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Lawrence County 2008 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Lawrence County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2008 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, animal waste, or hay land may apply for assistance through this program.

Applications may be made at the NRCS or FSA office of the Lawrence County USDA Service Center located at 13075 AL Hwy 157, Suite 4, and Moulton, Alabama 35650, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 256-974-1176, extension 3, and the fax number is 256-974-4404. The local contact person is Kathy Gotcher, District Conservationist.

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

  1. Grazing Lands
  2. Water Quality
  3. Irrigation
  4. Forest Health and Wildlife
  5. Soil Quality/Erosion
  6. Water Quality/Animal Waste

All applications will be ranked using an environmental benefits worksheet and approvals will be given to the applicants 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 and ranked. The first batching date of applications will have a cut-off date of October 26, 2007. Any applications filed later than this date will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available) with subsequent batching dates set as needed.

Eligible Practices, Restrictions, and Payment schedule approved by the Alabama NRCS state approved EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule will be used to obligate contract funds. Planned conservation practices used to address the priority resource concerns will come from this list. The USDA work group set the following conservation practice limits:

  1. Residue Management – 100 acres for 3 years per person/contract.
  2. Pasture and Hayland Planting – 75 acres per person/contract.

In the event of applicants having the same points the following tiebreaker will be used. The applications will be alphabetized by last name. Then applicants will be selected in ascending order.

County Ranking Tool for FY2008 County Allocations

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

 These documents may require Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Excel.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAlabama EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule 2008

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix 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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