricultural Management Assistance) – Helps agricultural producers manage financial risk through diversification, marketing, or natural resource conservation practices.
• ACEP (Agricultural Conservation Easement Program) – Helps landowners, land trusts, and other entities protect, restore, and enhance wetlands or protect working farms and ranches through conservation easements.
A sampling of current landowners participating in NRCS Programs:
Barrington
Jamestown
Little Compton
Middletown
Newport
Portsmouth
Tiverton
Warren
Local Farm Tours:
The People’s Garden Program
A program which empowers local partners to install community gardens or high tunnels within each of the Rhode Island Conservation Districts (Eastern, Southern, & Northern).
This project is funded by an agreement between the RI State Conservation Committee (RISCC) and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS).