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| Due Date: | OPEN CONTINUALLY |
| Funding Type: | Grant |
| Title: | Montana State Environmental Quality Incentives Program |
| Agency: | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| Mission: | The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) has been assisting private landowners across the nation implement new conservation measures on their land since 1997. EQIP attempts to bring together the national goals of agriculture production with sustainability. It strives to assist private landowners from avoiding environmental regulation while addressing locally identified natural resource issues. Five years of successful implementation led Congress to reauthorize the program in the 2002 Farm Bill with greater enhancements. Improvements were made to the program such as greater flexibility in contract length (from 1 to 10 years), increased contract amounts (from $50,000 to $450,000), and special consideration for Limited Resource Producers and Beginning Farmers. These attractive enhancements have only increased the popularity of the program which consistently has greater demands for assistance than dollars. |
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| Contact: | Erik Suffridge |
| Email: | Erik.Suffridge@mt.usda.gov |
| Web Site: | http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/ |
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| Keywords: | community, conservation, fish & wildlife habitat, private lands, restoration, restoration/reclamation, water quality, water quantity, watershed, wetlands |
| Submit Date: | 10/3/2005 |