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Conservation Technical Assistance -
Greenhouse Gas Emission Quantification Program

Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture
Bureau or Office: Natural Resources Conservation Service

IRA Statutory Location: 21002(a)(2)

Program Description: To provide conservation technical assistance through partnerships that
will leverage the expertise, experience, and capacity of other organizations to address climate
change and to broaden the footprint of climate-smart agriculture. These monitoring and
evaluation efforts will support the quantification of carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas
emissions reductions, directly tied to the conservation program investments.

Funding Amount: $300,000,000

Period of Availability: To remain available until September 30, 2031.

Funding Mechanism: Cooperative Agreements, Grants, Contracts

New or Existing Program: Existing

Eligible Recipients: Individuals, groups, and communities that make natural resource
management decisions on private, Tribal, and other non-federal lands (e.g. conservation entities,
agriculture producers, farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners).

Tribal Eligibility: Yes

Eligible Uses: To carry out a program to quantify carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide,
methane, and nitrous oxide emissions, through which the Natural Resources Conservation
Service shall collect field-based data to assess carbon sequestration and reduction in carbon
dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions outcomes and use the data to monitor and track
those carbon sequestration and emissions trends through the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and
Assessment Program of the Department of Agriculture.

Cost Share Requirements: N/A

Formula Funding: No

SAM.gov Assistance Listing: 10.938

Relevant Announcements: USDA Requests Public Input on Implementation of Inflation
Reduction Act Funding (11/17/2022)

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