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Randolph County 2006 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Randolph 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 land user who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, or hay land private non-industrial forest land and other farm or ranch lands may apply for assistance through this program.

Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Randolph/Clay County USDA Service Center located at 794 West Broad Street, Suite 3, Wedowee, Alabama. The office hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 256-357-4561, extension 3; the fax number is 256-357-4017. Contact District Conservationist steve.stone@al.usda.gov.

The USDA Work Group has identified the resource concerns in Randolph County in priority order:

  1. Grazing Lands
  2. Water Quality/Erosion on Cropland
  3. Water Quality/Animal Waste
  4. Forest Health and Wildlife

All applications will be ranked using the EQIP State Ranking Tool, 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 for state wide and local concerns will be batched and ranked after January 6, 2006. Any applications filed later than these dates will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available).

All state adopted practices, except Poultry Drystacks, are eligible for cost-share.  Restrictions and cost-share rates are the same as those on the state NRCS lists, with the exception of Poultry Composters, Freezers and Incinerators being limited to 50 percent cost-share.

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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