Wetland Mitigation Banking Program Fiscal Year (FY) 2026
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Award ceiling
$1,000,000
Award floor
$100,000
Program funding
$3,000,000
- Opportunity #
- USDA-NRCS-NHQ-WMBP-NOFO0001458
- Agency
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- ALN (CFDA)
- 10.933
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Jul 23, 2026
- Closes
- Sep 8, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •City or township governments
- •Special district governments
- •Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- •State governments
- •Private institutions of higher education
- •County governments
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- •Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •For profit organizations other than small businesses
- •Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- •Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Small businesses
Synopsis
NRCS is announcing the availability of $3 million in WMBP grant funds for the development and establishment of mitigation banks and banking opportunities solely for agricultural producers with wetlands subject to the wetland conservation compliance provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as amended). WMBP is a competitive grants program accepting proposals from eligible entities as identified in Section B.1. Priority will be given to banks in states with significant numbers of individual wetlands, wetland acres, and conservation compliance requests. Based on NRCS data, these states are Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
A webinar for WMBP applicants is scheduled for July 30, 2026 at 3 pm Eastern Time. Information on how to participate in the Microsoft Teams webinar can be obtained through the following link:
Contact
Sundii R Johnson Grantor · tessa.garcia@usda.gov