NRCS Landscape Initiatives - Conservation Beyond Boundaries Clean water, abundant wildlife, and productive agriculture are interconnected. Conservation doesn’t have man-made boundaries. That’s why NRCS is addressing natural resource priorities on a landscape scale. Our conservation solutions benefit both landowners and the environment, provide wildlife habitat and improve agricultural production.
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	NRCS Will Fund New Projects to Protect Natural Resources in the Mississippi River Basin Technical and financial assistance will help ag landowners implement conservation practices that prevent, control, and trap nutrient runoff and restore and protect wetlands.
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	NRCS Selects Conservation Partnership Proposals to Improve Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Six projects in four states will accelerate efforts toward a healthy and restored Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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	USDA Provides Emergency Watershed Protection Program Funds to Protect Five Western States from Potential Flood Damages $3 million in financial and technical assistance go for emergency restoration projects in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.
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	NRCS Helps Address Nitrates in the Upper Mississippi River Basin NRCS has formed a national team to assist states in the voluntary conservation efforts to reduce nitrates leaving the intensively drained farmlands in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
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Updated 06/17/2011