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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Rhode Island is announcing a third signup for property owners for conservation easements to protect working ag lands, forestland
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1953CB">Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)</span></strong><span style="color:#1953CB"> [links-1.govdelivery.com]</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ACEP helps landowners, land trusts, and other entities protect, restore, and enhance wetlands or protect farmland and ranchland through conservation easements. ACEP has two components:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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conservation easements. Ag land easements can protect the long-term viability of Rhode Island’s food supply by preventing conversion of productive farmland to non-agricultural uses. Easements are crucial to protecting farmland from urban encroachment. Easements
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and protect habitat for wildlife, reduce flooding impacts, recharge groundwater, protect biological diversity, and provide outdoor recreational and educational opportunities. NRCS provides technical and financial assistance directly to private and tribal landowners
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NRCS accepts applications for conservation programs year-round but sets specific ranking dates to evaluate applications for funding. These dates account for farmer needs, staff workload
and ensure potential participants have ample opportunity to apply. Applications for ACEP
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1953CB">Wetland Reserve Easements</span></strong><span style="color:#1953CB"> [links-1.govdelivery.com]</span></a> that meet eligibility and ranking criteria that are received by
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 17, 2025</span></strong>, will be considered for the third round of fiscal year 2025 funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applications received after these ranking dates will be automatically deferred to the next funding period. Call or visit your local NRCS Field Office or Conservation District Office (see
listing below) for more information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Eastern RI NRCS Field Office</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Ghyllian Alger, NRCS District Conservationist<br>
401-822-8835 or <a href="mailto:Ghyllian.Alger@usda.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:white">Ghyllian.Alger@usda.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Serving Newport and Bristol counties</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> Conservation District Office: 401-934-0842
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Kate Bousquet, NRCS District Conservationist
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401-822-8814 or <a href="mailto:Kate.Bousquet@usda.gov"><span style="color:white">Kate.Bousquet@usda.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Serving Providence County Conservation</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> District Office: 401-934-0840
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Jameson Long, NRCS District Conservationist
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401-822-8837 or <a href="mailto:Jameson.Long@usda.gov"><span style="color:white">Jameson.Long@usda.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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