South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Private Lands Habitat Program

GFP Private Lands Habitat Biologists are available to meet you on your property anywhere in the state.  Private Lands Habitat read more »

South Dakota Grazing Exchange

Why do we want to return livestock to the landscape? Fall or winter grazing converts high carbon annual crop residue read more »

Regenerative Grazing Carbon Broker

Key obligation Header: Integrate or increase adoption of managed grazing on land. Detail 1: Implementation is split into two phases, read more »

Northern Grassland Restoration Incentive Program (N-GRIP)

The foundation of N-GRIP is to restore and enhance the function of grasslands and the ecological processes that they provide, read more »

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 »

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 »

NRCS Organic Transition Assistance

“If you’re growing organic, it means you’re probably growing with conservation in mind, which means our conservation programs are probably read more »