Maine NRCS Programs

2002 Farm Bill  
The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Farm Bill) includes landmark legislation for conservation funding and for focusing on environmental issues.  The conservation provisions will assist farmers across the State of Maine in meeting environmental challenges on their land.  This legislation simplifies existing programs and creates new ones to address high priority environmental and production goals.

Individual Programs:

• Aging Watershed Projects

• Agricultural Management Assistance Program

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Maine Agricultural Management Assistance Program Fact Sheet
 

• Animal Feeding Operations  (AFO)

• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) (USDA Farm Service Agency)

• Conservation Security Program  (CSP) National Web Site
      Maine Conservation Security Program    

• Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 

• Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI)

• Earth Team Volunteer Program

• Emergency Watershed Program (EWP)

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Maine Emergency Watershed Program Fact Sheet  
Androscoggin River, Bethel, Maine, Project
 

• Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) National Web Site 
      Maine 2008 State Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Signup and Application Information      

• Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP) 

• Forestry Incentives Program (FIP)  

• Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) National Web Site 
      Maine Grassland Reserve Program  

• Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) National Web Site 
      Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

• Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) National Web Site

• Resource Conservation and Development Program (RC&D) National Web Site
      Maine Resource Conservation and Development Program   

• Soil Survey Program National Web Site
      Maine Soil Survey Program   

• Watershed Protection and Food Prevention Program

• Watershed Surveys and Planning

• Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) 

• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) National Web Site 
      Maine Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program 

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Maine NRCS Fish and Wildlife Action Plan
 

                                                                                                                            Last Modified:  2/27/2008

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