Wetlands Mitigation Banking-Financial Assistance

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This publication summarizes the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Budget for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Throughout this publication any reference to the "Budget" is in regard to the 2027 Budget, unless otherwise noted. All references to years refer to fiscal year, except where specifically noted. The budgetary tables throughout this document show actual amounts for 2024 and 2025, Working Families Tax Cut Act; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026; and the President's Budget request for 2027. Amounts for 2026 technology investment levels, recovery levels, transfers in and out, balances available end of year, Throughout this publication, the Working Families Tax Cut Act is used to refer to the Public Law 119- Pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, sequestration is included In tables throughout this document, amounts equal to zero (0) are displayed as dashes (-). Amounts less than 0.5 and greater than zero are rounded and shown as a zero (0). This display treatment is used to prevent the masking of small non-zero amounts that do not round up to one (1). Due to The mission of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is "Helping People Help the Land." The agency accomplishes this mission by providing products and services that enable people to be good stewards of the Nation's soil, water, and related natural resources on non-Federal lands. The establishment of the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) marked the beginning of the Federal Government's enduring commitment to assisting in the conservation of natural resources on private lands. Originally authorized by Congress in 1935, the agency was later renamed the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-354, 7 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to better reflect the broad scope of the agency's mission. From the beginning, the agency brought a national focus to the emerging resource issues of the Dust Bowl era: prevention of wind and water erosion. Desperate to retain its productive soils, the Nation turned to SCS for technical guidance and advice on minimizing the impacts of erosion. Although the Dust Bowl has passed, the relationship between landowners and the agency remains. Over time, the agency's suite of programs expanded and NRCS provides leadership to address all resource concerns across all natural resources: soil, water, air, plants, and animals. NRCS supports the Nation's communities by helping urban and rural agricultural landowners and producers, including Indian tribes, protect the natural resource base on their lands. Technical assistance provided to farmers, ranchers, and other private landowners supplies the knowledge and tools they need to conserve, maintain, and restore the natural resources on the lands they manage. Financial assistance partially offsets the cost to install conservation practices necessary to safeguard natural resources and According to the National Resources Inventory (NRI), about 71 percent of the land in the United States is privately owned, making stewardship by private landowners and land managers critical to the health of our Nation's agricultural economy. These are the people who make day-to-day decisions about natural resource use and management on non-Federal lands, and NRCS offers them technology, technical and financial assistance needed to benefit the resources, sustain productive Science and technology are the critical foundation for effective conservation. NRCS experts from many disciplines come together to help landowners conserve natural resources in efficient, smart, and sustainable ways. Whether developed in a laboratory or on the land, NRCS science and technology helps landowners make the right decisions for every natural resource concern. NRCS's Conservation Delivery System provides services directly to the landowner or land manager in cooperation with conservation districts. Conservation districts are units of local government created by State law and exist in every county and territory of the United States. Conservation districts are responsible for providing guidance to the agency on local resource concerns and serving as the voice of the local community on resource issues. NRCS also works in partnership with State and local agencies, locally elected or appointed farmer committees, Federal agencies, tribal governments, and private sector organizations to encourage cooperation and facilitate leveraging of the financial and technical resources these groups can offer. By bringing together groups that have a common and vested interest in the local landscape, community, or watershed, NRCS facilitates collaboration among groups that collectively support sustainable agriculture and maintain natural resource quality. Under this umbrella of agency mission and local cooperation, NRCS employees provide targeted assistance. This budget transparently shows the cost of NRCS employees providing these services through field offices at USDA Service Centers. This Budget collectively recommends the funding level from all sources to deliver NRCS primary mission, in cooperation with State and local entities. The Nation's rangelands are an important part of America's natural and economic landscape, but rangeland health is threatened by disjointed Federal management, increasing and unsustainable wild horse and burro populations, invasive species, and other factors. In order to improve rangeland health and the value of grazing allotments for cattle and other livestock, the 2027 Budget supports an interagency Rangeland Health Initiative (RHI). Through the RHI, NRCS will collaborate with the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management to harness competition, public-private partnerships, and drive coordinated and innovative solutions to rangeland health challenges.These efforts will improve the environmental and economic value of Federally managed and private rangelands, including through improving livestock production and resilience to wildland Sections 1240 through 1240G and Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended. Flood Control Act of 1944 (Pub. L. 78-534), as amended, and the Watershed Protection and Flood Section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), as amended.

Extracted from Natural Resources Conservation Service, p. 51. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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