Colorado Department of Agriculture

Colorado Department of Agriculture Matching Grants Program

A federal, state and local partnership to deliver natural resource conservation technical assistance to private landowners. Open to ALL Conservation Districts in Colorado who have met the state statutory requirements to be a district in “Good Standing“.

• To preserve or increase conservation technical assistance to landowners.
• Allows applicants to apply for 80% cost-share to employ technical staff to implement Farm Bill conservation practices/planning on private land.
• Applications are solicited in the summer for the following calendar year.
• All applicants must verify their DUNS number and district contact information is current on Sam.gov. Note: Annual updates to this system are now required by the U.S. Government.
• All records of this program are subject to audit by the CSCB.