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Marshall County 2008 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

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

Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Marshall County USDA Service Center located at 1206 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 256-582-3923 and the fax number is 256-582-1328. The local contact person is Shawn Manning, District Conservationist.

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

  1. Forest Health and Wildlife
  2. Grazing Land
  3. Water Quality/Animal Waste
  4. Erosion/Soil Quality

All applications will be ranked using an 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. If ranking points prove to be equal on one or more applications, the initial application date will be used as a tie breaker.

Contracts will be developed for approved applications in order of descending environmental points, until all funds are obligated. The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will end October 26, 2007. Any applications filed later than this date will be considered in the next pool of funding, if additional funds become available.

Alabama NRCS state approved EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule will be used for eligible practices and restrictions. Planned conservation practices used to address the priority resource concerns will come from this list. Pasture planting and tree planting practices will be limited to a maximum of 40 acres per applicant.  Conservation tillage will be limited to 100 acres per applicant.  Limited Resource Farmers will be funded at an increased payment rate.

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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