Sumter County 2006 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Sumter 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 grazing lands, cropland, or timberland may apply for assistance through this program.

Applications may be made at the NRCS/Sumter County Soil and Water Conservation District, located at 106 Marshall Street in Livingston, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 205-652-7521. Applications may also be taken at the Farm Services Agency located at 307 Wilson Avenue, Eutaw, Alabama.

The USDA work group selected to leave the concerns as they are and to use all practices offered in the state list:

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

All applications will be ranked using a statewide 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.

The first batching period for ranking applications will end January 6, 2006. If all allocated monies are not obligated with the first ranking, then rankings will be scheduled as needed until all funds are obligated. Eligible practices and cost-share rates will be the same as the NRCS state list.

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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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