October 2007 Issue

EQIP sign-up for incentives

Growers can receive financial help to protect natural resources.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service serving central Washington has announced the 2008 sign-up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and will accept applications through November 16. EQIP is a voluntary cost-incentive program that helps private landowners to identify, rehabilitate, and protect natural resources on farmland, forestland and wildlife habitat, according to information from Justin Mount at the Conservation Service office in Wenatchee, Washington. For interested landowners, an NRCS conservationist will conduct site visits to discuss resource concerns and develop applications that will be competitive for the funds allocated to their area. Applications will be ranked and funded according to […]

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