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The cap will gradually increase to 27 million acres by 2023.  By 4/21/2021 The U.S. government is raising the number of acres eligible to be enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and will pay farmers more to set aside that land. On Wednesday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the goal is to enroll up to 4 million new acres in CRP by raising rental payment rates and expanding the number of incentivized environmental practices allowed under the program....

USDA also announces investments in partner programs to support climate-smart policies -USDA WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today, April 21, that USDA will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program with higher payment rates, new incentives, and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation. Additionally, USDA is announcing investments in partnerships to increase climate-smart agriculture, including $330 million in 85 Regional Con...

Representatives of the Thousand Islands Land Trust want to complete renovations to the McCarn Creek bridge by the end of summer. The trestle structure runs through TILT’s S. Gerald Ingerson Preserve in Clayton. The stone-foundation bridge, 160 feet long and 60 feet high, needs improvements to its girder bearings, wood support beams, decking and safety rails. Seeing the bridge renovated has long been a goal of TILT. Completing this project would connect a portion of the Sissy Danforth River...

CLAYTON — Nestled atop forested and grassy acres, the McCarn Creek bridge shows its age. The 160-foot-long and 60-foot-high stone-foundation crossing runs through the S. Gerald Ingerson Preserve of the Thousand Islands Land Trust, and the rusting trestle framework and decaying wood ties will soon be revived. The revival is a culmination of a yearslong effort to restore the inactive railroad bridge and reconnect a portion of the Sissy Danforth Rivergate Trail. In the fall, TILT was awarded ...

For over two decades, the Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) has been focused on land and water preservation in the Crooked Creek watershed between Alexandria Bay and Chippewa Bay.

Written by Office of Senator Harckham Prev Next New York State Senator Pete Harckham announced today that four major state grants from the Conservation Partnership Program have been awarded to land trusts based in the 40th Senate District. Recipients include Friends of the Great Swamp in Pawling, NY; Pound Ridge Land Conservancy; Westchester Land Trust; and Dutchess Land Conservancy. “Land trusts around the state help preserve, protect and manage some of the most beautiful natural areas...

Dec 14, 2020 ALBANY — On Friday the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced more than $2.2 million in Conservation Partnership Program grants for 50 nonprofit land trusts across the state, including seven in the North Country. A total of 69 grants come from New York’s Environmental Protection Fund, which is primarily funded by real estate transfer taxes. They will leverage an additional $2.6 million in private and local funding to support projects that protect water quali...