Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) – General
General CRP sign-up may not happen every year. For enrollment, the land is ranked using the EBI (Environmental Benefits Index). Landowners bid into the program and compete across all other…
Read MoreEnvironmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Under the Farm Bill’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), NRCS provides financial and technical assistance to producers/landowners to help plan and implement conservation practices on agricultural and forest land. EQIP…
Read MoreImproving Oak Ecosystems Health in the Great Lakes Region (RCPP)
This RCPP project is utilizing land management practices to restore, enhance and protect oak ecosystems. Land management practices available to farmers/landowners in the project area are: Forest Stand Improvement, Structures…
Read MoreKinkaid Watershed Restoration Project (RCPP)
The Kinkaid Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) promotes coordination of NRCS and Kinkaid-Reed’s Creek Conservancy District conservation activities with partners that offer value-added contributions to expand our collective ability to…
Read MoreLake Springfield Source Water Protection Project (RCPP)
The Lake Springfield RCPP will provide $1.3M to producers in the Lake Springfield watershed, with an emphasis on building soil health and resiliency, decreasing input costs, installing structural practices to…
Read MoreRend Lake Watershed Conservation Initiative RCPP
The Rend Lake Watershed Conservation Initiative RCPP will help implement climate-smart ag practices to reduce nutrient pollution in the watershed as published in the Rend Lake Total Maximum Daily Load…
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