Matching Grants Program
Natural Resources Matching Grants Program
The Natural Resources Matching Grants Program is designed to assist Colorado Conservation Districts in "Good Standing" (those meeting minimum statutory and CSCB requirements) with implementing on-the-ground conservation projects and educational activities on private lands.
This competitive program provides matching state funds to cover project and activity costs within each Conservation District. Conservation Districts and their partners are required to leverage additional funding, as half of the state award must be matched with hard cash.
Applications are scored by a committee of government and private conservation experts based on the following criteria:
- Focused Approach with Measurable Outcomes
- Conservation Impact
- Feasibility
- District Involvement
- Partner Involvement
Application & Operational Materials
Materials are available on the District Operations site.
2026 Matching Grants Awards
| CONSERVATION DISTRICT | FUNDING | PROJECT FOCUS |
| Agate | $25,000.00 | Rangeland Health |
| Bent | $25,000.00 | Drops of Knowledge: Funding Smart Irrigation, Educating for Water Quality |
| Boulder Valley | $25,000.00 | Noxious Weed Management |
| Branson-Trinchera | $25,000.00 | Range Management Cost-Share Program |
| Center | $6,451.00 | Center Conservation District Mechanical Puncturvine Management |
| Colorado First | $25,000.00 | Growing Conservation, a Homestead Stewardship Initiative |
| De Beque Plateau Valley | $25,000.00 | Irrigation Efficiency Improvements - Ditch Inventories |
| Delta | $25,000.00 | Technical Service Provider Engineering Funds for Delta |
| Double El | $25,000.00 | Land Health Cost-Share |
| East Otero | $25,000.00 | Irrigation Projects |
| Fremont | $12,000.00 | Seeding a Stewardship Ethic in Fremont County |
| Haxtun | $10,500.00 | Haxtun Conservation District Asynchronous Field Days Expansion |
| High Desert | $25,000.00 | High Desert Conservation District Land Stewardship and Youth Education Program |
| High Plains | $15,000.00 | Rangeland Conservation |
| Jefferson | $25,000.00 | Managing Noxious Weeds |
| Lake County | $15,340.00 | 2026 Seed Cost Share Program |
| Longmont | $15,000.00 | 11th Soil Revolution Conference |
| Mancos | $25,000.00 | Conservation Outreach and Planning in the Mancos Watershed |
| Mesa | $25,000.00 | Noxious Weed Management Cost-Share Program |
| Mosca-Hooper | $13,570.00 | Bringing Farmers Together: Implementing a Peer-to-Peer Learning Network in the San Luis Valley |
| Mount Sopris | $25,000.00 | Wolf Mitigation Assistance for Livestock Producers - Outreach to Recreation Users on Public Land |
| Olney Boone | $25,000.00 | CRP and Rangeland Improvements |
| Rio Grande | $15,000.00 | Large-Scale Conservation Efforts: Producer Partnership for in-field Conservation |
| South Pueblo County | $11,300.00 | Colorado Master Irrigator Program - Arkansas Valley |
| South Side | $20,000.00 | Grasshopper Mitigation on Agricultural Fields |
| Spanish Peaks-Purgatoire River | $25,000.00 | Cost Share Program for fencing |
| Teller Park | $23,000.00 | Teller Park Cost-Share |
| West Arapahoe | $7,500.00 | Dig In! Discovering the Secrets of Soil - Colorado Reader Educational Outreach |
| West Otero Timpas | $25,000.00 | Water Management |
| White River | $25,000.00 | Rio Blanco County Pest & Weed Control Program |
| Yuma County/Yuma CD | $50,000.00 | Securing Water for Land, Livestock and Wildlife |