Administrative Agency:

Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Program Goals:

To protect natural resources on state and private land.

Resource Provided:

Technical assistance and cost-sharing to private landowners to install conservation practices.

Eligibility:

Applicants must: * Be an agriculture producer * Be in compliance with the highly erodible land and wetland conservation provisions of the 1985 Farm Bill * Provide the Social Security number of all individuals who will benefit from the assistance * Develop an EQIP plan of operations, including the participant¿s specific conservation and environmental objectives to be achieved; one or more conservation practices in the conservation management system to be implemented to achieve the conservation and environmental objectives; and the schedule for implementing the conservation practices. See website at http://www.ak.nrcs.usda.gov for eligibility requirements.

Alaska Program Status:

This program is currently being used by Alaska landowners.

Comments:

See website for more specific details regarding eligible organizations, types of resources, and areas of interest.

Program Contact:  (Primary Contact listed first.)

Al White
Alaska State NRCS Office
U.S. Department of Agriculture
800 W. Evergreen, Suite 100
Palmer, AK 99645
Phone: (907) 761-7757
Fax: (907) 761-7790
e-mail: al.white@ak.usda.gov
Web site: http://www.ak.nrcs.usda.gov