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Conservation Easements in the Northern Great Plains of South Dakota

Program Details:

Description
The South Dakota Agricultural Land Trust will support the perpetual protection of 8,000 acres of working ranches around the periphery of the Black Hills of South Dakota with minimally restrictive conservation easements. The predominately native grasslands of these protected properties will contribute tangible deliverables to NRCS climate-smart mitigation goals related to soil carbon sequestration while retaining these ranches as working lands.


Available Funding

$18,292,000 from NRCS


Year awarded

2023