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28Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)
The EFRP, which is very similar to the ECP, provides funding to restore privately owned forests
damaged by natural disasters.
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Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
The FWP is designed to restore wetlands and wetland buffer zones that are farmed. FWP gives
farmers and ranchers annual rental payments in return for restoring wetlands and establishing
plant cover.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS provides farmers, ranchers and forest managers with free technical assistance, or advice,
for their land. Common technical assistance includes: resource assessment, practice design and
resource monitoring. The conservation planner will help you determine if financial assistance is
right for you. Technical assistance is also available online through
Conservation Client
Gateway.
More information about NRCS can be found on their home page:
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Grants are available for best management practices and conservation on private, non-industrial
forestland and agricultural lands. Financial assistance is available to help plan and implement
conservation practices that address natural resource concerns and for opportunities to improve
soil, water, plant, animal, air and related resources on agricultural land and non-industrial
private forestland. In addition, EQIP can help producers meet Federal, State, Tribal and local
environmental regulations.
Eligible Applicants: Owners of land in agricultural or forest production or persons who are
engaged in livestock, agricultural or forest production on eligible land and that have a natural
resource concern on the land
Funding Available: Financial and technical assistance to agricultural and forestland producers
through contracts up to 10 years. Not to exceed $300,000 for all EQIP contracts entered into
during any six-year period. If NRCS determines project has special environmental significance
the payment limitation is a maximum of $450,000.
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
CSP helps agricultural producers maintain and improve their existing conservation systems and
adopt additional conservation activities to address priority resources concerns. Through CSP,
participants take additional steps to improve resource condition including soil quality, water
quality, water quantity, air quality, and habitat quality, as well as energy. Participants earn CSP
payments for conservation performance - the higher the performance, the higher the payment.
Wetlands Reserve Easements (WRE)
WRE provides habitat for fish and wildlife, including threatened and endangered species,
improve water quality by filtering sediments and chemicals, reduce flooding, recharge
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