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EQIP-CIC John Day Umatilla/Snake River Basins

Counties: Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler

Land Use: Crop

Primary Resource Concern Addressed

  • Soil Quality Limitations
  • Wind and Water Erosion

Background on EQIP-CIC: Producers may use incentive contracts as a “steppingstone” from correcting resource issues on specific land units through EQIP, to achieving sustainable stewardship on their entire operation. Conservation Incentive Contracts are available nationwide and help producers address priority resource concerns, like sequestering carbon and improving water quality in high-priority areas. Incentive contracts now offers new conservation evaluation and monitoring activities to help report outcomes of practices. 

Conservation Practices Offered

  • Soil Health Testing (216)
  • Conservation Crop Rotation (328)
  • Residue and Tillage Management, No Till (329)
  • Cover Crop (340)
  • Residue and Tillage Management, Reduced Till (345)
  • Irrigation Water Management (449)
  • Mulching (484)
  • Surface Roughening (609)

Ranking Criteria

NRCS uses these questions to evaluate applications for this initiative and to prioritize applications for potential funding. State and national ranking questions also apply. See more information on the EQIP program page.

Ranking Questions –

  1. Do you currently have more than one crop species included in your cropping system?
  2. Do you agree to plant a multi-species cover crop or add an “inter-cropping” addition to your base rotation?
  3. Do you have results from a current (within past 3 years) soil health test on a filed(s) you are enrolling in this program that came from a NRCS approved Soil Health Lab?
  4. Do you currently have livestock integrated in your cropland system managements?