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Marshall County 2004 EQIP Program


Executive Summary

The Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA in Marshall County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2004 Fiscal year. This signup will be held on a continuous basis. Any eligible landuser who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, or hayland may apply for assistance through this program. Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Marshall County USDA Service Center located at 1206 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, Alabama, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is (256) 582-3923 and the office fax number is (256) 582-1328. The local contact person is Stan Franklin, District Conservationist.

The USDA work group has prioritized the resource concerns in Marshall County as:

  1. Grazing Lands
  2. Water Quality (Animal Waste)
  3. Erosion/Soil Quality
  4. At Risk Species Habitat
  5. Water Conservation

Approvals will be given to those applications that will provide the greatest environmental benefits, i.e. those receiving the most environmental points. If ranking points prove to be equal on one or more applications, there will be a drawing at a Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) meeting as a tie breaker. Contracts will be developed for approved applications in order of descending environmental points, until all funds are obligated. The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will end April 30, 2004. Any applications filed later than this date will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available).

Eligible practices and cost share percentages will be the same as the state approved list (below). Planned conservation practices used to address the priority resource concerns will come from this list.

Applications may also be taken on-line at: http://www.sc.egov.usda.gov. Additional information is available at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/.  

 These documents require Adobe Acrobat.
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConservation Program Application - CCC1200 (330 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Ranking Tool (76 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Practices, Cost-Share Rates, and Restrictions (100 KB)

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