NATURAL RESOURCES

The Natural Resources program works to improve the management of agricultural resources in partnership with the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and Tribal land offices to ensure that conservation approaches steward the land and increase operational productivity.

Are you interested in learning how conservation planning can improve your agricultural operation’s bottom line? Ever wonder how improved land stewardship practices can increase productivity?

The IAC works with the NRCS to enhance land stewardship for Native American Indian and Native Alaskan Tribes by providing training and development opportunitye for conservation planning through technical assistance and resource management tools.

This presents Tribal producers with a unique opportunity to build their land stewardship knowledge base as they continue to improve production. As always, our programs are made available at no cost to Tribes and individual producers. Contact us for a training session so we can help design a Conservation Planning Tool Kit for your operation.

PROJECTS

Learn more about the work IAC is doing to measure the impact of regenerative agriculture.

RESOURCES

Access materials for the Livestock Indemnity and Conservation Stewardship programs.

MIGHTY NETWORKS

Explore IAC’s e-learning platform for workshops that help your farm or ranch grow.

IAC ON YOUTUBE

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Regenerative agriculture is a holistic approach to revitalizing land and ecological systems. It focuses on improving soil’s ability to regenerate over time by involving the whole farm ecosystem, including humans and wildlife.

It is a mindset that, in many cases, is already inherent in Tribal producers. However, various circumstances and barriers hinder the full success of putting these systems into practice. This is why IAC promotes a full circle regenerative economy where Tribes and individual producers and businesses are given access to the tools and knowledge they need, provided a financing structure that supports their efforts and endeavors, and market opportunities that can generate long-term profits.

Efficient nutrient management

Reduced tillage

Rotational grazing

Diverse crop rotations

Cover crops

Livestock integration into crop systems

IAC aims to help producers adopt and improve regenerative practices, both to revitalize land and to support long-term profitability and risk reduction.