NRCS award doubles the available funds for state water storage program
A grant from NRCS more than doubles available funding for BWSR’s Water Quality and Storage Program, which offers grants to create water storage projects and practices with an emphasis on areas of the state that are especially vulnerable to erosion.
Coming soon: Noncompetitive soil health funds for Minnesota SWCDs
A federal award from NRCS will provide noncompetitive soil health funds to 70 soil and water conservation districts across the state. Approximately $30 million is available.
NRCS-SWCD forestry partnership supports fire safety in Arrowhead
Landowners worked with North St. Louis SWCD and Farm Bill foresters to remove dead and dying balsam fir left in the wake of a spruce budworm outbreak. The Arrowhead Forest Partnership, an agreement between NRCS and five SWCDs, supported the work, which cut the fire risk and will result in a more diverse forest.
Training focuses on using PTMApp tool to measure practices’ outcomes
“We gain trust with landowners. We have real data. We’re not pulling (generalized regional) numbers. They’re field-specific. We gain credibility with landowners.” — Arlyn Gehrke, Rock County SWCD, on the benefits of more precise estimates via PTMApp