USDA-NRCS-MSD-Ft Worth Office

Description

The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Mississippi is requesting applications to provide planning, design and implementation of restoration activities on eligible Agricultural Conservation Easement Program’s Wetland Reserve Easement (ACEP-WRE), Wetlands Reserve Program and Emergency Watershed Protection – Floodplain Easement properties. The objective of ACEP-WRE, WRP, and EWPP-FPE is to provide technical and financial assistance to landowners in planning, designing and implementing wetland and associated upland restoration plans that maximize wildlife habitat in wetland systems, as well as provide water quality improvements, reduced soil erosion, reduced impacts of flooding and provide wildlife habitat opportunities for threatened and endangered species. Applicants will be responsible for assisting landowners by providing technical assistance necessary to develop and implement ACEP-WRE, WRP, and EWPP-FPE restoration plans, while at the same time improving and protecting wetland habitat for environmental benefits. Performance may include any part or all operations necessary to perform engineering surveys, preliminary and final engineering designs, inspection, and construction management activities for various wetland restorations, enhancement and creation practices; and other related conservation practices that meet NRCS standards and specifications.Applications are being requested from eligible government or non-government organizations, tribes, or individuals for competitive consideration of cooperative agreement awards with a base year and up to four, one-year option periods.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Individuals

Contact

Darvis Jordan, Management Analyst <br/>USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service <br/>100 W. Capitol Street, Suite 1321, Jackson, MS 39269 <br/>ph. 601-965-5205, ext. 181
Darvis.Jordan@ms.usda.gov