With the 2018 Farm Bill came substantial changes to the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). For fiscal year 2019 and each year afterward, up to $300 million is available. All proposals for Fiscal Year 2019 RCPP funding are due December 3, 2019.
USFS HEALTHY FOREST PROGRAMS
MT & WY PROGRAM DEADLINES FOR NRCS ACEP FUNDING
The USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications under the Agricultural Conservation Easements Program (ACEP) for the Agricultural Land Easement (ALE) and the Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE) programs. The deadline for funding in Montana is March 1, 2018. The announced cut-off date for funding consideration in Wyoming is January 26, 2018.
CHANNEL MIGRATION EASEMENTS IN MONTANA
Montana Aquatic Resource Services recently released a white paper on Channel Migration Easements (CME). A specific form of conservation easement, a CME allows a landowner to continue to use their land while allowing the river to migrate across the floodplain within the easement boundaries. So far MARS has worked with conservation partners and thoughtful landowners to close Montana's first two channel migration easements (CMEs).