Dale County 2007 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Dale 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, hayland or forestland may apply for assistance through this program.

Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Dale County USDA Service Center located at the Dale County Government Building, 202 S. Hwy 123, Suite E, Ozark, Alabama 36360, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The telephone number is 334-774-4749, extension 3. Fax number is 334-774-9951.

The USDA Work Group has identified the resource concerns in Dale County as:

• Erosion/Soil Quality (high priority)

• Forest Health and Wildlife (medium priority)

• Grazingland/Animal Waste (low priority)

County-wide applications taken by November 17, 2006, will be ranked and funded using the NRCS Statewide 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. All applications will be funded according to priority concern. All applications that address erosion/soil quality concerns will be funded before any other applications are considered. Contracts will be developed for approved applications in order of descending environmental points until all funds are obligated. Applications received after November 17, will be deferred until the next subsequent batching period as needed.

Practice restrictions and cost-share rates are the same as those on the Alabama NRCS state-wide list. Conservation practices used to address the priority concerns will come from the following practice list:

560 Access Road
575 Animal Trails and Walkways
328 Conservation Crop Rotation 
332 Contour Buffer Strips
340 Cover Crop
342 Critical Area Planting
362 Diversion
382 Fence
386 Field Border
393 Filter Strip
394 Firebreak
490 Forest Site Preparation
666 Forest Stand Improvement
655 Forest Trails and Landings
383 Fuel break
410 Grade Stabilization Structure
412 Grassed Waterway
561 Heavy Use Area Protection
460 Land Clearing
466 Land Smoothing
468 Lined Waterway or Outlet
590 Nutrient Management
512 Pasture and Hayland Planting
595 Pest Management
643 Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats
391 Riparian Forest Buffer
580 Stream Bank and Shoreline Protection
578 Stream Crossing
600 Terrace
612 Tree/Shrub Establishment
620 Underground Outlet
645 Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (Early Successional)
472 Use Exclusion
638 Water and Sediment Control Basin

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)

Conservation Program Application - NRCS-CPA-1200 (39 KB)

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