South Carolina NRCS Programs 

These programs provide environmental, societal, financial, and technical benefits that include both on-site benefits and off-site benefits. Program benefits include many, but are not limited to, many of the following aspects:

• Sustaining and improving agricultural productivity.
• Cleaner, safer, and more dependable water supplies.
• Reduced damages caused by floods and other natural disasters.
• Enhanced natural resource bases that support continuing economic development, recreation, and other purposes.

Please contact the Programs Management Staff or your local NRCS office when inquiring or requesting information for a particular service or program. 

Financial Assistance Programs Available in South Carolina

Conservation

• Conservation Innovation Grants 
• Conservation Partnership Initiative
• Conservation Reserve Program (Farm Service Agency)
• Conservation Security Program
• Resource Conservation and Development

Environmental

• Environmental Quality Incentives Program
• Fiscal Year 2003 Archive - Environmental Quality Incentives Program

Farm/Ranch

• Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program

Forestry

• Forestry Incentives Program (Forest Service)

Grassland

• Grassland Reserve Program
• Fiscal Year 2004 Archive - Grassland Reserve Program

Watershed

• Emergency Watershed Protection
• Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
• Watershed Planning and Rehabilitation

Wetlands/Wildlife

• Wetlands Reserve Program
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
• Request Jurisdictional Determination Form  NEW!

Other Programs Available in South Carolina and Related Information

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    South Carolina Cost Recovery Procedure (27 KB)  NEW!
    EQIP-Recovery of Costs (56 KB)  NEW!
    CPC Waiver (25 KB)  NEW!
  
  For more information, please visit http://policy.nrcs.usda.gov/scripts/lpsiis.dll/M/M_440.htm

• Plant Materials Program-- Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center  NEW!
• Community Planning
• Conservation Technical Assistance
• Farmland Protection Policy Act
• Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
• Small, Limited and Minority Farmer Assistance

• The following document requires Adobe Acrobat  .
    State Technical Committee (18 KB)

Last Modified: 08/22/2008