ND Forest Service
Programs and Resources for Landowners and Producers
https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ndfs/programs-and-services/forest-stewardship-1
The Forest Stewardship Program provides assistance to private forest landowners to encourage and enable active, long-term forest management to meet their individual goals and for the benefit of the forest resource.
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever- Precision Agriculture
Programs and Resources for Landowners and Producers
https://pheasantsforever.org/Conservation/Precision-Agriculture.aspx
These websites have some great resources and programs for landowners.
PLOTS/Private Lands
ND Game and Fish
Programs and Resources for Landowners and Producers
PLOTS/Private Lands
ND Ducks Unlimited
Programs and Biologists
https://www.ducks.org/north-dakota#contacts
Ducks Unlimited (DU) Conservation Program Biologists work with landowners and producers who want more out of their land. The farmers and ranchers may be concerned about soil salinity or an area of erosion on their properties. Other landowners want to attract more wildlife or improve their land for the next generation. DU's Conservation Program Biologists help farmers and ranchers reach their goals through conservation programs.
Program biologists help landowners evaluate conservation programs that can solve problems, such as finding new uses for marginal cropland, enhancing grasslands, or improve soil health on croplands. DU biologists can help landowners walk through any applications for programs that will suit their needs.
Audobon Dakota Conservation Forage Program
Website:
Click on the button below to find out more about their program and what they have to offer.
Conservation Forage Program
The North Dakota Conservation Forage Program works with North Dakota's producers to establish grasslands on marginal cropland to improve forage availability and quality. By providing support through financial and technical assistance to landowners, CFP aims to accelerate grassland restoration and improve overall soil health across the state. These grassland acres benefit the landowner and livestock, as well as grassland birds and native wildlife while protecting North Dakota's air and water quality for future generations.
Objective
The North Dakota Conservation Forage Program aims to improve wildlife habitat, forage availability/quality, and soil health by establishing grassland and integrating grazing and/or haying land management techniques on more than 18,000 acres of private lands. Enrolled landowners are expected to maintain the restored grasslands for a 10-year term.
Resources Available
- 3-year establishment payments
- 60% forage seed mix cost share
- $20/acre for seeding labor*
- 50% grazing infrastructure cost share - Perimeter and Cross Fencing - Water Infrastructure
*Thanks to a generous grant from Corteva
The North Dakota Conservation Forage Program (CFP) launched in the spring of 2021 supported by a $6.9 million North Dakota Industrial Commission Outdoor Heritage Fund grant, the largest awarded by the Commission.
Eastern ND Contacts for CFP Enrollment
- Julie Bosmoe, Audubon Dakota julianna.bosmoe@audubon.org 605-290-2571
- Mike Graue, USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife mike_graue@fws.gov 701-230-7464
- Chris Flann, USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife christopher_flann@fws.gov 701-650-1220
- Eric Rosenquist, ND Natural Resources Trust eric@naturalresourcestrust.com 701-233-8501 ext. 106
- Tanner Gue, Ducks Unlimited tgue@ducks.org 701-355-3592
- Robert Ford, Ducks Unlimited rford@ducks.org 701-230-2141
Announcement
Richland Soil Conservation District and USDA offices are having an address change! Same location!!
1725 17th Ave. N.
Wahpeton, ND 58075