# Private Lands Conservation Operations: Discretionary Appropriations

**Agency:** Agriculture (USDA)  
**Account:** Private Lands Conservation Operations  
**Source document:** Natural Resources Conservation Service · p. 20  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/agriculture/private-lands-conservation-operations-discretionary-appropriations  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 850.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 111.5 |

## Agriculture (USDA) discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $20.40B, FY2026 $33.40B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Funds NRCS conservation technical assistance, helping private landowners, conservation districts, and Tribes plan and apply practices that reduce erosion and protect soil, water, air, and wildlife habitat.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Agriculture (USDA) › Natural Resources Conservation Service › Private Lands Conservation Operations › Private Lands Conservation Operations: Discretionary Appropriations


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*