June 2026

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October 2023

October 26, 2023 -   USDA Offers Conservation Assistance to Landowners to Protect Wetlands, Agricultural Lands and Grasslands

October 25, 2023 - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2024 CSP & EQIP Applications through December 8, 2023

October 12, 2023 - NRCS Announces Recipients of State-Level Conservation Innovation Grants

June 2023

June 14, 2023 - USDA NRCS Announces Nearly $15 Million Available to Protect and Improve Migratory Bird Habitat

May 2023

May 26, 2023 - Availability of $500 Million for Improved Regional Conservation Partnership Program to Better Support Partners, Producers as Part of Investing in America Agenda

May 15, 2023 - NRCS Announces $75 Million to Assist Producers Transitioning to Organic as Part of USDA’s Organic Transition Initiative

May 11, 2023 - USDA NRCS in Arkansas Announces Sign-Up for Small Farm and Urban Agriculture Conservation Opportunities

May 5, 2023 - USDA Opens Full-Time, Entry-Level Soil Conservationist Positions in Arkansas as Part of Broader Effort to Implement the Inflation Reduction Act

May 4, 2023 - USDA NRCS Announces Sign-Up Application Deadline for Financial Assistance to Improve Forest Health through the Arklahoma Ozark Watershed Restoration

April 2023

April 21, 2023- Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2023 Applications for the War Eagle Creek Watershed Initiative RCPP Project

April 21, 2023- Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2023 Applications for the Conjunctive Water Use Protects Mid-South Aquifers RCPP Project

April 14, 2023- USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Farmers in Arkansas Impacted by Recent Storms and Tornadoes

April 6, 2023- USDA Awards Innovations in Climate-Smart Agriculture, Soil Health, and Nutrient Management

March 2023

March 31, 2023 - U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service is accepting Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) renewal applications through April 28

March 9, 2023- USDA Requests Public Input on Key Water Quality Initiatives

February 2023

February 28, 2023- USDA's Natural Conservation Service Accepting 2023 CSP Applications through March 31, 2023

February 28, 2023- USDA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunities to Support Climate-Smart Agriculture in 2023

February 24, 2023- USDA Natural Resources Service Accepting 2023 EQIP Applications through March 24 for two Arkansas Water Quality Projects

February 14, 2023-Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of Inflation Reduction Act Funding for Climate-Smart Agriculture

February 6, 2023- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2023 EQIP- High Tunnel Applications through March. 13, 2023

January 2023 

January 31, 2023- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting EQIP Applications through March 01, 2023, for Arkansas Water Quality Project

January 10, 2023- USDA Invests Nearly $4.7 Million in Wetland Mitigation Banks

January 10, 2023- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting EQIP Applications through February 8, 2023, for Two Arkansas Water Quality Projects

December 2022

December 20, 2022- Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2023 Applications for Arkansas Louisiana Conservation Delivery Network Open Pine Landscape Restoration RCPP Project

December 20, 2022- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2023 Applications for Two Regional Conservation Partnership Program Projects in Arkansas

November 2022

November 17, 2022- USDA Requests Public Input on Implementation of Inflation Reduction Act Funding

November 21, 2022- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting EQIP Applications through Dec 23, 2022, for Three Arkansas Water Quality Projects

October 2022

Oct 13, 2022 - USDA Offers Conservation Assistance to Landowners to Protect Wetlands, Agricultural Lands and Grasslands

September 2022

Sep 27, 2022 - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2023 EQIP Applications through Nov. 4, 2022

Sep 22, 2022 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Investment in Partnerships for 70 Climate-Smart Commodities and Rural Projects

August 2022

Aug 23, 2022 - USDA Investing $197 Million in Partner-Driven, Locally led Conservation

Aug 23, 2022 - USDA Boosts Conservation on Grazing Lands and Support for Farmers and Ranchers

Aug 16, 2022 - USDA Announces New Opportunities to Improve Nutrient Management

Aug 2, 2022 - USDA Increases Funding for Partnerships to Safeguard, Restore Wetland Ecosystems

June 2022

Jun 3, 2022 - USDA Seeks Proposals for Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership

April 2022

Apr 21, 2022 - USDA Announce $95.9 Million Investment in 19 Watershed Infrastructure Projects in Arkansas

Apr 12, 2022 - Arkansas NRCS Solicits Conservation Innovation Grant Proposals

Apr 11, 2022 - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Announces Funding to Establish and Improve Waterfowl Habitat in Arkansas

Apr 11, 2022 - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Announces May 13, 2022, Signup to Support Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry in Arkansas

March 2022

Mar 28, 2022 - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2022 EQIP Applications through April 29, 2022, for 2 Arkansas Water Quality Projects

Mar 16, 2022 - USDA Sets April 15 Application Cutoff for CSP Renewals

February 2022

Feb 14, 2022 - USDA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunities to Support Climate-Smart Agriculture in 2022

Feb 8, 2022 - USDA to Invest $1 Billion in Climate Smart Commodities, Expanding Markets, Strengthening Rural America

January 2022

Jan 21, 2022 - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2022 Applications for Conservation Planning Assistance in One Arkansas RCPP Project

Jan 14, 2022 - USDA Invests $50 Million in Partnerships to Improve Equity in Conservation Programs, Address Climate Change

Jan 13, 2022 - USDA to Invest up to $225 Million in Partner-Driven Conservation on Agricultural and Forest Land

Jan 12, 2022 - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2022 Applications for Financial Assistance with Four Arkansas RCPP Projects

Jan 4, 2022 - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting 2022 EQIP- Cover Crop Initiative Applications through Jan. 18, 2022