Producer funding available for two Texas watershed areas.

Eligible producers will receive financial and technical watershed assistance for implementing and planning conservation practices that make a difference in water quality downstream. State water quality agency partners report that 27% of NWQI monitoring watersheds show an improvement in water quality in at least one of the NWQI-monitored pollutants (based on 2016 data). Funding opportunities for farmers, ranchers and landowners with property in two Texas high-priority watersheds are available through the National Water Quality Initiative(NWQI), according to a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) press release. [Extracted from the article]