Conservation Stewardship Program
Department Of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Through CSP, NRCS provides financial and technical assistance to eligible producers to conserve and enhance soil, water, air, and related natural resources on their land. Eligible lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, pastureland, rangeland, nonindustrial private forest lands, agricultural land under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe, and other private agricultural land (including cropped woodland, marshes, and agricultural land used for the production of livestock) on which resourc
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Helps farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners improve conservation practices on their land. Provides payments for maintaining and enhancing resource management over five-year contracts.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Provides financial assistance through annual payments for implementing and maintaining conservation practices, and comprehensive technical assistance (advice, planning, design, monitoring based on science and research) to enhance existing conservation efforts, strengthen operations, and address natural resource problems on agricultural and forest lands.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: agriculture, forestry
Region: United States (state-specific implementation)
Other Criteria: Farmers, ranchers, and non-industrial forest managers, Engaged in existing conservation efforts on working lands, Must have control of the property (demonstrated by property deed or lease agreement), Possess an official tax ID (Social Security number or employer ID), Have a farm number (required for financial assistance, obtainable from USDA’s Farm Service Agency), Comply with adjusted gross income (AGI) limitations, Comply with highly erodible land and wetland conservation requirements (e.g., by filing Form AD-1026), For renewals: must have successfully fulfilled initial contract and agree to achieve additional conservation objectives (meet or exceed two additional priority resource concerns or achieve higher levels of conservation for two existing priority resource concerns)
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Step 1: Make a Plan
- Step 2: Start an Application
- Step 3: Check your eligibility
- Step 4: Rank your application
- Step 5: Implement your plan
- 🌐Application Portal
- http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/getting-assistance/how-to-apply
- 📤Submission Method
- in-person
- 🔄Intake Type
- continuous
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- indirect cost rate agreement
- IRB approval letter
- environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support/reference are required.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- annual payments for implementing conservation practices
- payments to maintain existing conservation efforts
- payments to implement additional conservation activities
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- costs incurred before approval
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 25% minimum
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Yes, can combine with other government funding
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of cash or in-kind contributions
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- performance progress report
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards.
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required in all materials related to the program.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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