New federal initiative provides farmers funding for soil health practices and conservation through streamlined application ...

The Department of Agriculture is boosting enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program but being less stringent on environmental measurements. A program that rewards farmers for turning ...

Tweaks to the Conservation Reserve Program would maximize environmental benefits, the investigative arm of Congress said in a report. A federal program that pays farmers not to plant crops for years ...

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

The Department of Environmental Conservation announced the program on Friday, Jan. 9.

David S. Doctorian, State Conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announced the 2025 application deadline of Monday, September 9, ...

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority took steps to practice conservation of the islands through its Kahu ʻĀina program by investing ...

A coalition of nearly two dozen environmental and climate change groups are coming together to put pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to implement the cap-and-invest program considered necessary for New ...

UConn student Michael Chung posing for a photo. Chung was recently chosen for the Land Trust Alliance’s Scholars for Conservation Leadership Program. Photo courtesy of Michael Chung When Michael Chung ...

Illinois Farm Bureau is awarding a record 34 grants to support nutrient stewardship and pollinator projects led by county ...

There is $25 million available for projects that will help New York’s farmers to support agricultural water quality conservation projects.