Land Decarbonization Funding Tracker
Funding Programs
The following federal programs include funding and technical assistance opportunities to decarbonize the land sector. While the program tracker below includes select federal funding programs targeted directly at land decarbonization, additional federal incentives may be applied to decarbonize land, including tax credits, funding sources with broader applicability such as the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program, and funding directly provided to federal agencies to improve GHG measurement and monitoring for agriculture and forestry.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Authorization: IRA
Agency: USDA
Office: NRCS
Funding Amount: $8.45 billion
Description: Provides technical and financial assistance to producers to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water, increased soil health and reduced soil erosion and sedimentation, improved or new wildlife habitat, and mitigation against drought and increasing weather volatility.
Eligible Applicants: Agriculture producers (including nonindustrial private forest landowners and Indian Tribes), farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners.
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)
Authorization: IRA
Agency: USDA
Office: NRCS
Funding Amount: $4.95 billion
Description: Partner-driven approach to conservation that funds solutions to natural resource challenges on agricultural land by leveraging collective resources and collaborating to implement natural resource conservation activities.
Eligible Applicants: Native American Organizations, Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer, Land/Property Owner, State/Local Sponsored Organization, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments. Producers in an approved partner project area who have priority resource concerns related to soil, water, and related natural resources, or who need assistance with complying with federal and state environment laws. A participant may be an owner, landlord, operator, or tenant of eligible agricultural lands or non-industrial forestlands. Limited resource producers, small- scale producers, social disadvantaged individuals, federally recognized Indian Tribal governments, Alaska natives, and Pacific Islanders are encouraged to apply.
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
Authorization: IRA
Agency: USDA
Office: NRCS
Funding Amount: $1.4 billion
Description: Helps landowners, land trusts, and other entities protect, restore, and enhance wetlands or protect working farms and ranches through conservation easements.
Eligible Applicants: Conservation entities, agriculture producers, farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners.
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
Authorization: IRA
Agency: USDA
Office: NRCS
Funding Amount: $3.25 billion
Description: Provides technical and financial assistance to compensate agricultural and forest producers who agree to increase their level of conservation by adopting additional conservation activities and maintaining their baseline level of conservation.
Eligible Applicants: Agriculture producers, farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners.
Conservation Technical Assistance
Authorization: IRA
Agency: USDA
Office: NRCS
Funding Amount: $1 billion
Description: Provides conservation technical assistance that provides farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners the knowledge and tools they need to conserve, maintain, and restore the natural resources on their lands and improve the health of their operations for the future.
Eligible Applicants: Individuals, groups, and communities that make natural resource management decisions on private, Tribal, and other non-federal lands (e.g. conservation entities, agriculture producers, farmers, ranchers and forest landowners).
