New Jersey NRCS Accepting Applications for Fiscal Year 2026 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Agricultural Land Easement (ACEP-ALE)
03 Feb 2026, Posted by in News, Science and Environmental Issues, State NewsThe USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in New Jersey is accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Agricultural Land Easement (ACEP-ALE). Application packages are due by Feb. 28, 2026. The ACEP-ALE program aims to protect the agricultural viability and related conservation values of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses of that land that negatively affect the agricultural uses and conservation values, and to protect grazing uses and related conservation…