USDA to Provide $84 Million to Protect Farm and Ranch Land

Grants totaling $84 million will be available to protect farm and ranch land through USDA's Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP). Through NRCS, FRPP protects productive agricultural land by purchasing conservation easements to limit conversion of farm and ranch lands to non-agricultural uses. NRCS will accept proposals from interested state, tribal and local governments and non-governmental organizations until the end of April 2004. For more information, visit http://www.usda.gov/Newsroom/0107.04.html.