Natural Resources Conservation Service

Missouri

United States Department of Agriculture

NRCS Funding Available to Protect Wetlands and Other Agricultural Land

NRCS has $9.5 million available to help Missouri landowners restore wetlands and $360,000 available for easements to protect agricultural land from conversion to non-agricultural uses.

NRCS Expanding Efforts to Aid Bobwhite Quail

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is adding the northern bobwhite to Working Lands for Wildlife, the agency’s targeted, science-based effort to help producers restore and protect habitat for declining species on farms, ranches and working forests.

USDA Accepting Applications for Conservation Stewardship Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for enrollment in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Missouri farmers and ranchers can apply through February 3 at local USDA Service Centers.

Community Action Group Looks to High Tunnel for Added Nutrition

A non-profit community action group in the Ozarks combined volunteer efforts with donations from local businesses and $6,000 from NRCS to construct a seasonal high tunnel at its community garden.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Holds StrikeForce Meetings In Southern Missouri

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD) will host StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity Initiative meetings in Houston, Mount Vernon, Sikeston, Ste. Genevieve and Springfield, November 1-3.