Oregon NRCS Programs

NRCS's natural resources conservation programs help people reduce soil erosion, enhance water supplies, improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce damages caused by floods and other natural disasters. Public benefits include enhanced natural resources that help sustain agricultural productivity and environmental quality while supporting continued economic development, recreation, and scenic beauty.

List of Programs by Category
Alphabetical Program List
 

NRCS Programs by Category

Conservation Technical Assistance Programs and Activities

• Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) - administers grants to local governments and agencies; Indian tribes; and non-governmental organizations to focus technical and financial resources on conservation priorities
• Conservation Planning Assistance - a guide to assist farmers, ranchers and other landowners plan and develop conservation measures to: improve operations, protect water quality and quantity; promote high quality, productive soils; develop healthy plant and animal communities; and more
• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) - (USDA Farm Service Agency program)
• Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) - coordination of efforts to identify priority issues, find solutions, and effect change on private grazing land

Environmental Improvement Programs

• Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - voluntary financial and technical assistance for structural and management conservation practices on working agricultural lands
• Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) - a program under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) through which NRCS may enter into partnership agreements with eligible entities to conserve ground and surface water or improve water quality, or both, in the region.
• EQIP Ground and Surface Water Conservation (EQIP/GSWC) - a portion of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) that provides assistance to farmers to conserve ground and surface water in their agricultural operations
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) - voluntary technical and financial assistance to non-federal landowners and tribes to create, restore, and enhance fish and wildlife habitats

Stewardship Programs

• Conservation Security Program - voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to promote the conservation and improvement of private lands

Easement Programs

• Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) - voluntary program that allows productive farm and ranch lands to remain in agricultural production under private ownership
• Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) - voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance grasslands
• Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) - a voluntary land easement program to help people restore, enhance, and protect wetlands

Grant Programs

• Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) - grants to develop and refine cutting-edge technologies and approaches that can help producers maintain viable agricultural operations
• Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) - administers grants to local governments and agencies; Indian tribes; and non-governmental organizations to focus technical and financial resources on conservation priorities

Community Assistance Programs

• Resource Conservation & Development Councils (RC&D)  - strategies and assistance to help rural communities plan, develop and carry out programs for resource conservation and development

Technical Processes, Tools, and Other Technical Resources

• Aberdeen Plant Materials Center - develops conservation plant solutions and technology applicable for the landscapes of the Intermountain West
• Corvallis Plant Materials Center - develops conservation plant solutions and technology applicable for western Oregon and Washington
• Pullman Plant Materials Center - develops conservation plant solutions and technology applicable for eastern Oregon and Washington
• Water Resources Planning - natural resource information on each of Oregon's 8-Digit Hydrologic Units, or watersheds

Resource Inventory and Assessment

• Oregon National Resource Inventory -  a statistical survey of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. non-Federal lands
• Soils Information and the Soil Survey Program -  soils related information including soil survey maps and reports
• Snow Survey and and Water Supply Forecasting - mountain snowpack data and streamflow forecasts for the western United States

National NRCS Programs

• USDA NRCS Conservation Programs

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Alphabetical Program List

• Aberdeen Plant Materials Center - develops conservation plant solutions and technology applicable for the landscapes of the Intermountain West
• Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) - a program under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) through which NRCS may enter into partnership agreements with eligible entities to conserve ground and surface water or improve water quality, or both, in the region.
• Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) - grants to develop and refine cutting-edge technologies and approaches that can help producers maintain viable agricultural operations
• Conservation Planning Assistance - a guide to assist farmers, ranchers and other landowners plan and develop conservation measures to: improve operations, protect water quality and quantity; promote high quality, productive soils; develop healthy plant and animal communities; and more
• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) - (USDA Farm Service Agency program)
• Conservation Security Program - voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to promote the conservation and improvement of private lands
• Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) - administers grants to local governments and agencies; Indian tribes; and non-governmental organizations to focus technical and financial resources on conservation priorities
• Corvallis Plant Materials Center - develops conservation plant solutions and technology applicable for western Oregon and Washington
• Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - voluntary financial and technical assistance for structural and management conservation practices on working agricultural lands
• Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) - voluntary program that allows productive farm and ranch lands to remain in agricultural production under private ownership
• Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) - voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance grasslands
• Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) - coordination of efforts to identify priority issues, find solutions, and effect change on private grazing land
• National USDA NRCS Conservation Programs
• Oregon National Resource Inventory -  a statistical survey of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. non-Federal lands
• Pullman Plant Materials Center - develops conservation plant solutions and technology applicable for eastern Oregon and Washington
• Resource Conservation & Development Councils (RC&D)  - strategies and assistance to help rural communities plan, develop and carry out programs for resource conservation and development
• Soils Information and the Soil Survey Program -  soils related information including soil survey maps and reports
• Snow Survey and and Water Supply Forecasting - mountain snowpack data and streamflow forecasts for the western United States
• Water Resources Planning - natural resource information on each of Oregon's 8-Digit Hydrologic Units, or watersheds
• Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) - a voluntary land easement program to help people restore, enhance, and protect wetlands
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) - voluntary technical and financial assistance to non-federal landowners and tribes to create, restore, and enhance fish and wildlife habitats