North Carolina conservation funding and technical assistance
Cooperative Extension Service (NC)
Technical information for gardeners, homeowners, farmers, and more.
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in North Carolina
Provides annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish resource conserving vegetation on eligible farmland pastures.
NRCS - Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in North Carolina
Pays for agricultural practices on a cost-share basis for items like fencing, water facilities, etc.
NRCS Wildlife Habitat and Incentive Program (WHIP) in North Carolina
Agricultural and forest landowners can receive annual rental payments and cost-share to increase wildlife habitat.
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
Provides technical and financial assistance to landowners to restore wildlife habitat (including riparian, stream, and wetlands restoration)
Agricultural Cost Share Program
Pays for agricultural practices on a cost-share basis for items like fencing, water facilities, etc. Program of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Fish Passage Program
Provides cost-share and design expertise to landowners to remove unwanted dams and replace culverts.
Trout Unlimited's Embrace A Stream
Local Trout Unlimited chapters apply for grants for habitat restoration projects in partnership with private landowners.
Trout Unlimited's Land Conservancy Fund
Local Trout Unlimited chapters apply for grants to conserve land in partnership with private landowners and land trusts.
Shade Your Stream (NC)
A guide for landowners to restore healthy streamside vegetation on their land.
Reduce Rain Runoff (NC)
Informational resources to help protect rivers and creeks from rain runoff in Western North Carolina.
Small-scale Solutions to Eroding Streambanks (NC)
Information to help landowners that are losing land during or after rain events.
Riparian Vegetation (NC)
A species list for riparian vegetation plantings in the North Carolina mountains.
USDA National Agforestry Center's Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer Guide
Offers information about the diversity of benefits landowners can enjoy via multifunctional riparian buffers (including edible and marketable crops).
