USDA - Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

[cnelk]

Has anyone looked into this or been enrolled?

Read more at the links

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/eqip-environmental-quality-incentives

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/eqip-environmental-quality-incentives/apply-for-environmental-quality

 

[jolemons]

Very familiar with all of the NRCS programs. Do you have a specific question(s)?

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[NCtrapper]

they also have a CSP program that can be a good fit for landowners

 

[Hnthrdr]

Seems like a cool program, I might ask my grandpa if he has looked into that

 

[Macegl]

I worked for NRCS for 10 years.

EQIP is a great program that does a tremendous amount of good for farmers ranchers and wildlife.

CSP is one of the main reasons I left, in my opinion it is nothing more than a subsidy disguised as conservation.

 

[Billy Goat]

Work in them most every day, have done several programs my places, and do a lot of work with them for other landowners.


Some are worth it.

Some you are better off doing something on your own instead of jumping through the hoops for what ends up being a small contribution to overall cost.

But I'm only familiar with the programs in the East.

 

[Trout&Buck]

What are you looking to do and in what state? Here in Iowa EQIP, CSP, and RCPP (Regional Conservation Partnership Program) are all popular NRCS programs along with the various easement programs that are offered. Depending on what you're looking to do any of those could be a good option. NRCS also provides free technical assistance if financial assistance isn't your primary goal.

 

[westsloper]

I used to administer EQIP stuff when I worked in New Mexico. Helped landowners thin their trees for wildland fire prevention. Seemed like a good program that didn't place too huge of a burden on the landowner in terms of red tape. But that was several years ago.

 

[jKsled]

I don't think it's a bad program - but it is govt in your business, possibly with a security interest on your deed
Ran it all out for streambank improvement and fencing - got fed up with the requirements and process. I wouldn't have been able to contribute my time/materials to reduce my costs (they need receipts for new material and contractor costs)
They would pay varying amounts of the total sum, but in the end my cost would have been the same as doing it myself

At the end of the day, I'd rather not have any government with vested interest in my activities or property.

 

[Hnthrdr]

I don't think it's a bad program - but it is govt in your business, possibly with a security interest on your deed
Ran it all out for streambank improvement and fencing - got fed up with the requirements and process. I wouldn't have been able to contribute my time/materials to reduce my costs (they need receipts for new material and contractor costs)
They would pay varying amounts of the total sum, but in the end my cost would have been the same as doing it myself

At the end of the day, I'd rather not have any government with vested interest in my activities or property.

I was wondering if this was the case family property could use some serious stream bank help in a couple spots and some mesquite mitigation

 

[Ozarkansas]

My dad had good luck with combining federal and state assistance (EQIP and Acres for Wildlife, respectively) to convert 30 acres of overgrazed and eroded fescue and Johnson grass into a pretty good little hunting property that still supports cattle.

I don’t think we used EQIP for putting in firebreaks and conducting prescribed fire on our main hunting property, but whatever we used was still at least partly through the NRCS