Archived Announcements & Highlights
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2008 NRCS Farm Bill Conservation Programs
Archived Highlights and Announcements
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September 1, 2011 - The Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program grant recipients' final reports are available in PDF format.
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April 19, 2011 The Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) fact sheet has been updated (PDF, 73KB)
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December 17, 2010 - The State Technical Committee Final Rule (PDF, 72KB) is available.
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December 8, 2010 - The Agricultural Management Assistance Program Final Rule (PDF, 85KB) is available.
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December 4, 2010 - The Regional Equity Final Rule (PDF, 59KB) is available.
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November 2, 2010 - The Conservation Stewardship Program Interim Final Rule public comment period is closed.
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September 22, 2010 - The Conservation Stewardship Program Interim Final Rule public comment period has been extended (PDF, 41KB) to October 28, 2009.
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August 28, 2009 - The EQIP public comments page has been updated.
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August 26, 2009 - The WHIP and FRPP public comments page has been updated.
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August 26, 2009 - The GRP Amendment (PDF, 58KB) public comment period is open until September 21, 2009. Comments can be emailed to GRP2008@wdc.usda.gov.
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August 20, 2009 - The AMA, GRP, HFRP, RE, STC, and WRP public comments page has been updated.
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August 17, 2009 - The WRP public comments page has been updated; the Conservation Practice Technical Assistance Notice (PDF, 52KB) has been reopened for comments until September 14, 2009.
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August 12, 2009 - The FRPP public comments page has been updated.
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August 10, 2009 - The WHIP public comments page has been updated.
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August 7, 2009 - The new CSP Fact Sheet (PDF, 44KB) is available.
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August 5, 2009 - The EQIP, FRPP, HFRP, and WRP public comments page has been updated.
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July 29, 2009 - The Public Comment period for Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Interim Final Rule (PDF, 134KB) is open until September 28, 2009.
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July 28, 2009 - The GRP, HFRP, STC, TSP, WHIP, and WRP public comments page has been updated.
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July 23, 2009 - The EQIP public comment page has been updated.
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July 7, 2009 - The FRPP public comment page has been updated.
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July 6, 2009 - Public Comment Period for FRPP Interim Final Rule open until August 3, 2009
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Federal Register Notice (PDF)
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Public Comment for Conservation Practice Technical Assistance (Federal Register Notice, PDF) is open through August 11, 2009.
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June 15, 2009 - The WRP amendment (PDF) is available, extending the public comment period until July 2, 2009.
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June 11, 2009 - The Grassland Reserve Program Fact Sheet (PDF, 49KB) is available.
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June 8, 2009 - The EQIP public comment page has been updated.
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June 3, 2009 - The WRP and WHIP public comment page have been updated.
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May 29, 2009 - The EQIP Public Lands Issue Amendent (PDF, 56KB). The public comment period regarding the amendment subject matter, not the entire EQIP interim final rule, is extended until June 29, 2009.
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May 27, 2009 -The AMA, FRPP, HFRP, Regional Equity, STC, and TSP public comment pages have been updated.
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May 6, 2009 - The EQIP Fact Sheet (PDF, 48KB) is available on the Farm Bill Fact Sheet page.
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April 16, 2009 -The Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative Fact Sheet (PDF, 39KB) is now available. The FRPP, GRP, TSP, WHIP, and WRP Public Comments pages have been updated.
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April 13, 2009 - The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) page and the 2009 Enhancement Activity Job Sheets are available.
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April 06, 2009 - The EQIP, FRPP, GRP, HFRP, Regional Equity, TSP, WHIP, and WRP public comment pages have been updated.
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April 02, 2009 - The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative (PDF, 33KB) Healthy Forest Reserve Program (PDF, 45KB) Socially Disadvantaged Beginning Limited Resource Farmers and Wetlands Reserve Program (PDF, 45KB) Fact Sheets are available.
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March 25, 2009 - The official Federal Register Notice of Agricultural Water Enhancement Program partner proposal deadline extension (PDF, 14KB) is available.
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March 24, 2009 - The Agricultural Water Enhancement Program partner proposal submission deadline has been extended to April 1, 2009 and the AWEP Exceptional Drought criteria (PDF, 311KB) are available. The Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Fact Sheet (PDF, 44KB) has been added.
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March 12, 2009 - Payment information corrections were made to the interim final rules for the Agricultural Management Assistance (PDF, 42KB), Environmental Quality Incentives Program (PDF, 54KB) and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (PDF, 46KB).
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The public comments period for EQIP and WHIP has been extended to April 17, 2009.
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March 11, 2009 Public Comments pages for the Farm and Ranchland Reserve Program, Healthy Forest Reserve Program and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program are now available. Additional comments have been posted to the EQIP page as well.
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March 04, 2009 Please note that the Conservation Stewardship Program, formerly abbreviated (CStP), is now abbreviated (CSP).
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February 26, 2009 Environmental Quality Incentives Program public comments are available on this page.
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February 24, 2009 Agricultural Management Assistance public comments are available on this page.
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February 20, 2009 The Conservation Opportunities for Federally Recognized Indian Tribes factsheet is available on the Factsheet page. (PDF, 45KB) The Notice extending the public commenting period for HFRP is available here (PDF, 49KB).
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February 19, 2009 State Technical Committee Public Comments are available here and the WRP comments are on this page.
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February 18, 2009 The Healthy Forests Reserve Program public comments period has been extended. The notice is posted here (PDF, 52KB)
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February 04, 2009 The Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) page is now available.
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February 03, 2009 Interim Final Benefit Cost Analyses (BCAs) and Civil Rights Impact Statements (CRIAs) are now available.
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January 22, 2009 The Chesapeake Bay Notice of Fund Availability (PDF, 51KB) and the Grasslands Reserve Program (PDF, 193KB) Interim Final Rule are now available.
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January 16, 2009 The Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, (PDF, 119KB) Technical Service Provider (PDF, 82KB) and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (PDF, 119KB) interim final rules are now available. The Conservation Stewardship Program At-a-Glance (PDF, 52KB) is also available.
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January 15, 2009 The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (PDF, 149KB) and Wetland Reserve Program (PDF, 130KB) are now available.
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January 14, 2009 The AWEP Request for Proposals (PDF, 68KB) and the HFRP Proposed Rule (PDF, 68KB) are now available.
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January 13, 2009 The Regional Equity Interim Final Rule (PDF, 60KB) is now available.
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January 09, 2009 The AMA factsheet (PDF, 47KB) is now available.
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December 02, 2008 State Technical Committees (PDF, 65KB)
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November 20, 2008 Agricultural Management Assistance Program (PDF, 89KB)
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