Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative - Call for 2009 Applications
Program Description and Eligibility
Grant applications are due COB April
23, 2009.
Applicants for Connecticut projects should send applications to:
Douglas L. Zehner, State Conservationist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
344 Merrow Road, Suite A
Tolland, CT 06084-3917
Fax: (860) 871-4054
Applications for Connecticut Projects
Connecticut NRCS encourages eligible partners to apply for the Cooperative
Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) Grants. Proposals should support the
priorities of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) or Wildlife
Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), including reduction of non-point source
pollution, reduction of groundwater contamination, reduction of point sources
such as contamination from confined animal feeding operations; conservation of
ground and surface water resources; reduction of emissions, reduction in soil
erosion and sedimentation on agricultural land, energy and climate change,
carbon sequestration, forestry and promotion of at-risk species habitat
conservation.
The purposes of a CCPI partnership agreement are to: (1) Address conservation
priorities involving agriculture and nonindustrial private forest land (2) to
encourage producers to cooperate in meeting regulatory requirements related to
production; (3) to encourage producers to cooperate in the installation and
maintenance of conservation practices that affect multiple agricultural or
nonindustrial private forest land; and (4) to promote the development and
demonstration of innovative conservation practices and delivery methods,
including those for specialty crop and organic production and precision
agriculture producers.
Applications for Multi-State Projects
Multi-state CCPI partnership proposals will be sent the NRCS Chief for
consideration in a national evaluation process. Multi-state proposals must be
accompanied by a letter of review from each of the NRCS State Conservationists
included in the proposal. The State Conservationists' letters of review must be
sent to the NRCS Chief no later than May 8, 2009. See the national
CCPI website for
complete information on multi-state proposals.
Some of the following
documents require Adobe
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Contact
Joyce Purcell, Assistant State Conservationist - Programs
Phone: (860) 871-4028
Email: joyce.purcell@ct.usda.gov
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