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Download the PDF application (https://www.aacd1944.com/s/APFP-Application_Fillable-PDF.pdf), fill it out, and email it to programs@aacd1944.com. Application is reviewed for eligibility, AACD's technical team conducts a site visit and develops a conservation plan, then the application is ranked.

Deadline text on the page: Applications are currently being accepted year-round!

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Statewide AACD and conservation-district program that puts conservation funding toward practices on Arizona working lands. Private landowners and grazing permittees on state or federal lands apply year-round; AACD's technical team visits the site and writes a conservation plan before applications are ranked. Eligible practices range from brush management and grazing management to high tunnels, irrigation systems and livestock water.



- Permittees on state or federal lands
- Private land owners
- Arizona land
- Application asks for FSA customer record, prior NRCS program participation, and historically underserved status (if any)

A payment that requires some percentage of matching contributions by the recipient.

Cost Share

Eligible practices: 314 Brush Management, 325 High Tunnel System, 327 Conservation Cover, 384 Woody Residue Treatment, 420 Wildlife Habitat Planting, 430 Irrigation Pipeline, 441 Irrigation System micro-irrigation, 442 Sprinkler System, 449 Irrigation Water Management, 516 Livestock Pipeline, 512 Pasture and Hay Planting, 528 Grazing Management, 533 Pumping Plant, 558 Roof Runoff Structure, 587 Structure for water control, 614 Watering Facility, 649 Structures for Wildlife. Cost-share rate not published.

Published amounts: No amounts or payment rates published.

Download the PDF application (https://www.aacd1944.com/s/CRBCA-Program-Application_FILLABLE.pdf), fill it out, and email it to AZ-QFRCPP@quailforever.org. Application is reviewed for eligibility, AACD's technical team conducts a site visit and develops a conservation plan with you, then the application is ranked.

Deadline text on the page: Applications are currently being accepted year-round beginning December 15, 2025! You will hear from someone within 30 days of the application period closing.

General office (application submissions)

Landscape-scale NRCS RCPP project led by AACD and Arizona's conservation districts with Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever and Arizona Game & Fish to restore rangelands and forest lands in Arizona's Colorado River Basin. Funds practices such as brush management, woody residue treatment, fencing, prescribed grazing, livestock pipelines, watering facilities, water wells and wildlife habitat. Private landowners and grazing permittees on state or federal lands may apply; cultural resource surveys can also be funded.



- Permittees on State or Federal Lands
- Private Land Owners
- Land in Arizona's Colorado River Basin Conservation Area
- Producers cannot receive funding for practices already covered under another contract or agreement (a separate parcel not in that agreement may be used)
- Application asks for an FSA customer record and prior USDA program history

Eligible practices: Brush Management (314), Woody Residue Treatment (384), Fence (382), Prescribed Grazing (528), Pumping Plant (533), Livestock Pipeline (516), Watering Facility (614), Water Harvesting Catchments (636), Water Well (642), Restoring of Rare or Declining Natural Communities (643), Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (645). Do not start any practice before AACD executes an obligating document (early-start waiver may be requested in writing). Partners only access the property during the project, not in perpetuity.

Published amounts: No per-producer amount published. Project total: 'With over $24 million in NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) funding awarded'; news release: 'a recent award of $24.5 million' spanning 'approximately 35,000 acres of range and forest within the Colorado River Basin'.

List of Arizona Association of Conservation Districts Funding Opportunities