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NRCS Colorado Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP)
- 2009

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. Additional information about
this environmental improvement program can be found on the
NRCS National Website.
Or contact NRCS at your local
USDA Service Center.
2009 Invasive Plant Species Call for
Proposals.
During fiscal year 2009, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Colorado will utilize a
Call for
Proposal (CFP) process to offer up to one million dollars of Environmental
Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funding targeted for the control of
invasive plant species. The program will be offered in limited
geographical areas for watershed scale projects that will significantly
reduce the abundance and impacts of newly emerging noxious weed species
and improve the surrounding plant communities. Proposals will
accepted through February 2, 2009 at the Colorado NRCS State Office (electronic proposals would be preferred).
EQIP Sign-up Information On-Line
EQIP sign-up information is available online. On
the Colorado Watershed Map, click on the geographic area where your farm
or ranching interest is located. This will take you to the application
information for that area, the ranking criteria used to evaluate your
application, and a link to
Applications for the EQIP program -
NRCS-CPA-1200 and
NRCS-CPA-1202.
Colorado Watershed Map
Click on your geographic area for more EQIP information

The above Colorado Watershed Map shows the following 10 watershed areas in Colorado:
More Colorado EQIP Information
The following documents require
Adobe Acrobat
Cover letter for 2009 Proposals
2009 EQIP Invasive Species Call for Proposal
2009 EQIP Eligible Conservation Practices for Regular EQIP (Including
Salinity)
Colorado EQIP Contacts
Tim Carney
Dollie Gonzales
NRCS Colorado Assistant State Conservationist
NRCS Colorado EQIP Coordinator
655 Parfet Street, Room E200C
655 Parfet Street, Room E200C
Lakewood, CO 80215-5517
Lakewood, CO 80215-5517
Phone: 720.544.2805
Phone: 720.544.2821
tim.carney@co.usda.gov
dollie.gonzales@co.usda.gov
Last Modified:
05/07/2009
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