[Hvcatskillcewg] FW: EQIP News Release

[Cari Watkins-Bates]

FYI, EQIP applications announced:

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Subject: EQIP News Release

 

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Good afternoon - 

The attached news release was submitted to the media today. 

Angela Wishoff 

 

NRCS Announces 2008 Sign-up for Conservation Assistance on Forestland

November 19, 2007, Syracuse, NY - State Conservationist Ron Alvarado of the
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that New York
forestland owners have until December 14, 2007 to apply for the 2008
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).  EQIP is a voluntary
conservation program that provides financial and technical assistance to
landowners willing to implement practices to improve natural resources on
privately owned agricultural land, including forestland. 

Through EQIP, forestland owners can apply for financial and technical
assistance to apply a variety of conservation and management practices that
will improve the health and productivity of their forests, prevent soil
erosion, and protect important habitat for at-risk wildlife species.

In order to qualify for the financial assistance, landowners must have a
current New York State DEC approved Landowner Forest Stewardship Plan.
Practices for which they are seeking EQIP funding must be identified in the
plan.

NRCS is partnering with the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC), Division of Lands and Forests to deliver the EQIP
Forestry Program.  NYS DEC Foresters will help landowners identify the
appropriate practices to address their forest management objectives,
complete the ranking of their application, and advise them on the
implementation of practices if they are selected for funding. "We are
pleased to be working closely with our state forestry agency in order to
assist New York landowners' efforts to protect and enhance their
forestlands" Alvarado said. "Forests provide valuable environmental and
economic benefits, and the financial and technical assistance available
through EQIP can help to insure the long term health and sustainability of
this important resource."

 

Landowners can apply for EQIP at their local USDA-NRCS office.  The program
is competitive, and applications are ranked based on national and state
identified resource priorities and their overall benefit to the environment.
All applications must be received by the local USDA NRCS office no later
than December 14, 2007 to be considered for fiscal year 2008 funding. 

 

 

 

Media Contact:             Don Pettit, NRCS Assistant State Conservationist

                                    Phone: 315-477-6503

                                    Email:  donald.pettit at ny.usda.gov

 

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