Rhode Island NRCS Announces the FY2009 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

The Rhode Island Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is currently taking applications for the FY2009 Environmental Quality Incentives Program.  The EQIP is available to all eligible private agricultural operators and forest land owners.  EQIP provides cost share assistance for eligible landowners to implement conservation practices that are part of their “Conservation Plan” or “Forest Stewardship Plan”.  EQIP provides funding for: Agricultural Waste Management, Irrigation Water Management, Pasture Management, Prescribed Grazing, Transition to Organic Farming, as well as, Forestry Management.

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CONSERVATION Our Purpose. Our Passion.

The purpose and passion for conservation is shared among many. It is shared between NRCS employees and partners who help people help the land. And it is shared by the landowners with whom we work. Our passion is manifested through the benefits derived from stewardship of private lands—benefits we all enjoy, such as cleaner water and air, improved soils and abundant wildlife habitat.  Learn about our stories, the stories of conservation made possible through a shared purpose, a shared passion and a shared commitment to conservation.

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Draft Environmental Assessment
 

Draft Environmental Assessment Now Available.  NRCS is now accepting comments for the Draft EA Blackstone River Fish Passage Restoration Project, Rhode Island.  Comments on the Draft EA must be received on or before the effective date of October 17, 2008.