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Calhoun County 2007 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Calhoun County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2007 Fiscal Year. This signup will be held on a continuous basis.

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

Applications may be made at NRCS in the Calhoun County USDA Service Center located at 1413B Hillyer-Robinson Pkwy Anniston, Alabama 36207, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 256-835-0512, extension 3. Fax number is 256-835-7824.

The USDA work group has prioritized the resource concerns in Calhoun County as:

  1. Grazing Lands
  2. Forest Health and Wildlife
  3. Soil Quality/Erosion
  4. Water Quality

Incentive payments for residue management is limited to 100 acres per operator/person
All applications will be ranked using the state-wide Ranking 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.

Applications will be batched on November 17, 2006, and ranked. Any applications filed later than this date will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available).

Please refer to the Alabama NRCS state list for practices, cost-share rates, and restrictions.

County Ranking Tool for FY2007 County Allocations

Additional information is available at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/.  

 These documents may require Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Excel.

Eligible Practices and Cost-share Types and Rates FY07
Appendix to Form NRCS-CPA-1202: Conservation Program Contract (National NRCS-will open in new window)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentConservation Program Application - NRCS-CPA-1200 (39 KB)

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