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The Soil Health and Optimizing Water (SHOW) grant, funded by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, offers up to $50,000 for eligible entities. Producers, conservation districts, nonprofits, local governments, and research institutions are encouraged to apply to develop projects that advance soil health principles and water management practices on working lands. “This grant will help us understand how soil health can improve water use.
It will also help Colorado’s producers make their operations more resilient by improving how water is managed on working lands,” said Toby McPartland, Soil Health Specialist with CDA. “ We encourage anyone interested in applying to join our upcoming webinar so they can better understand the opportunities and prepare a strong application.
” Funding is available for projects that improve soil function, enhance water resource management, and provide opportunities for peer-to-peer learning within the agricultural community. CDA will hold an informational webinar to outline key components of the program, including eligible practices, monitoring expectations, and funding guidelines. Participants will also have an opportunity to ask questions directly to program staff.
Grant applications are being accepted on CDA’s Soil Health website until January 20, 2026. The webinar will be held on Wednesday, December 17, at 10:00 a. m.
The Colorado Soil Health Program , advised by the Soil Health Advisory Committee, fosters local expertise, collaborative partnerships, and provides technical guidance and support to Colorado farmers and ranchers. Since its launch in 2021 under the leadership of Governor Polis, the Soil Health program has supported more than 400 producers to integrate soil health principles into their agricultural operations and land management plans.
These grants, and the Colorado Soil Health Program broadly, work to further the goals in CDA’s Strategic Plan, especially Environmental Stewardship and Climate Resilience. The grant also works towards Governor Polis’s Wildly Important Goal to advance Colorado’s Water Plan.
Grant Application Opens: December 11, 2025 Webinar: December 17, 2025, at 10:00 AM MT Grant Application Deadline: January 20, 2026 Webinar Access Information Soil Health Grant Webinar Registration Link Date & Time: December 17, 2025, 10:00 AM Mountain Time Ian Munsick, Dylan Scott, Neal McCoy to Headline 2026 PRCA Concert Series at Colorado State Fair The 2026 Colorado State Fair is bringing three nights of country music to the Big R Arena to follow the Pro Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) events on August 28, 29, and 30.
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Living labs to enhance soil health in managed forests and in natural/semi-natural lands is sponsored by European Commission — Horizon Europe. Expected Outcome: Activities under this topic respond directly to the goal of the Mission Soil to set up 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030 and support the specific objectives of the Mission Soil. Activities should also contribute to the Common Agricultural Policy, and to meeting the European Green Deal ambitions and targets and more specifically those of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 , the EU soil strategy for 2030 and the proposal for a Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive , the Zero Pollution Action Plan , the EU Forest Strategy, as well as to the Sustainable Development Goals [1] . Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: enhanced capacities for participatory, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary R&I to co-create, and co-implement economically viable soil health solutions tailored to managed forests or natural/semi-natural lands; improved soil health monitoring and increased availability of high quality, standardized soil data at local and regional levels; increased availability of practice-oriented knowledge for land managers and land users, leading to better adoption of effective soil health solutions in diverse contexts; policymakers are more informed about local needs regarding soil health, including its drivers, and can use this knowledge to design and implement more effective policies that enhance soil health, while considering the economic sustainability of solutions. Scope: Forests soils play a fundamental role in global environmental protection, by supporting rich biodiversity, preventing soil erosion, regulating floodings, and mitigating climate change by sequestering carbon from the atmosphere [2] . In Europe, forests cover nearly 40% of the total land area, with over 90% classified as managed forests, where human activities such as timber production, habitat management, recreation, etc. take place [3] . Maintaining and enhancing soil functions in managed forests is essential for ensuring both their productivity and long-term resilience. In this context, developing a sustainable forest bioeconomy is strategically important for Europe’s green transition. The remaining 5–10% of Europe’s forested land consists of unmanaged or natural forests, such as those within national parks or nature reserves. Monitoring the state of soil health in these natural forests lands as well as in any other natural areas [4] across Europe, is essential for their conservation as, despite the minimal or absence of human intervention, they remain vulnerable to degradation processes originating from surrounding managed lands and diffuse pollution. Early detection of such risks is critical to allow for prevention and remediation. The Mission Soil proposes the deployment of living labs as a novel approach to research and innovation in soil health [5] . Living labs have the potential to facilitate a green transition by involving multiple actors in real-life sites within a local/regional setting to co-create soil health solutions and achieve large-scale impacts on soil health and soil governance. Projects funded under this topic should deploy a number of living labs to expand and complement the network of soil health living labs initiated in previous Mission Soil topics to gradually establish 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030 [6] . Soil health living labs are long-term collaborations between multiple actors to address common soil health challenges in real-life sites at local or regional level [7] (10 to 20 sites in each living lab). Depending on the level at which each living lab operates and the specific context (e.g. land use covered, or soil health challenge addressed), applicants can exceptionally propose living labs with fewer sites. Living labs under this topic can address soil health challenges in or across two land uses: managed forest or natural/semi-natural lands. Individual site Programme areas: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture related to crop production, soil biology and cultivation, applied plant biology, Ecosystem services provided by soils, Soil biodiversity, Soil chemistry, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, Soil fertility, Soil functions, Soil improvement, Soil management, Soil science, Biogeographical, Bottom Up, Co-creation, Forest soils, Forestry, Integrated sciences, Interdisciplinary, Living Labs, Multi actor approach, Natural habitats, Participatory research, Semi-natural habitats, Soil health, Sustainable land management, Transdisciplinary Deadline stages: 2026-04-14, 2026-09-15
Living labs to enhance soil health in Alpine and Atlantic biogeographical regions is sponsored by European Commission — Horizon Europe. Expected Outcome: Activities under this topic respond directly to the goal of the Mission Soil to set up 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030. They support the specific objectives of the Mission Soil [1] . Activities should also contribute to the Common Agricultural Policy and to meeting the European Green Deal ambitions and targets and more specifically those of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 , the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 and the proposal for a Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive , the Zero Pollution Action Plan , the Communication on Boosting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing in the EU , as well as to Sustainable Development Goals [2] . Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: enhanced capacities for participatory, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary R&I to co-create and co-implement economically viable soil health solutions; improved soil health monitoring and increased availability of high quality, standardised soil data at local and regional level; increased availability of practice-oriented knowledge for land managers and land users, leading to better adoption of effective soil health solutions in diverse contexts; policy makers are more aware of local needs regarding soil health, including the factors that influence it, and can use this knowledge to design and implement more effective policies to enhance soil health, while considering the economic sustainability of solutions. Scope: The Mission Soil proposes the deployment of living labs as a novel approach to research and innovation in soil health [3] . Living labs have the potential to facilitate a green transition by involving multiple actors in real-life sites within a local/regional setting to co-create soil health solutions and achieve large-scale impacts on soil health and soil governance. Projects funded under this topic should deploy a number of living labs to expand and complement the network of soil health living labs initiated in previous Mission Soil topics to gradually establish 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030 [4] . Soil health living labs are long-term collaborations between multiple actors to address common soil health challenges in real-life sites at local or regional level [5] (10 to 20 sites in each living lab). Living labs can address soil health challenges in or across different land uses (agricultural, (peri-)urban, (post)-industrial, forest and (semi-)natural). Depending on the level at which each living lab operates and the specific context (e.g. land use covered, or soil health challenge addressed), applicants can exceptionally propose living labs with fewer sites. Individual sites can be farms, forest holdings, urban green areas [6] , industrial areas, etc. Sites that are exemplary in their performance in terms of soil health improvement and serve as places for demonstration of solutions, training and communication are lighthouses. Lighthouse sites can be part of a living lab or be situated outside a living lab. Projects funded under this topic are expected to kick-start a participatory process or build on existing ones. If building on existing processes, the new proposed living labs should complement the existing network of Mission Soil Living Labs and deliver unique results. While on average, projects run for around four years, the duration of the projects under this topic should accommodate longer timescales required to establish participatory processes and/or for soil processes to take place. Actors working on common shared soil health challenge(s) within and across the living labs of the same project, will be able to compare results, exchange good practices, validate methodologies, replicate actions and solutions and benefit from cross-fertilisation, thereby accelerating the transition towards the shared objective of improving soil health. Proposals should: support the establishmen Programme areas: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture related to crop production, soil biology and cultivation, applied plant biology, Ecosystem services provided by soils, Soil biodiversity, Soil chemistry, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, Soil fertility, Soil functions, Soil improvement, Soil management, Soil science, Alpine, Atlantic, Biogeographical, Biogeographical regions, Bottom Up, Co-creation, Integrated sciences, Interdisciplinary, Land uses, Living Labs, Multi actor approach, Participatory research, Soil health, Soil restoration, Sustainable land management, Transdisciplinary Deadline stages: 2026-04-14, 2026-09-15