Through a partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and in collaboration with our land trust partners, the Pierce Conservation District is funneling almost 8 million dollars into the Puyallup and Nisqually watersheds to permanently protect farmland and to provide on-farm improvements.

This funding is coming from two NRCS programs. The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, which will be used to permanently protect farmland through Agricultural Land Easements. For more information, contact our partners Forterra and Washington Farmland Trust, who are administering that program. Funding is available for easements until September 2023.

The other program being administered by the Pierce Conservation District is the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP). These funds are being used to provide technical and financial assistance to implement best management practices that benefit water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, and soil condition.