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EQIP FY 2024 Ranking Criteria for Caribbean Area Wildlife

Applicability

Will the project improve terrestrial and/or aquatic wildlife habitats?

  • a. Yes — Points: 0
  • b. No — Points: 0

Category Question

Conservation treatments for assessed PLUs are in: 

  • a. Puerto Rico — Points: 0
  • b. U.S. Virgin Islands — Points: 0

Program Questions

1. Has the application been evaluated under another ranking pool?

  • a. Yes — Points: 100
  • b. No — Points: 0

2. Does this participant have prior year contracts or has an active contract including practices that address the same resource concerns considered in this application?*

  • a. Yes — Points: 5
  • b. No — Points: 10

3. Is the project in or near a locally identified priority watershed or environmentally sensitive area?

  • a. Yes — Points: 20
  • b. No — Points: 0

4. Is any portion of the land in the operation in a Caribbean Area source water designated priority watershed?

  • a. Yes — Points: 20
  • b. No — Points: 0

5. Will this project include practices to establish an ecological corridor to a State or National Forest?

  • a. Yes — Points: 14
  • b. No — Points: 0

6. Which of the following practices are included in the practice schedule?

  • a. 327 - Conservation Cover — Points: 2
  • b. 390 - Riparian Herbaceous Cover — Points: 2
  • c. 391 - Riparian Forest Buffer — Points: 2
  • d. 395 - Stream Habitat Improvement and Management — Points: 2
  • e. 396 - Aquatic Organism Passage — Points: 2
  • f. 420 - Wildlife Habitat Planting — Points: 2
  • g. 422 - Hedgerow Planting — Points: 2
  • h. 472 - Access Control — Points: 2
  • i. 580 - Streambank and Shoreline Protection — Points: 2
  • j. 643 - Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities — Points: 2
  • k. 644 - Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management — Points: 2
  • l. 645 - Upland Wildlife Habitat Management — Points: 2
  • m. 646 - Shallow Water Development and Management — Points: 2
  • n. 647 - Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt — Points: 2
  • o. 649 - Structures for Wildlife — Points: 2
  • p. 657 - Wetland Restoration — Points: 2
  • q. 658 - Wetland Creation — Points: 2
  • r. 659 - Wetland Enhancement — Points: 2
  • s. None — Points: 0

Resource Questions

1. Does the EQIP schedule of operations include practices that will improve wildlife habitat.

  • a. Yes — Points: 30
  • b. No — Points: 0

2. Is this project in or near a locally identified priority watershed or environmentally sensitive area?

  • a. Yes — Points: 30
  • b. No — Points: 5

3. Is the project between:

  • a. Less than 1 acre? — Points: 5
  • b. 1 and 4.99 acres? — Points: 10
  • c. 5 and 9.99 acres? — Points: 15
  • d. 10 and 29.99 acres? — Points: 20
  • e. 30 acres or larger? — Points: 25

4. Does the planned vegetation consist of a mixture:

  • a. With less than 5 native species? — Points: 5
  • b. Of 5 to 9 native species? — Points: 10
  • c. Of 10 or more native species? — Points: 15

5. Will the project:

  • a. Result in the conversion of cropland, hayland or pasture to primarily wildlife use? — Points: 10
  • b. Result in improved passage for aquatic organisms? — Points: 10
  • c. Be implemented to improve existing wildlife habitat? — Points: 10
  • d. Result in a natural vegetated buffer adjacent to streams, rivers, shorelines, or lakes, where a natural buffer does not currently exist? — Points: 10
  • e. Not Applicable — Points: 0

6. Will the application include fuel break or firebreak to prevent wildfire?

  • a. Yes — Points: 20
  • b. No — Points: 0

7. Will the application include the Installation/improvement of conservation buffers to reduce sedimentation in water bodies or address inadequate habitat improvement/restoration for fish and wildlife?

  • a. Yes — Points: 20
  • b. No — Points: 0

8. Does the application include practices that will create or enhance pollinator habitat?

  • a. Yes — Points: 20
  • b. No — Points: 0