California Department of Conservation – SALC
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The California Department of Conservation is accepting pre-proposals to the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) program.
The SALC Program supports agricultural land conservation, economic growth, and sustainable development by providing grants for three types of projects:
Planning grants that support the development of local and regional land use policies and economic development strategies to protect critical agricultural land
Agricultural Conservation Acquisition grants to permanently protect croplands, rangelands, and lands utilized for the cultivation of traditional resources from conversion to non-agricultural uses.
Capacity and Project Development grants to expand organizational capacity to develop agricultural conservation acquisition projects.