USDA-NRCS Offers Funding for Conservation Innovation Grants in New Mexico

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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

NEWS RELEASE 

For Immediate Release

February 27, 2023

Contacts

Leonard Luna

leonard.luna@usda.gov

Aerial Drone Pic of Circular Grassland

Perennial grasses are growing in between sections of corn at a CIG demonstration site in Clovis, NM. The grasses improve soil health, reduce soil erosion and conserve soil moisture resulting in better corn growth.

 

USDA-NRCS Offers Funding for Conservation Innovation Grants in New Mexico

February 27, 2023

Albuquerque, N.M., February 27, 2023 – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released funding opportunity USDA-NRCS-NM-CIG-23-NOFO0001263 for the New Mexico Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) at grants.gov. The deadline to submit a proposal through grants.gov is May 1, 2023.

NRCS will make available up to $50,000 of funding for eligible individuals, local and state governments, non-governmental organizations, and tribes in New Mexico. Applicants must follow the instructions in the notice of funding and submit a complete package by the application deadline to be considered for funding. The grant opportunity is located at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=346347.