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Florida 2008 EQIP Ranking and Initiatives

All Ranking documents are provided for guidance only.  The only persons approved to rank any applications are NRCS employees.  For additional information please contact your local NRCS office.

Documents on this page may require Microsoft Word,  Microsoft Excel or Acrobat

Ranking Sheets (PDF documents)

Suwannee Watershed
Indian Reservation
Northern Everglades Restoration Area
Confined Livestock Operation 
Small Farmer/Rancher
Area 1 Ranking Criteria 
Area 2 Ranking Criteria 
Area 3 Ranking Criteria 
 Area 4 Ranking Criteria 

Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
State Component

The purpose of the State Component is to provide flexibility to NRCS State Conservationists to target CIG funds to smaller projects within their state that may possess promising innovations, but may not compete well on the larger scale of the national competition. The Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) State Component was first piloted in fiscal year (FY) 2005. Since its inception, 32 states have participated in the State Component funding 272 projects for over $15 million.

Under CIG, Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funds are used to award competitive grants to non-Federal governmental or non-governmental organizations, Tribes, or individuals. CIG enables NRCS to work with other public and private entities to accelerate technology transfer and adoption of promising technologies and approaches to address some of the Nation's most pressing natural resource concerns.

Florida is making up to $150,000 in CIG funding available. The CIG State Component offers eligible entities the opportunity to apply for grants up to $75,000. Additional information forthcoming.

Contacts

Contact your Local USDA Service Center or

Katura Wright, EQIP Program Specialist
Phone: (352) 338-9510
Email: katura.wright@fl.usda.gov

CIG National web site
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig/

NRCS Offers Cost Share on Windbreaks for Citrus

To assist Florida citrus producers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida now includes the planting of windbreaks for citrus canker control as a conservation practice eligible for cost share payments under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).

Florida NRCS is working with the National NRCS Office to be able to provide up to 75% cost share for windbreaks.  The following is a list of species that may qualify for the cost share:

  • Slash & Sand Pine
  • Eucalyptus
  • Red Cedar
  • Bamboo
  • Walter’s and Sweet Viburnum
  • Saw Palmetto
  • Crepe and Wax Myrtle
  • Simpson’s Stopper

Windbreaks for Control of Citrus Canker - Fact Sheet  (PDF) revised 10/07

Florida Program Contact

Jeffrey Woods, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs, 352-338-9515

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