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Federal and State Conservation Programs in Southwest Region

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Do you farm or ranch and want to make improvements to the land that you own or lease? NRCS offers technical and financial assistance to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.

 

Barthell Joseph and the Wetland Reserve Program

While in college, Barthell Joseph made several trips to the home of a friend whose family owned property near Hollandale, Mississippi, close to the Mississippi River.

 

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There are 156 resources serving Southwest Region in the following categories:
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Department of Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service Programs
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
Dr. Susan Pasko - Executive Secretary, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Ecological Services Program - Baileys Crossroads, VA
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants
- Baileys Crossroads, VA
Fish Passage Program - Southeast Region
- Wadmalaw Island, SC
Habitat Conservation Plans
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Louisiana Statewide Red-cockaded Woodpecker Safe Harbor Program
Eric Baka - RCW Safe Harbor Coordinator - Pineville, LA
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
Silvana Yaroschuk - MSCGP Program Manager - Washington, DC
National Fish Passage Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Lands
University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants Program
Guy Foulks - NMBCA Program Coordinator - Falls Church, VA
North American Wetlands Conservation Act
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Arlington, VA
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants Program
Rodecia Mcknight - Small Grants Program Coordinator - Falls Church, VA
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Standard Grants Program
Stacy Sanchez - U.S. Standard Grants Program Proposal Coordinator - Falls Church, VA
Partners For Fish And Wildlife Program - National
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Louisiana
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Lafayette, LA
Safe Harbor Agreements
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Southeast Coastal Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Townsend, GA
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Coastal Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior - Washington, DC
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program
- Falls Church, VA
Working Lands for Wildlife
Tim Griffiths - Bozeman, MT
EPA Programs
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
- Thibodaux, LA
Clean Water Act Section 319
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Washington, DC
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Wastewater Management, SRF Branch (4204M) - Washington, DC
Climate Ready Estuaries program
EPA - Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds - Washington, DC
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
- Lafayette, LA
Five-Star Restoration Program
Myra Price - USEPA Wetlands Division - Washington, DC
Source Reduction Assistance Grants
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances, Pollution Prevention Division (7409 M) - Washington, DC
The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance
- St. Louis, MO
Urban Waters Small Grants
Environmental Protection Agency - Washington, DC
Wetlands Program Development Grants
Myra Price - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Washington, DC
Federal Incentives
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmers Market Promotion Program
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Washington, DC
Livestock Indemnity Program
USDA FSA - Washington, DC
Local Food Promotion Program
Nicole Nelson Miller - LFPP Program Manager - Washington, DC
Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program
U.S. Department of Defense - Washington, DC
Grant Programs
Acres for America
Thomas E. Kelsch - Vice President, Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund - Washington, DC
Bring Back the Natives
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Portland, OR
Clean Trail Grant Program
Leah Leitch - Grant Outreach - ExtremeTerrain.com - Malvern, PA
Clean Water Act Section 319
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Washington, DC
FACT's Fund-a-Farmer Grants
Food Animal Concerns Trust - Chicago, IL
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmers Market Promotion Program
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Washington, DC
FishAmerica Foundation
Ruth Jackson - Grants Manager - Alexandria, VA
Forest Stewardship Program (FSP)
Andrea Giardina - Landowner Assistance Programs Natural Resource Specialist - Washington, DC
Local Food Promotion Program
Nicole Nelson Miller - LFPP Program Manager - Washington, DC
Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Washington, DC
Mark Howell
Grounded Truths LLC - Director/Emergency & Fire Mgmt Specialist - Doniphan, MO
Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Monarch Butterfly Fund
- Madison, WI
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
Silvana Yaroschuk - MSCGP Program Manager - Washington, DC
National Wildlife Refuge Friends
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Washington, DC
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
Organic Farming Research Foundation
- Santa Cruz, CA
Perennial Fund
- Boulder, CO
Restore America's Estuaries
- Arlington, VA
SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. - Washington, DC
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
Louisiana Department of Ag & Forestry - Hamond, LA
The Central Louisiana Community Foundation
Thomas E. Harmeyer - President and CEO - Alexandria, LA
The Conservation Alliance
John Sterling - Executive Director - Bend, OR
The FruitGuys Community Fund
Chris Mittelstaedt - Founder and Project Director - South San Francisco, CA
The Fund for Wild Nature
- La Canada, CA
The Louisiana Forestry Foundation
- Alexandria, LA
The Meateater Land Access Initiative
Meat EaterMT
The Summerlee Foundation
Lynne Starnes - Director of Administration - Dallas, TX
Value-Added Producer Grant Program
USDA Office of Rural Development - Washington, DC
Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP)
NRCS - Washington, DC
NOAA Grant or Funding Programs
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
- Lafayette, LA
Coastal Zone Management Program
NOAA Office for Coastal Management - North Charleston, SC
Office of Coastal Management - Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Keith Lovell - Assistant Secretary - Baton Rouge, LA
USDA - Forest Service Programs
Carolyn Pike
Purdue University: Reforestation, Nurseries, & Genetics Resources - Area Regeneration Specialist (Northeast) - West Layfayette, IN
Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center
Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service - Asheville, NC
Forest Legacy Program
U.S. Forest Service - Washington, DC
Forest Stewardship Program (FSP)
Andrea Giardina - Landowner Assistance Programs Natural Resource Specialist - Washington, DC
Forests and Rangelands
- Washington, DC
Jeremiah R Pinto
USDA Forest Service: Reforestation, Nurseries, & Genetics Resources - Research Plant Physiologist, Tribal Nursery Specialist - Moscow, ID
Louisianan Urban Forestry South (UFS)
Christopher Cooper - State Coordinator - Baton Rouge, LA
Southern Research Station, USDA-US Forest Service
Rob Doudrick - Station Director - Asheville, NC
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Washington, DC
USDA - FSA Programs
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Biomass Crop Assistance Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Conservation Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Forest Restoration Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farm Ownership Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Grassland Conservation Reserve Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Guaranteed Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Highly Fractionated Indian Land Loan Program
Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Loan Program
Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Livestock Forage Disaster Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Livestock Indemnity Program
USDA FSA - Washington, DC
Louisiana Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loan Program
- Alexandria, LA
Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP)
USDA Agricultural Research Service - Missoula, MT
Source Water Protection Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Transition Incentives Program (TIP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
USDA - NRCS Programs
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Washington, DC
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
- Lafayette, LA
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
- Washington, DC
Conservation Solutions, LLC
Palmer Brock - Greenwood, MS
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
- Washington, DC
Conservation Stewardship Program - Louisiana
- Alexandria, LA
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
NRCS - Washington, DC
East Texas Plant Materials Center
- Nacogdoches, TX
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
- Washington, DC
Emergency Watershed Protection Program- Floodplain Easement
- Washington, DC
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
USDA NRCS - Washington, DC
Environmental Quality Incentives Program - Louisiana
Sarah Trichel - Assistant State Conservationist for Programs - Alexandria, LA
EQIP Organic Initiative
- Washington, DC
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)- REPEALED
- Washington, DC
Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.
- Tampa, FL
Golden Meadow Plant Materials Center
- Galliano, LA
Healthy Forest Reserve Program
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Washington, DC
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
USDA NRCS - Washington, DC
Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center
- Coffeeville, MS
Land Trust for Louisiana
- Hammond, LA
Longleaf Pine Initiative
NRCS - Washington, DC
Louisiana Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Sarah Trichel - Assistant State Conservationist for Programs - Alexandria, LA
Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative
- Little Rock, AR
NRCS National Water Quality Initiative
- Washington, DC
Regional Conservation Partnership Program
- Washington, DC
Small scale solutions for your farm
USDA - NRCS - Washington, DC
Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP)
NRCS - Washington, DC
Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP)
Lisa McCauley - Program Manager - Washington, DC
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)- REPEALED
- Washington, DC
Working Lands for Wildlife
Tim Griffiths - Bozeman, MT
USDA Programs - Other
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program
Denis Ebodaghe - National Program Leader - Division of Agricultural Systems - Kansas City, MO
Christopher Warren
USDA/Rural Development - Business Grant & Loan Analyst - Washington, DC
Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants
USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Farmers Market Promotion Program
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Washington, DC
Land Trust for Louisiana
- Hammond, LA
Local Food Promotion Program
Nicole Nelson Miller - LFPP Program Manager - Washington, DC
Louisiana 4-H
LSU Ag Center - Baton Rouge, LA
Rural Development Loan Programs
USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
- Stoneville, MS
State and Private Forestry
USDA Forest Service - Office of Communication - Washington, DC
The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program
Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA - Washington, DC
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
USDA Rural Development - Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants - Washington, DC
USDA Rural Development - Louisiana
- Alexandria, LA
USDA Rural Development - Louisiana Area 3
- Lafayette, LA
USDA Rural Development - Louisiana Area IV
- Amite, LA
Value-Added Producer Grant Program
USDA Office of Rural Development - Washington, DC

 State and Local Programs

   
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There are 77 resources serving Southwest Region in the following categories:
map itMap of State and Local Programs serving Southwest Region
Federal and State Tax Incentives and Programs
Current Use Tax Program
- Montpelier, VT
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
Louisiana Dairy Producers Refundable Tax Credit Program
- Baton Rouge, LA
Managed Forest Law
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Madison, WI
Native Prairie and Wildlife Habitat - Property Tax Benefits
- Des Moines, IA
Native Prairie Tax Exemption Program
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - St Paul, MN
Open Space Conservation - Property Tax Benefits
- Crownsville, MD
Ray Kinney
Barber & Kinney, LLC - Broker/General Appraiser - Ridgeland, MS
Reforestation Tax Credit Program
- Oregon Department of Forestry - Salem, OR
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Waterfowl Restoration Program
- Cambridge, MD
Habitat Management Programs
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
- Washington, DC
Butterfly Garden and Habitat Program
North American Butterfly Association - Morristown, NJ
Community Wildlife Habitat Program
National Wildlife Federation - Merrifield, VA
Encore Environmental
Al Schumacher - Operations Manager - Issaquah, WA
Great Ecology
- San Diego, CA
Jeremiah R Pinto
USDA Forest Service: Reforestation, Nurseries, & Genetics Resources - Research Plant Physiologist, Tribal Nursery Specialist - Moscow, ID
Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee
Angeline Rodgers - Acting Coordinator - Tupelo, MS
Metro Blooms
Becky Rice - Executive Director - Minneapolis, MN
Mississippi River Trust
- Stoneville, MS
Monarchs In the Rough
Alison Davy - Audubon International - Troy, NY
Moore-Odom Wildlife Foundation, Inc.
Jennie Scalfano - Director / Vice President - Orange, TX
National Wildlife Federation - South Central Regional Center
- Austin, TX
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
- Portland, OR
State Funding / Technical Resources
Agricultural Economic Development Assistance
Rene Simon - Director - Agricultural Economic Development - Baton Rouge, LA
Agricultural Prescribed Burning Program
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Agricultural Solid Waste Management Program
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Artificial Reef Program
- Baton Rouge, LA
Atchafalaya Basin Program
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority - Baton Rouge, LA
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
- Thibodaux, LA
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
- Baton Rouge, LA
Coastal Wetland Re-vegetation Program
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
- Lafayette, LA
Deer Management Assistance Program
Jimmy Ernst - DMAP Coordinator - Baton Rouge, LA
EPA/Agricultural Nonpoint Source Abatement Program
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Forest Productivity Program
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Forest Protection Program
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Forestry Productivity Program
- Baton Rouge, LA
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
- College Station, TX
Horticulture and Quarantine Programs
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Hunter Education-LDWF
Trey IIes - Baton Rouge, LA
Iberia Parish Levee, Hurricane, and Conservation District
- New Iberia, LA
LDAF State Certified Organic Cost-Share Program
Jeremy Hendrix - Organic Certification Manager - Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana 4-H
LSU Ag Center - Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
- Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
- Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Economic Development
- Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Forest Stewardship Program
David R. Campbell - Forestry Program Director - Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Forestry Productivity Program (FPP)
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Marine Education Resources
- Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Master Farmer Program
- Clinton, LA
Louisiana Natural Areas Registry Program
- Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO)
- Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Outdoor Science and Technology Camp
Christine Bergeron - Camp Director - Pollock, LA
Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board
- Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Statewide Red-cockaded Woodpecker Safe Harbor Program
Eric Baka - RCW Safe Harbor Coordinator - Pineville, LA
Louisiana Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Milagro Berhane - Senior Research Associate Southern University - Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana's Certified Prescribed Burner Program
- Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana's Nonpoint Source Pollution Unit - LDEQ
- Baton Rouge, LA
LSU AgCenter
- Baton Rouge, LA
National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative
- Clemson, SC
Nutria Control Program
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries - Lafayette, LA
Office of Coastal Management - Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Keith Lovell - Assistant Secretary - Baton Rouge, LA
Office of Conservation - Louisiana DNR
- Baton Rouge, LA
Office of Soil & Water Conservation - LDAF
Bradley Spicer - Assistant Commissioner - Baton Rouge, LA
Pesticide and Environmental Programs
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Pesticide and Environmental Programs Division - LDAF
Bobby Simoneaux - Director - Baton Rouge, LA
Private Land Management Assistance
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries - Baton Rouge, LA
Private Land Management Assistance
- Baton Rouge, LA
Seed Programs
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Hamond, LA
Southeast Prescribed Fire Update
North Carolina State University Extension Forestry - Raleigh, NC
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
- Aiken, SC
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SUAREC)
Ashford O. Williams Hall - Baton Rouge, LA
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
Louisiana Department of Ag & Forestry - Hamond, LA
USDA Rural Development - Louisiana Office
- Alexandria, LA
Whitewater to Bluewater Project
- Arlington, VA