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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 30, 2021 2:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Panciera, Ernie (DEM) <ernie.panciera@dem.ri.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] : RI Statewide Natural Systems Demonstration Project ranking date announced for 2022<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a name="link_1"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RI Statewide Natural Systems Demonstration Project ranking date announced for 2022</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">January 14<sup>th</sup>, 2022 is the sign-up deadline</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) encourages farmers and forestland owners to sign up for conservation assistance through the
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<span style="color:#1953CB">Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) [lnks.gd]</span></a> as part as the Rhode Island Statewide Natural Systems Demonstration Project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RCPP is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers and forestland owners to address natural resource concerns through an array of conservation
practices. This demonstration project will have three focus areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Eastern Rhode Island
</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Bristol and Newport counties)</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> –
</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Funding will be used to implement a suite of natural system-based approaches including floodplain restoration and riparian buffer restoration to reduce impacts, erosion,
sediment transport and nutrient loading into surface water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Northern Rhode Island
</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Providence County)</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> –
</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Funding will be used to implement a suite of natural systems-based approaches including green infrastructure improvements, riparian buffers, and stream corridor restoration
to protect water quality in an inland, forested watershed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Southern Rhode Island
</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Kent and Washington counties)</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> –
</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Funding be used to implement suite of natural system-based approaches including green infrastructure to protect water quality in a coastal saltwater pond.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applications may be submitted at any time during the year, however, interested producers should submit applications to their local NRCS office by <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">January
14, 2022</span></strong> to ensure their application is considered in the 2022 fiscal year ranking period. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="link_2"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Share your 2021 harvest photos and video in the #Harvest2021 social media campaign</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Fall on the farm presents a kaleidoscope of images and symphony of sounds: tractors, harvesting equipment, workers, crystal blue skies and puffy, white clouds, brilliant fall foliage,
golden sunsets, colorful produce, and vibrant wildlife. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">USDA's @FarmersGov social media team is inviting America’s farmers to share photos and short video clips as they harvest the crops that feed, clothe, and fuel our world. Let’s fill the
@FarmersGov feed with some Rhode Island stories about this year’s harvest season in the Ocean State. To share your experience, just follow the steps in this
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<span style="color:#1953CB">Farmers.gov blog post [lnks.gd]</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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