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Walker County 2004 EQIP Program


Executive Summary

The Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA in Walker 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 Walker County NRCS Field Office located at 1710 Alabama Avenue, Room 207, Carl Elliot Building, Jasper, Alabama 35502. The telephone number is (205) 387-1879. The Farm Service Agency located on 415 5th Avenue East Suite B, Oneonta, Alabama 35121 will also be taking applications. The telephone number is 205-274-2361 ext. 2. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

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

  1. Animals/Grazing Systems - priority 1
  2. Water Quality/Animal Waste - priority 1
  3. At Risk Species - priority 1
  4. Water Conservation - priority 5
  5. Erosion/Soil Quality - priority 5

Approved applications will be those that provide the greatest environmental benefits. Contracts will be developed for approved applications in order of descending environmental points.

Applications will be batched several times during the year. The first batching period will end on April 15, 2004. Any applications received after this date will be considered in the next batching pool if funds are available. In case of a tie between ranking sheets, the tiebreaker will be based upon the contract with the least cost.

Eligible Practices and cost-share rates will be the same as those set by the State Technical Committee and State Conservationist (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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