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Are you interested in improving your Grazing Land and Grassland resources? Contact your local NRCS office by 12/30/21 to sign up for the Meadowlark Initiative RCPP.
For more information contact your local NRCS office or check out https://gf.nd.gov/meadowlark-initiative/programs for additional partner programs.
The Northern Plains Water Quality and Wildlife Program is a new funding opportunity available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). When enrolled, producers are eligible for payment on cropped wetlands, two acres or less in size as identified on the National Wetland Inventory, and with intact hydrology. The payment rate will differ by region.
Under normal cropland production, the native vegetation is restricted on wetter, or more water saturated portions of cropland fields through mechanical and/or chemical control. The current system provides little to no wildlife habitat with habitat limiting factors such as quality, quantity and continuity of forage, cover, shelter, and space being identified.
These sites have the potential to produce a significant amount of moist soil plants which are valuable sources of forage and cover for many waterfowl, shorebird, and wading bird species.
If you have wetlands that you’d like to improve for water quality and wildlife, contact your local NRCS office before 12/30/21 to learn more about EQIP- NORTHERN PLAINS WATER QUALITY AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM.
Application Deadline: December 30, 2021
To learn about technical and financial assistance available through conservation programs, visit www.nrcs.usda.gov/GetStarted or visit your local USDA service center.
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