Assistance program
Plant Materials for Conservation
$1.5 Million committed in FY2020–FY2026
- Agency
- Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Provision of Specialized Services
- CFDA number
- 10.905
- What it does
- To assemble, evaluate, and promote the use of new and improved plant materials for soil, water, and related resource conservation and environmental improvement programs. To develop technology for land management and revegetation with plant materials. To transfer technology on plant materials to conservation partners and the public.
- Who benefits
- Cooperating State and Federal agencies and cooperators of conservation districts and commercial seed growers and nurserymen interested in the production of selected plant materials. Applicants are also eligible in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
- Who applies
- Cooperating State and Federal agencies and cooperators of conservation districts where structured evaluations are conducted and commercial seed growers and nurserymen interested in the commercial production of selected plant materials. Applicants are also eligible in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The general public is not eligible to participate in this program.
- Authorized by
- Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
- Program site
- http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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