NACD Announces $17.5 Million in Outreach and Technical Assistance Grants for 161 Conservation Districts 05/22/2025
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2025 |
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NACD Announces $17.5 Million in Outreach and Technical Assistance Grants for 161 Conservation Districts
Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) announced today the award of $17.5 million in Outreach and Technical Assistance grants to 161 conservation districts in 45 states and territories.
In partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the NACD Outreach and Technical Assistance Grant Program advances the adoption of conservation practices by increasing the capacity of conservation districts across the country to provide technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, and forest stewards. This assistance includes developing conservation plans, designing conservation practices, enrolling producers in conservation programs, and supporting practice implementation.
“This program has been a game changer as producer demand for conservation technical and financial assistance continues to grow,” said NACD President Gary Blair. “Conservation districts across the country help their local NRCS partners meet critical staffing needs and expand outreach to producers, getting more conservation on the ground. We are proud to continue this successful partnership.”
This impactful program provides NRCS and conservation districts with greater capacity to respond to strong producer demand for voluntary, locally led conservation. The program has benefited 56 states and territories and helped enroll over 107,750 producers in NRCS’ Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) since 2018. Conservation practices designed through the program have benefited over 6.75 million acres of working lands, improving soil health, water quality, and habitat for enhanced resilience, productivity, and profit.
Learn more about the local impact of the NACD Outreach and Technical Assistance Grant Program through stories posted to NACD’s blog.
NACD congratulates the following grantees:
Alaska
- Anchorage Soil and Water Conservation District
- Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District
- Homer Soil and Water Conservation District
- Tyonek Tribal Conservation District
Arkansas
- Arkansas Resource Conservation & Development District
- Fulton County Conservation District
- Hot Spring County Conservation
- Johnson County Conservation District
Arizona
- Arizona Association of Conservation Districts
California
- Coarsegold Resource Conservation
- Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
- Honey Lake Valley Resource Conservation District
- Humboldt County Resource Conservation District
- Inland Empire Resource Conservation District
- Klamath Trinity Resource Conservation District
- Lake County Resource Conservation District
- Lava Beds Butte Valley Resource Conservation District
- Marin Resource Conservation District
- Resource Conservation District of Monterey County
- Solano Resource Conservation District
- Sonoma Resource Conservation District
- Tehachapi Resource Conservation District
- Trinity County Resource Conservation District
Colorado
- Colorado Association of Conservation Districts
- Delta Conservation District
- San Juan Conservation District
Connecticut
- Connecticut Council on Soil and Water Conservation
Delaware
- Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District
- Sussex Conservation District
Florida
- Suwannee County Conservation District
Georgia
- Georgia Association of Conservation Districts
Guam
- Northern Guam Soil & Water Conservation District
- Southern Guam Soil and Water Conservation District
Iowa
- Buena Vista County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Dubuque County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Limestone Bluffs Resource Conservation District
- Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Monroe Soil and Water Conservation District
Idaho
- Bruneau River Soil Conservation District
- Butte Soil and Water Conservation District
- Nez Perce Soil and Water Conservation District
Illinois
- Champaign Soil and Water Conservation District
- Clinton County Soil and Water Conservation District
- DeWitt County Soil Water Conservation District
- Edwards County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Henry County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Logan County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Macon County Soil and Water Conservation District
- McLean County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Rock Island County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Stephenson County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District
- White County Soil and Water Conservation District
Indiana
- Allen County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Clay County Conservation District
- Owen Soil and Water Conservation District
- Tippecanoe County Soil and Water Conservation District
Kansas
- Kansas Association of Conservation Districts
Kentucky
- Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts Foundation
Louisiana
- Acadia Soil and Water Conservation District
- Gulf Coast Soil and Water Conservation District
- Morehouse Soil and Water Conservation District
- St. Landry Soil and Water Conservation District
Massachusetts
- Hampden-Hampshire Conservation District
- Massachusetts Association of Conservation Districts
- Worcester County Conservation District
Maryland
- Charles Soil Conservation District
- Prince Georges Soil Conservation District
Maine
- Maine Association of Conservation Districts
Michigan
- Allegan Conservation District
- Genesee Conservation District
- Ionia Conservation District
- Kent Conservation District
- Lapeer Conservation District
- Manistee Conservation District
- Menominee Conservation District
- Montcalm Conservation District
- Oakland Conservation District
- Ottawa Conservation District
- Shiawassee Conservation District
- St Joseph County Conservation District
- Van Buren Conservation District
- Washtenaw County Conservation District
Minnesota
- Benton Soil and Water Conservation District
- Renville Soil and Water Conservation District
Missouri
- Missouri Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- Nodaway County Soil and Water Conservation District
Mississippi
- Mississippi Association of Conservation Districts
Montana
- Cascade Conservation District
- Lower Musselshell Conservation District
- Petroleum County Conservation District
North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County Soil and Water Conservation District
- North Carolina Division of Soil and Water Conservation
North Dakota
- North Dakota Association of Conservation Districts
- Rolette County Soil Conservation District
Nebraska
- Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District
- Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District
- Lower Platte South Natural Resources District
- Middle Niobrara Natural Resources District
New Hampshire
- Merrimack City Conservation District
- New Hampshire Association of Conservation District
New Mexico
- Indian Nations Conservation Alliance
Nevada
- Lincoln County Conservation District
Ohio
- Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- Richland Soil and Water Conservation District
Oregon
- Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District
- Harney Soil and Water Conservation District
- Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District
- Tiicham Conservation District
- Upper Willamette Soil and Water Conservation District
- Wheeler Soil and Water Conservation District
Pennsylvania
- Bucks County Conservation District
- Lehigh County Conservation District
- Northampton County Conservation District
Puerto Rico
- Caonilla Soil Conservation District
- Caribbean Conservation District
- East Conservation District
- Puerto Rico Association of Conservation Districts
- Southwest Soil and Water Conservation District
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts
South Carolina
- Anderson Soil and Water Conservation District
- Horry Soil and Water Conservation District
- Newberry Soil and Water Conservation District
- Williamsburg Conservation District
South Dakota
- McPherson County Conservation
- Minnehaha Conservation District
Tennessee
- Blount County Soil Conservation District
- Hawkins County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Tennessee Association of Conservation Districts
Utah
- Millard Conservation District
- Northern Utah Conservation District
- Rich County Conservation District
- Sanpete Conservation District
Vermont
- Vermont Association of Conservation Districts
Washington
- Cascadia Conservation District
- Central Klickitat Conservation District
- Clark Conservation District
- Columbia Basin Conservation District
- Kitsap Conservation District
- Pine Creek Conservation District
- San Juan Islands Conservation District
- Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
- Snohomish Conservation District
- Thurston Conservation District
Wisconsin
- Ashland Co Land Water Conservation
- Dane County Land and Water Resources Department
- Golden Sands RC&D Council, Inc
- Marathon County Government
West Virginia
- Elk Conservation District
- West Virginia Association of Conservation Districts
Wyoming
- Cody Conservation District
- Crook County Natural Resources Department
- Medicine Bow Conservation District
- Popo Agie Conservation District
- Sheridan County Conservation District
- Shoshone Conservation District
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About the National Association of Conservation Districts:
The National Association of Conservation Districts is the nonprofit organization that represents the nation’s 3,000 conservation districts, their state and territory associations and the 17,000 individuals who serve on their governing boards. For more than 80 years, local conservation districts have worked with cooperating landowners and managers of private working lands to help them plan and apply effective conservation practices. For more information about NACD, visit: www.nacdnet.org.