The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) was reauthorized in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Farm Bill) to provide a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible national goals. EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land. More information may be found at the following web site: EQIP-Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Additional Programs available through USDA-NRCS include:
WHIP-Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program CRP-Conservation Reserve Program GRP -Grassland Reserve Program WRP - Wetland Reserve Program
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service