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|OrganizationType=Independent agencies
|OrganizationType=Independent agencies
|Mission=The NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners and managers to help conserve, maintain, and improve natural resources on their lands. It works to address natural resource challenges through voluntary conservation efforts that also support sustainable agriculture.
|Mission=The NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners and managers to help conserve, maintain, and improve natural resources on their lands. It works to address natural resource challenges through voluntary conservation efforts that also support sustainable agriculture.
|ParentOrganization=Department of Agriculture
|TopOrganization=Department of Agriculture
|CreationLegislation=Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1935
|Employees=12000
|Budget=$883 million (Fiscal Year 2021)
|OrganizationExecutive=Chief
|OrganizationExecutive=Chief
|Employees=Approximately 12,000
|Budget=$883 million (Fiscal Year 2021)
|Website=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
|Services=Conservation technical assistance; soil surveys; financial assistance programs
|Services=Conservation technical assistance; soil surveys; financial assistance programs
|ParentOrganization=United States Department of Agriculture
|CreationLegislation=Originally established as the Soil Conservation Service by [[Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1935]], renamed to NRCS in 1994
|Regulations=Assists in implementing conservation compliance provisions under various Farm Bills
|Regulations=Assists in implementing conservation compliance provisions under various Farm Bills
|HeadquartersLocation=38.88685151731375, -77.0299511004896
|HeadquartersLocation=38.88685, -77.02995
|HeadquartersAddress=1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250
|HeadquartersAddress=1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250
|Website=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
|Wikipedia=Natural Resources Conservation Service
|Wikipedia=Natural Resources Conservation Service
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=== Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership ===
=== Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership ===
A collaborative effort with the USDA Forest Service to mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, and restore forest ecosystems. This includes:
The [[Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership]] is a collaborative effort with the USDA [[Forest Service]] to mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, and restore forest ecosystems.  


* Projects in various states, with significant investments in forest health across public and private lands, involving county, state, non-governmental, Tribal, utilities, or private individual stakeholders.
This includes projects in various states, with significant investments in forest health across public and private lands, involving county, state, non-governmental, Tribal, utilities, or private individual stakeholders.


=== Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP) ===
=== Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP) ===
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=== Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) ===
=== Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) ===
A competitive program for developing new conservation tools, often involving partnerships with:
[[Conservation Innovation Grants]] is a competitive program for developing new conservation tools, often involving partnerships with:


* Universities, non-profits, and private sector entities to innovate conservation practices.
* Universities, non-profits, and private sector entities to innovate conservation practices.
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