Cheatgrass grants

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting project proposals for Cheatgrass Challenge funding in Fiscal Year 2025. The deadline for proposals is March 28. Applications should be submitted to Lacey Clarke, Cheatgrass Challenge coordinator at lacey.clark@usda.gov. If the project area for the proposal will also include private land and the landowner or owners wish to seek NRCS funding, the landowner(s) will need to submit an Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)application by April 4 through their local USDA Service Center.

New for this fiscal year, two sets of virtual office hours will be held with coordinator Lacey Clarke and Cheatgrass Challenge partners to assist with project applications. Interested parties may use this time to call in and ask questions directly related to their project(s).

For more information about the Cheatgrass Challenge, visit the NRCS Idaho website at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Idaho and click on the Cheatgrass Challenge button under in the State Programs and Initiatives section. You may also speak to your local NRCS staff or contact Lacey Clarke at lacey.clarke@usda.gov.