December Deadline for EQIP Sign-up
The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas has set Dec. 15 as the sign-up deadline for the 2007 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The program provides cost-share and incentive payments to producers applying approved conservation measures that help solve natural resource problems.
These problems are established in each county by local work groups, who identify the most important natural resource issues in the area. Through EQIP, NRCS also funds projects that address special statewide resource concerns recommended by the Texas State Technical Committee. The 2007 statewide resource concerns are animal waste, invasive species, plant condition, water quality, water quantity, and wildlife emphasis areas.
For additional information, call the Sterling City NRCS field office (325/378-3971, or go to the Texas NRCS web site at www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/