美国农业部投逾3.25亿美元推动42个区域保护伙伴项目：罗林斯在爱荷华州宣布 逾75%资金直达生产者
美国农业部10月26日在爱荷华州锡达拉皮兹宣布，将通过「区域保护伙伴计划」（RCPP）投入超过3.25亿美元、资助42个项目，帮助全美农场主、牧场主和林地主改善经营并保护自然资源，其中专门为部落预留的3000万美元中，涉及部落的6个项目共获得3640万美元。
RCPP以联邦资金撬动私人投资：农业部自然资源保护局（NRCS）局长科尔顿·巴克利表示，各伙伴以最高1000万美元的授奖额度竞争，生产者导向资金中至少75%直接发到生产者手中，项目协议已合并简化。获资助的部落项目包括华盛顿州亚卡马民族托佩尼什溪项目904万美元、卢米民族与努克萨克部落鲑鱼栖息地项目829万美元、蒙大拿州弗拉特黑德土地信托米申谷项目820万美元和科罗拉多州犹特山犹特部落灌溉项目470万美元。
爱荷华州农业厅长迈克·奈格在宣布现场表示，该州的「畜牧与保护工作土地计划」是RCPP在爱荷华的范例。罗林斯说，农业部近期已简化该计划的申请流程、削减繁文缛节，让资金更快到达田间地头。
来源：GSM·美国
USDA Invests More Than $325 Million in 42 Regional Conservation Partnership Projects, Announced by Rollins in Iowa
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on October 26 that it will invest more than $325 million in 42 projects through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners across the country improve their operations and conserve natural resources; of a $30 million set-aside for Tribes, six tribal-involved projects will receive $36.4 million combined.
The RCPP pairs federal funds with private investment. Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Colton Buckley said partners competed for awards of up to $10 million, at least 75 percent of producer-directed funding goes directly to producers, and project agreements have been consolidated and streamlined. Funded tribal projects include $9.04 million for the Yakama Nation's Toppenish Creek project in Washington, $8.29 million for Lummi and Nooksack salmon habitat work, $8.2 million for the Flathead Land Trust's Mission Valley project in Montana and $4.7 million for Ute Mountain Ute irrigation in Colorado.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, speaking at the announcement, pointed to Iowa's Cattle and Conservation Working Lands Program as an RCPP example in the state. Secretary Brooke Rollins said USDA has recently cut red tape in the program so funding reaches the ground faster.
Source: GSM News.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：爱荷华州的农田保护景观（美国农业部自然资源保护局，公共领域，维基共享资源）
