Carbon Sequestration and Grassland Resilience
To increase the environmental resilience of agricultural landscapes by accelerating the adoption of beneficial on-farm land use and management practices that increase carbon sequestration. These include practices that enhance provision of multiple ecological goods and services (EGS), which are the environmental benefits that result from the physical, chemical and biological processes of a healthy ecosystem.
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Funding
Amount
Up to $15,000
Funding %:
up to 75%
Eligible Applicants
Farmers outside watershed district
Eligible
Purposes
Agroforestry
Grasslands and Grazing Management
Such As:
Establishment and Maintenance:
Shelterbelts or tree buffers for farmyards, livestock facilities, and fields.
Planting of trees or shrubs on marginal or high-risk cropland.
Silvopasture systems.Planning:
Input from a knowledgeable professional to create a grazing management plan considering forage rest and recovery, stocking rates, paddock rotation, and placement of water infrastructure.Infrastructure:
Rotational grazing infrastructure including permanent and temporary cross-fencing and offsite watering systems for tame pasture and native grasslands.Rejuvenation:
Conversion of marginal and high-risk annual cropland to permanent grasslands, including establishment of native or tame forages.
Increase use of alfalfa or other locally adapted, persistent nitrogen-fixing perennial legumes in pasture and hay by at least 30%.
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