THE CONSERVATION FUND

Budget/Appropriations

Appropriations FY2023 & FY2024 Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Agricultural Research Service; Natural Resources Conservation Service: Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Conservation Stewardship Program, Healthy Forest Reserve Program, Conservation Innovation Grants, and Conservation Technical Assistance; U.S. Department of Agriculture: Farm Bill conservation programs (in general). Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, Great Lakes Observing System, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act program, Sea Grant College Program, Coastal Zone Management Grants, Marine Debris Program, National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund. Defense Appropriations Bill. Department of Defense: Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. Appalachian Regional Commission; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: efforts to combat Asian carp, Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration, Great Lakes coastal resilience. Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Interagency efforts to combat Asian carp; Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management: land acquisition; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: land acquisition, North American Wetlands Conservation Act programs, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act grant program, aquatic invasive species monitoring, control, and eradication, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Program, National Wildlife Refuge System Operations and Maintenance; National Park Service: land acquisition, State Assistance Grants Program, Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails Program; Federal land acquisition programs, generally - reprogramming; U.S. Geological Survey - Great Lakes Science Center, research into early detection of aquatic invasive species; DOI administrative funding; Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration Program. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service: National Forest System land acquisition, State and Private Forestry-Forest Legacy Program, Community Forest and Open Space Program. Environmental Protection Agency - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Advisory Board, Great Lakes National Program Office, Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Monitoring Program, Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants program, Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management, Section 106 program, Small and Disadvantaged Communities Grant Program, Chesapeake Bay Program, lead programs including Reducing Lead in Drinking Water, Lead in Schools, and Lead Mapping Pilot programs, Individual Household Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System Grants.