United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service		 Alabama Go to Accessibility Information
Skip to Page Content





Limestone County 2007 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in Limestone 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 land user who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, or hayland may apply for assistance through this program.

Applications may be made at the Limestone County USDA Service Center located at 1795B Highway 72 E., Athens, Alabama, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 256-232-4025 and the office fax number is 256-232-3510. Local contacts are: Mark Swafford or Jamie Carpenter.

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

  • Animals/Grazing Systems
  • Soil Quality/Erosion on Cropland
  • Water Quality/Animal Waste
  • Forest Health and Wildlife

All applications will be ranked using the NRCS 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. In the event of a tie the lowest tract number will be chosen.

The first batching of applications will have a cut-off date of November 17, 2006. Any applications filed later than this date will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available).

The Limestone County Work Group approved using the NRCS state approved practice list and cost- share rates. Planned conservation practices used to address the priority resource concerns will come from this list. Note, if an applicant has been approved for an incentive payment practice through the EQIP program in prior years, the applicant is ineligible for additional consideration for that practice. There is a 500 acre limit on Conservation Tillage for Soil Quality.

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)

<Back to County Information/Map