Big Sioux River Watershed Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
Administered by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, this program is a “state-sponsored” Conservation read more »
Education and Outreach on Woody Encroachment
South Central RC&D is currently conducting Education and Outreach on Woody Encroachment Planning workshops and meeting on Eastern Red Cedar read more »
Dakota Grasslands Initiative
The Mule Deer Foundation’s Dakota Grasslands Initiative is focused on the collaborative conservation of mule deer habitat in the Dakota read more »
James River Watershed Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
Administered by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, this program is a “state-sponsored” Conservation read more »
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Created in 1985, CRP is one of the largest private-lands conservation programs in the United States. Thanks to voluntary participation read more »
South Dakota Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW)
Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) is a coordinated effort in the Great Plains and South Dakota NRCS is one of read more »
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) helps you build on your existing conservation efforts while strengthening your operation. Whether you are read more »
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
NRCS works one-on-one with producers to develop a conservation plan that outlines conservation practices and activities to help solve on-farm read more »
Great Plains Grassland Initiative
The GPGI will focus on several areas in SD at the greatest risk for woody plant encroachment. Conservation practices to read more »
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) helps landowners, land trusts, and other entities protect, restore, and enhance wetlands or protect working farms and ranches through conservation easements.
