The Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) is offering several financial assistance opportunities available to private land owners, Tribes, Tribal corporations and other organizations

Ongoing / Alaska / Natural Resources Conservation Services

  1. Extend your growing season high tunnel: Extend your growing season and increase the diversity of crops you can grow in Alaska with a HIGH TUNNEL. Financial assistance available from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS): https://bit.ly/47CkowY 
  2. Conservation Options to Improve Salmon Habitat: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) can help private landowners and Alaska Native Tribes/corporations improve salmon habitat. Technical and financial assistance is available for projects such as culvert removal/replacements, riparian forest buffers, tree/shrub planting, and more: https://bit.ly/3Hrgxby 
  3. Conservation Options to Improve Moose Habitat: Financial assistance is available for farmers, ranchers, forest managers, landowners, Tribes and other organizations in Alaska to improve moose habitat. Contact the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS): https://bit.ly/47MyFqS 
  4. Trails & Walkways: The Natural Resources Conservation Service can help design and fund trails/walkways that protect ecologically sensitive and/or erosive sites. Learn more about this conservation practice and its use in Alaska: https://bit.ly/3S48Son
  5. Conservation Stewardship Program, Is CSP Right For Me?: Due to the historic Inflation Reduction Act, the Natural Resources Conservation Service has more funding available this year than ever before in Alaska. Now is the time to talk about CSP. It is currently the largest federal conservation program by acreage with more than 70 million acres of crop, forest, pasture and rangeland enrolled. https://bit.ly/424qpS2 
  6. Akiak, Alaska: Protecting Akiak, Alaska from Erosion…The Natural Resources Conservation Service offers technical and financial assistance to help rural Alaska communities relocate homes and protect infrastructure in response to rapid streambank erosion. One example of this work is with the Akiak Native Community. Watch the video: Protecting Akiak, Alaska from Erosion (youtube.com) 
  7. McGrath, Alaska: Protecting McGrath, Alaska from Erosion…The Natural Resources Conservation Service offers technical and financial assistance to help rural Alaska communities protect lives and infrastructure in response to rapid streambank erosion. One example of this work is with the City of McGrath. Watch the video: Protecting McGrath, Alaska from Erosion (youtube.com)