Environmental
Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
2007 Accomplishments
The Environmental
Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary
program that provides assistance to farmers and
ranchers who face threats to soil, water, air,
and related natural resources on their land.
Through EQIP, the Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) provides assistance to
agricultural producers in a manner that will
promote agricultural production and
environmental quality as compatible goals,
optimize environmental benefits, and help
farmers and ranchers meet Federal, State,
Tribal, and local environmental requirements.
In 2007,
more than $6.3 million funded 280 conservation
plans and contracts in Maine.
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Highlights of
Conservation Practices Planned and Applied
through EQIP in 2007
| Conservation Practice |
Contracts
Planned |
Contracts
Applied |
| |
|
|
| Access Road |
61 |
58 |
| Animal Trails and
Walkways |
11 |
9 |
| Composting Facility |
5 |
4 |
| Comprehensive Nutrient
Management Plans |
69 |
52 |
| Conservation Cover |
16 |
7 |
| Conservation Crop
Rotation |
162 |
152 |
| Cover Crop |
308 |
293 |
| Diversion |
18 |
16 |
| Early Successional
Habitat Development/Management |
5 |
3 |
| Fence |
77 |
50 |
| Filter Strip |
10 |
6 |
| Forest Harvest
Management |
160 |
66 |
| Forest Stand Improvement |
29 |
22 |
| Grassed Waterway |
30 |
14 |
| Heavy Use Area
Protection |
65 |
32 |
| Lined Waterway or Outlet |
13 |
13 |
| Manure Transfer |
11 |
3 |
| Mulching |
10 |
7 |
| Nutrient Management |
434 |
562 |
| Obstruction Removal |
36 |
29 |
| Pasture and Hay Planting |
77 |
61 |
| Pipeline |
30 |
3 |
| Prescribed Grazing |
95 |
55 |
| Roof Runoff Structure |
9 |
3 |
| Stream Crossing |
37 |
14 |
| Subsurface Drain |
21 |
14 |
| Transition to Organic
Production |
46 |
48 |
| Upland Wildlife Habitat
Management |
14 |
6 |
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
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