The Onanegozie Resources Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council serving Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and Pine counties is requesting proposals within Minnesota for the Productive Conservation on Working Lands (PCWL) Project.
This project is in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and funded through the Conservation Incentive Grant. PCWL is a crop-establishment incentive, not an easement program, intended to reduce the economic, environmental and social risks to farmers growing new conservation crops for energy and emerging industries.
The Productive Conservation on Working Lands Initiative will provide incentive payments for the establishment of alternative non-conventional perennial crops such as switchgrass, hybrid poplar, hazelnuts and willow to EQIP eligible producers in Minnesota. The PCWL grant will cost-share 50 percent of the establishment costs or up to $150 per acre. There is a limit of 40 acres per project.
If interested, a producer will need to complete a "PCWL Producer Request for Services Application" and submit it to the Three Rivers RC&D. The deadline for submitting proposals is Jan. 6, 2008.
For more information and a PCWL grant application, contact the Onanegozie RC&D office at 320-679-4604 or Onanegozie RC&D, 2008 Mahogany St #3, Mora MN 55051.
