Colorado Partnership Program (CPP)

The Colorado Partnership Program (CPP) is a voluntary conservation initiative that emphasizes watershed scale projects that significantly impact resource concerns in a positive manner and encourage landowners working cooperatively to accomplish similar goals.  Under CPP, Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funds are used to provide a payment incentive to work with other public and private entities to address common resource concerns in a cooperative manner.

Eligible operators and landowners must be located within approved project area and meet the land and person eligibility requirements of EQIP.

Partners that provide matching cost‐share funding, technical assistance and programs to address the resource concern on lands not otherwise eligible for EQIP funds will receive priority for funding. Eligible partners include federally recognized Indian Tribes, State and local units of government, producer associations, farmer cooperatives, institutions of higher education, and nongovernmental organizations with a history of working cooperatively with producers.

Application Deadline

Applications should be sent to: jodi.hastings@co.usda.gov

Fiscal Year 2011 Call For Proposal

Application Process

The proposal sponsor shall contact the local NRCS office and inform them of proposal development intentions.  Viable partnerships between NRCS, Conservation Districts and local governments are strongly encouraged.  The proposal will be developed addressing all elements listed in the Call for Proposals (CFP) in as much detail as possible, please limit written portion of proposal to three pages.  Once the proposal is completed, it should be reviewed and signed by the District Conservationist and the Conservation District.  Electronic file of the proposal must be received in the NRCS State Office by close of business on March 10, 2011.  A review committee will prioritize the proposals using the ranking form attached to the call for proposals. After the committee prioritizes the proposals the highest priority proposals will be funded first.  The proposal sponsors will be notified of funding by March 18, 2011.  Once the projects are identified for funding, a signup period will be announced anticipated to be March 18, 2011 through April 1, 2011.

2011 Application Materials

The documents below require Adobe Acrobat Reader

2011 Ranking Sheet for Proposals
2011 Implementation Timeline

Colorado Partnership Program Contact:

Jodi Hastings
Resource Conservationist
Denver Federal Center
Building 56, Room 2604
PO Box 25426
Denver, CO 80225-0426
Phone: 720.544.2821

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Last Modified: 02/10/2011