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Lowndes County 2006 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

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

If you have a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, or hayland on your farm that you need assistance to solve, you should come by the NRCS Office and fill out an application.

You can file this application in Hayneville at the Natural Resources Conservation Service Office between the hours of 8:00a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The office is located at 15 North Washington St., phone number is 334-548-2767.

The first batching period will end on January 6, 2006. All applications received on or before this date will then be ranked using the NRCS state approved ranking sheets. If monies are not obligated with the first ranking, then subsequent rankings will be held as needed.

Local concerns that have been prioritized are:

1. Grazing Lands
2. Soil Quality/Erosion on Cropland
3. Water Quality/Animal Wastes
4. Water Conservation
5. Forest Health and Wildlife

All applications will be ranked and approvals based on an environmental ranking worksheet that will insure that the most environmental benefit is received for the dollars expended. Individuals with the highest point totals generated from this worksheet will be ranked higher in consideration to receive cost share assistance than those individuals with lower points.

All conservation practices in the NRCS State list will be available for use in solving the conservation needs on the farm. Cost-share rates on all practices will be the same as listed in the state approved list. The state-wide ranking sheet for the above listed resource concerns will be used in ranking the applications.

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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