Alaska Publications

Welcome Packet for New Customers

How to Get Started: 

1. Review the contents of this packet.
2. Call your local NRCS office (phone numbers below) to discuss your land, goals, and natural resource concerns.
3. Complete form AD-2047 (below) with an NRCS planner
4. Schedule a site visit with an NRCS conservation planner
5. Finalize your conservation plan with an NRCS conservation planner
6. Discuss how USDA programs can be used to implement your conservation plan

Read and Keep These Items

• Conservation Planning Fact Sheet (3.35 MB)
• 9 Steps of Conservation Planning Handout (547.77 KB)
• Thinking About Working with NRCS? (5.76 MB)
• How EQIP Works - Alaska (2.87 MB)
• Establishing Your Farm Record (1.01 MB)
• Historically Underserved Producers Fact Sheet (2.21 MB)
• Advance Payments Fact Sheet (2.23 MB)
• Conservation Compliance Fact Sheet - Alaska (1.74 MB)
• How to Sign Up for Email Updates from NRCS Alaska (183.34 KB)
• Manage Your Contract on Farmers.gov (984.67 KB)
• NRCS Alaska Contact Us Fact Sheet (605.95 KB)

*Printer Friendly Welcome Packet: This file includes all of the above fact sheets in one file for easy printing.

Forms to Fill Out:

• Form AD-2047 - Customer Data Worksheet Request (316.47 KB)
  Complete Part A only. This form establishes you as a customer in the USDA system and is required to be completed before receiving NRCS assistance.

Programs Publications (A to Z)

• Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Fact Sheet (986.37 KB)
• Cancelling Your Contract Fact Sheet (1.33 MB)
• Conservation Stewardship Program - Is CSP Right for Me? (4.2 MB)
• Financial Assistance Programs Crosswalk (3.36 MB)
• Get Started with USDA - A Guide for Historically Underserved Producers (2.13 MB)
• High Tunnel FAQ (4.26 MB)
• Regional Conservation Partnership Program Fact Sheet (606.09 KB)
• USDA Conservation Programs at a Glance (2.36 MB)

Technical Assistance Publications (A to Z)

• 9 Steps of Conservation Planning Handout (547.77 KB)
• Composting Dog Waste in Alaska (7.29 MB)
• Conservation Planning Fact Sheet (3.35 MB)
• Controlling the High Tunnel Environment (1.13 MB)
  Managing Wild Berries in Alaska (707.16 KB)
• Nutrient Management Fact Sheet (805.85 KB)
• Planting in a High Tunnel (3.18 MB)
• Soil Health Starter Kit (5.56 MB)
• Soil Nutrients and Your Crops Brochure (4.06 MB)
• USDA Urban Agriculture Toolkit (8.53 MB)

Annual Reports

• Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report - NRCS Alaska  (1.98 MB)
• NRCS Alaska Tribal Fact Sheet (updated December 2022)  (7.12 MB)
  Fiscal Year 2021 NRCS Alaska Annual Report (1.95 MB)
• Fiscal Year 2020 NRCS Alaska Annual Report (5.41 MB)

• Cryo Cory Wordsearch (1.29 MB)