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Trees line the riperian zone along Mountain Fork, a tributary of the Little River, seen from a water crossing at US 259 and Wey County 28000, at Smithville, OK, on April 8, 2015. Today, residents, business owners, and governmental entities came to Smithville to celebrate the completion of a more than $25 million water project that for the first time ever provides public water to residents in Oklahoma’s Ouachita Mountains. The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Grant provided $18 mil

EQIP-CIC FY 2024 Ranking Criteria for Rhode Island Forests

EQIP-Conservation Incentives Contracts (CIC) FY 2024 Ranking Criteria for Rhode Island Forests

Applicability 

Does the assessed practice schedule intersect the boundary of a State High Priority Area (HPA)?

  1. Yes — Points: 0
  2. Otherwise — Points: 0

Category Question

Does the assessed practice schedule intersect the boundary of a State High Priority Area (HPA)?

  1. Yes — Points: 0
  2. Otherwise — Points: 0

Program Questions 

  1. Did the applicant self certify as a Beginning Farmer Rancher (BFR)?
    1. YES — Points: 10
    2. NO — Points: 0
  2. Did the applicant self certify as a Veteran Farmer Rancher (VFR)?
    1. YES — Points: 10
    2. NO — Points: 0
  3. Did the applicant self certify as a Limited Resource Farmer Rancher (LFR)?
    1. YES — Points: 10
    2. NO — Points: 0
  4. Is the land permanently protected through a CONSERVATION EASEMENT, purchase of development rights or other mechanism?
    1. Yes — Points: 30
    2. Otherwise — Points: 0
  5. Will the implementation of this project focus on one of the priority management practices?
    1. YES — Points: 75
    2. NO — Points: 0
  6. Is the participant increasing the level of management to address the priority resource concerns?
    1. YES — Points: 65
    2. NO — Points: 0

Resource Questions

  1. Does the schedule of operations include implementation of practices that address Degraded Plant Condition?
    1. YES — Points: 65
    2. NO — Points: 0
  2. Does the schedule of operations include implementation of practices that address Concentrated Erosion?
    1. YES — Points: 30
    2. NO — Points: 0
  3. Does the schedule of operations include implementation of practices that address Pest Pressure?
    1. YES — Points: 40
    2. NO — Points: 0
  4. What is the distance from the PLU to water bodies including streams, ponds, lakes, estuaries all surface waters?
    1. PLU is 100 ft or less from waterbody — Points: 50
    2. PLU is 100-500 ft from waterbody — Points: 30
    3. PLU is 500-1000 ft from a waterbody — Points: 0
    4. Otherwise — Points: 0
  5. Is the PLU 100ft or less from the edge of the wetland?
    1. PLU is 100 ft or less from the edge of the wetland — Points: 10
    2. Otherwise — Points: 0
  6. Does the site intersect the Natural Heritage Areas?
    1. Yes — Points: 5
    2. Otherwise — Points: 0

Additional Information

Environmental Quality Incentives Program - Rhode Island

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) provides financial and technical assistance to Rhode Island agricultural producers and non-industrial forest managers to address natural resource concerns in the Ocean State.

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Historically Underserved Farmers and Ranchers

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) includes provisions that address the unique circumstances and concerns of socially disadvantaged, beginning, limited resource, and veteran farmers and ranchers (“historically underserved producers”).

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