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Morgan County 2006 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of Morgan 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, hayland, cropland, forestland, or wildlife land may apply for assistance through this program.

Applications may be made at the NRCS Offices of the Morgan County USDA Service Center located at 3120 AL Hwy 36, W, Suite A, Decatur, Alabama, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 256-773-6541 and the fax number is 256-921-2008.  Local contact persons are:

Foy Kirkland, District Conservationist
John Lyle, Soil Conservationist
Fred Evans, Soil Conservation Technician
Ann Smith, District Administrative Coordinator
Brad Bole, Flint Creek Watershed Project Leader
Jay Grantland, Cotaco Clean and Green Project Leader
Deborah Segars, Conservation Education Coordinator.

The USDA Work Group has identified the following resource concerns in Morgan County in order by priority:

  1. Water Quality (Animal Waste)   
  2. Grazing Lands             
  3. Erosion/Soil Quality           
  4. Forest Health and Wildlife     
  5. Water Conservation               

All applications will be ranked using the Listing of 2006 EQIP on Web Resource Concerns, Descriptions, and Points worksheet. 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.

If two or more applicants tie with environmental points, the contracts will be approved according to the following tiebreaker rules: 1) Applicant with the highest last digit in their “home place” farm number and 2) Applicant with the lowest “home place” tract number.

When available funds for resource concerns will not fully fund the next applicant, the funds will be returned to the State Pool.

The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will be January 6, 2006. Subsequent batching dates will be announced as needed.

Cost-share and incentive payment rates will be the maximum approved on the State NRCS List. Eligible Practices and Restrictions will be the same on the State NRCS list. Planned cost-shared 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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