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Coosa County 2006 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Coosa 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.

Any eligible landuser who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, hayland, forestland and/or wildlife land may apply for assistance through this program.

Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Tallapoosa/Coosa County USDA Service Center located at 1995 Cherokee Road, Alexander City, Alabama 35010, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 256-329-3084, extension 3. Fax number is 256-234-2468.

Applications may also be made at the Coosa County Soil and Water Conservation District office located at Rt. 2 Box 45-B, Rockford, Alabama 35136 between 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The telephone number is 256-377-4750. Fax number is 256-377-1187.

The USDA work group has prioritized the resource concerns in Coosa county as:

1. Grazing Land
2. Forestland Health and Wildlife
3. Water Quality
4. Erosion/Soil Quality
5. Water Conservation and Reduction

All applications will be ranked using an environmental benefits worksheet, and 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.

Applications will be batched and ranked during the year. The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will be January 6, 2006. Any applications filed later than this date will be consider in the next pool of funding (if funds are available or additional funds become available).

Eligible practices and cost-share rates are the same as those listed on the approved Alabama NRCS list of State Practices and Restrictions and Cost-Share Rates. Planned conservation practices used to address the priority resource concerns will come from this list.

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 Practices and Restrictions (121 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Cost-Share Rates (115 KB)

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