Curtis Knueven, Acting State Conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Indiana announced today that NRCS is accepting applications until Dec. 8 to be considered for targeting funding to improve water quality through NRCS’ National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) and the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI).
“By targeting small priority watersheds, we are helping farmers deliver local water quality benefits that contribute to large-scale improvements as a whole,” Knueven said. “Water quality is important to everyone, and the many partnerships created through these initiatives are promising to the future health of these watersheds.”
National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI)
NWQI provides a way to accelerate voluntary, on-farm conservation investments where they can deliver the greatest benefits for clean water. This targeted funding will help eligible farmers adopt conservation practices that will reduce the amount of nutrients flowing from agricultural land into waterways, curb erosion and improve the resiliency of working lands in the face of droughts and floods. Farmers and private forestland owners in the following watersheds may be eligible for funding:
Black River watershed - Posey and Gibson counties
Upper Sinking Blue watershed - Washington County and a small portion in Harrison, Floyd and Clark counties
Muncie Creek White River watershed – Delaware, Randolph and Henry counties
Lake Wawasee Watershed – Noble and Kosciusko counties
Source: usda.gov
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