Wisconsin stewardship program

Coordination among Regional Project Managers across the state ensures consistency and fairness in application scoring. Final scores are used to generate the list of proposed grant awards. When approved by the department, Regional Project Manager send tentative award letters to applicants whose projects are selected for funding.

Regional Project Manager then work with applicants on final project due diligence and execute grant agreements with project sponsors. Sponsors can then move forward with their project and submit a reimbursement request to the department upon project completion. NCOs are further defined in s. NR Code, and Ch. Local assistance regulations apply. Further defined in Ch. Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. Stewardship Grants About Stewardship.

Map - find Stewardship lands. We can help you schedule timely planting of cover crops, develop a grazing plan that will improve your forage base, implement no-till to reduce erosion or manage forested areas in a way that benefits wildlife habitat. If you are already taking steps to improve the condition of the land, chances are CSP can help you find new ways to meet your goals. CSP is for working lands. It is the largest conservation program in the United States with 70 million acres of productive agricultural and forest land enrolled in CSP.

Thousands of people that have made the choice to voluntarily enroll in the program because it helps them enhance natural resources and improve their business operation.

Through CSP, we can help you build your business while implementing conservation practices that help ensure the sustainability of your entire operation. Good land stewardship not only conserves the natural resources on your farm, ranch or forest, it also provides multiple benefits to local communities, including better water and air quality and wildlife habitat, as well as food and fiber. Contact grant staff for more information. Sponsor match Eligible Sources Of Sponsor Match Sponsor match is that portion of eligible acquisition costs not funded by a Stewardship grant.

If the source of the match is non-state money administered by the state as several federal grants are , confirm with the funding agency that those funds are not legally characterized as state money.

All sources of sponsor match must be fully disclosed. Sponsors are required to submit a detailed accounting of project funding sources at the time of contract. Using Other Property As Sponsor Match Stewardship rules allow grant sponsors to offer property they own -- land or conservation easements donated to them or purchased with non-state funds -- as a match.

The sponsor retains title to the property used as the match, but the property becomes part of the Stewardship program and is subject to the obligations, terms and conditions of the Stewardship grant contract. Sponsors using land as match need to consider: Eligibility - property offered as a match must be eligible for Stewardship grant funding.

Public access - property offered as match must be open to the public for nature-based recreation; property that does not provide opportunities for public hunting and trapping is unlikely to be accepted as a match.

Timing of the acquisition - land offered as match must have been acquired within three years of the date of application. Existing restrictions - land that is legally encumbered by permanent conservation restrictions may not be eligible as a match.