Coffee County 2006 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Coffee County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2006 fiscal year. This signup will be held on a continuous basis.

Landowners/land users who have concerns relating to Soil Erosion/Soil Quality, Grazing Land, Water Quality and Animal Waste, Invasive Plant Management, and Forestry Health and Wildlife may apply.

Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Coffee County USDA Service Center located in New Brockton. The mailing address for NRCS is 3 Coffee County Office Complex, New Brockton, Alabama 36351. Applications will be accepted Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office may be reached by telephone at 334-894-5581, extension 3; fax number is 334-894-2081. County contact is Mike Harris.

The USDA Work Group has identified the resource concerns in Coffee County (in priority order) as:

1. Soil Erosion/Soil Quality
2. Grazing Lands
3. Water Quality and Animal Waste
4. Forestry Health and Wildlife
5. Invasive Plant Management

Applications will be batched and ranked using the Statewide EQIP Ranking Tool. The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will be January 6, 2006. Any applications filed later than January 6, 2006, will be considered at the next batching date, dependent upon availability of funds.

Approvals will be given to those applications that will provide the greatest environmental benefits, i.e., those receiving the most environmental points. Contracts will be developed for approved applications in order of descending environmental points until all funds are obligated.
Eligible practices are listed below. Cost-share rates for eligible practices will be the same as those identified in the Alabama State Cost-share Rates below.

The following practices are limited to 50 acres:

Conservation Crop Rotation (sod based or high residue crop)
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management
Forest Stand Improvement
Pasture and Hayland Planting
Prescribed Grazing
Restoration and Management of Declining Species

Eligible Practices

Code   Practice Name
360 Closure of Waste Impoundment
328 Conservation Crop Rotation (Grass based rotation)
342 Critical Area Planting
362 Diversion
647 Early Successional Habitat Development/Management
382 Fence
386 Field Border
394 Firebreak
490 Forest Site Preparation
666 Forest Stand Improvement
410 Grade Stabilization Structure
412 Grassed Waterway
561 Heavy Use Area Protection
466 Land Smoothing
468 Lined Waterway or Outlet
512 Pasture and Hayland Planting
595 Pest Management
516 Pipeline
378 Pond (livestock water only)
528 Prescribed Grazing
533 Pumping Plant
329 Residue Management (no-till or strip till)
643 Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats
558 Roof Runoff Structure
350 Sediment Basin
791 Silvopasture Establishment
574 Spring Development
578 Stream Crossing
600 Terrace
612 Tree/Shrub Establishment
660 Tree/Shrub Pruning (silvopasture management)
620 Underground Outlet
472 Use Exclusion
749 Waste Field Storage
313 Waste Storage Facility (dry stack barn only)
638 Water and Sediment Control Basin
642 Water Well
614 Watering Facility
351 Well Decommissioning

Additional information is available at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/.  

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Conservation Program Application - CCC1200 (330 KB)
State Practices and Restrictions (121 KB)
State Cost-Share Rates (115 KB)

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