NRCS announces EQIP deadlines

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced application deadlines for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Washington State will come earlier than previous years to account for a stronger focus on conservation planning.

EQIP is a voluntary, technical and financial assistance program designed to help farmers, ranchers, private forestland owners, tribes and other private landowners/managers improve irrigation efficiency, manage nutrient run-off and/or animal waste, improve the health of native plant communities, and reduce soil loss. In most instances, program p...