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  • Richland County NRCS Encourages Planning Now For Conservation Benefits & Future Funding Opportunities

    Jamie Selting|Aug 28, 2024

    Sidney, MT – Montana’s short summer is winding down and now is a good time for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to conduct the field inventories and planning needed to develop a conservation plan for farmers, ranchers, and private forestland managers looking to improve their natural resources. Because the timeframe before snow is unpredictable and because the NRCS application ranking period for funding opportunities usually happens in the fall, visit the Sidney field office now. The local NRCS staff can help to figure out...

  • NRCS Sets Conservation Program Funding Application Date For Oct. 27

    Jamie Selting|Oct 4, 2023

    Bozeman, MT – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Montana is accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), and Wetlands Reserve Easements (WRE). To be considered for funding in the current cycle, producers and landowners should apply by Oct. 27. “NRCS provides funding and technical assistance to help farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners implement conservation practices that improve their environme...

  • NRCS Extends Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project Funding

    Jamie Selting|Jan 21, 2015

    Sidney, Mont. – Irrigators in the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) area in Dawson and Richland Counties have until Friday February 20, 2015, to apply for financial assistance through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to install sprinkler irrigation systems on irrigated land. For the past five years, owners and operators of land within the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project have received funding from NRCS through its Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) to increase irrigation efficiency on agricultural land....

  • NRCS Extends Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project Funding

    Jamie Selting|Jan 21, 2015

    Sidney, Mont. – Irrigators in the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) area in Dawson and Richland Counties have until Friday February 20, 2015, to apply for financial assistance through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to install sprinkler irrigation systems on irrigated land. For the past five years, owners and operators of land within the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project have received funding from NRCS through its Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) to increase irrigation efficiency on agricultural land....

  • AWEP/RCCP Signup Deadline is June 20

    Jamie Selting|Jun 18, 2014

    The Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are announcing the close of signup for the 2014 RCCP (Formerly AWEP) program on June 20, 2014. The AWEP (Agricultural Water Enhancement Program) was approved for use in the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project area from 2010 to 2014 and funds from this program have been used to increase irrigation efficiency on agricultural land within the LYIP boundaries in Montana and North Dakota. Sprinkler irrigation systems have been a high priority for the LY...

  • AWEP/RCCP Signup Deadline is June 20

    Jamie Selting|Jun 11, 2014

    The Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are announcing the close of signup for the 2014 RCCP (Formerly AWEP) program on June 20, 2014. The AWEP (Agricultural Water Enhancement Program) was approved for use in the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project area from 2010 to 2014 and funds from this program have been used to increase irrigation efficiency on agricultural land within the LYIP boundaries in Montana and North Dakota. Sprinkler irrigation systems have been a high priority for the LY...