LITTLE ROCK — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering an opportunity in the Lower White-Bayou Des Arc Mississippi River Basin Initiative project area this fiscal year for a second time to help agricultural producers improve water quality in Arkansas. The project area includes portions of White and Prairie Counties. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is continuing its successful landscape-level water quality efforts with the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI).
“We have learned that when we partner with producers to deliver conservation practices to critical watersheds, we see a positive impact,” said NRCS State Conservationist in Arkansas Mike Sullivan. “Through these partnerships, we maximize the delivery of our conservation efforts which yields greater results to water quality and benefits the public, our natural resources and farmers’ bottom lines.”
NRCS accepts program applications on a continuous basis but sets dates to batch and rank applications as funding allows. Farmers and landowners in Arkansas who submit applications to their local NRCS office by May 4th, 2024, will be considered for this round of funding. Applications received after May 4th, 2024, will be considered in later funding periods, subject to funding availability.
