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Would You Like to Learn More About NRCS at an Upcoming Outreach Event?  View the NRCS Outreach Calendar (PDF, 85 KB) This documents require Acrobat Reader.

Join Us to Celebrate the New Conservation District/NRCS Field Office OPEN HOUSE on February 12, 2013 (PDF, 46 KB) This documents require Acrobat Reader.

 

RI NRCS Employee Volunteers Help Remove Debris from Hurricane Sandy

RI NRCS Employees Volunteered Time for Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort in Westerly, RI During USDA's Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service

WARWICK, RI (January 18, 2013) — Volunteers from Rhode Island NRCS spent time on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 assisting the ongoing efforts to restore areas of Westerly devastated by Hurricane Sandy in observance of USDA's National Day of Service.  NRCS volunteers assisted local business owners in clearing and disposing of hazardous debris that were deposited by the storm.  Volunteer efforts were coordinated through the local organization Serve Rhode Island.

 

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NRCS Announces Application Ranking Deadline to Protect Farmland in Rhode Island- Ranking Deadline February 15, 2013

WARWICK, RI (January 11, 2013)  NRCS announces today that the application ranking deadline for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) is February 15, 2013. "Since 1996, the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program in Rhode Island has provided over $21 million in Federal funds combined with $24 million from private and public entities for a total of $45 million to preserve 46 parcels on over 2,700 acres of rich farmland in Rhode Island," said R. Phou Vongkhamdy, RI State Conservationist.

FRPP Program Application Information

 

 

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If You Own or Manage Farmland or Forest Land in Rhode Island, We Can Help You Protect, Restore, and Enhance Your Land

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides conservation planning and financial and technical assistance to help you composting animal and plant waste, preventing soil erosion, protecting crop fields, enhancing woodlands, controlling invasive plant species, reducing irrigation water use, and improving water quality along among other resource concerns.  Funds are available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).  Applications are accepted on a continuous basis throughout the year but there will be three application ranking deadlines for FY 2013:

December 21, 2012
February 15, 2013

April 19, 2013
 

Would You Like to Learn More About NRCS at an Upcoming Outreach Event?  View the NRCS Outreach Calendar (PDF, 73 KB) This documents require Acrobat Reader.

 

  EQIP Program Application Information

 

New England cottontail rabbit

NRCS and FWS Reach Historic Agreement to Extend Wildlife Conservation Efforts on Working Agricultural Land Including New England Cottontail Rabbit

NRCS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an agreement that will provide long-term regulatory predictability for up to 30 years to Rhode Island farmers and forest landowners participating in the Working Lands for Wildlife Initiative (WLFW) for such species as the New England cottontail rabbit.  

WHIP Program Application Information

 

 

 

 

Last Modified: 02/04/2013

The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural resources and environment.