Environmental Quality Incentives Program applications due Dec. 15

    The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Colorado is currently accepting applications for enrollment into the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. EQIP is a voluntary farm bill program that provides financial assistance for conservation systems such as animal waste management facilities, irrigation system efficiency improvements, fencing, water supply development, riparian protection and wildlife habitat enhancement.
    Producers interested in implementing conservation practices to improve natural resources on their private agricultural land have until Friday, Dec. 15, to submit applications.
    The opportunities to participate in EQIP are diverse. In addition to the general EQIP enrollment, the program also affords veterans, socially disadvantaged, beginning, and limited resource farmers and ranchers specific opportunities to improve or enhance natural resources on their lands.

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