NRCS Programs
NRCS offers voluntary programs to eligible landowners and agricultural producers to provide financial and technical assistance to help manage natural resources in a sustainable manner. Through these programs, NRCS approves contracts to provide financial assistance to help plan and implement conservation practices that address natural resource concerns or opportunities to help save energy and improve soil, water, plant, air, animal and related resources on agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest land.
CSP helps agricultural producers maintain and improve their existing conservation systems and adopt additional conservation activities to address priority resource concerns. Participants earn CSP payments for conservation performance - the higher the performance, the higher the payment. For more information, visit NRCS's CSP web page by clicking the button above.
EQIP provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers in order to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water, reduced soil erosion and sedimentation or improved or created wildlife habitat. Click the button above for more information on EQIP from NRCS.
ACEP is a new program that consolidates three former programs - the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), the Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), and the Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program. ACEP provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and wetlands and their related benefits. To visit NRCS's ACEP page, click the button above.
Tornado damage at Goodson Road EWP site (2014).
NRCS administers the Emergency Watershed Protection Program, which responds to emergencies created by natural disasters. The EWP Program is a recovery effort aimed at relieving imminent hazards to life and property caused by floods, fires, windstorms, and other natural occurrences. It is not necessary for a national emergency to be declared for an area to be eligible for assistance.
Pulaski County's most recent EWP project was the result of a tornado touching down in the western part of the county on April 27, 2014. NRCS identified a thirteen acre area along Goodson Road near Ferndale that qualified for EWP due to storm debris in the Nowlin Creek streambed and floodplain. Clearing the channel, stabilizing the stream bank, and protecting the road were all goals of the project.
Pulaski County's most recent EWP project was the result of a tornado touching down in the western part of the county on April 27, 2014. NRCS identified a thirteen acre area along Goodson Road near Ferndale that qualified for EWP due to storm debris in the Nowlin Creek streambed and floodplain. Clearing the channel, stabilizing the stream bank, and protecting the road were all goals of the project.
