NRCS provides financial assistance for selected conservation activities through a detailed process to rank and prioritize applications based on natural resource priorities. The availability and amount of financial assistance can vary between states.
Overview
Any applicant may submit an application for participation in ACEP, EQIP, CSP, or RCPP. The State Conservationist, in consultation with the State Technical Committee and Local Work Groups, has developed the following ranking criteria to prioritize and subsequently fund applications addressing priority natural resource concerns in Utah.
The State Conservationist will establish batching periods and select the highest ranked applications for funding, based on applicant eligibility and the NRCS ranking process. NRCS uses the Conservation Assessment Ranking Tool (CART) for all program ranking.
Learn more about the CART process.
State Ranking Pools
Utah created state specific ranking pools from the parameters established in the National Ranking Templates. Ranking pool customization allows states to focus funding on priority resource concerns and initiatives identified by the State Technical Committee and Local Work Groups.
The state ranking pools contain a set of questions that includes the following sections - applicability, category, program questions, and resource questions. Program participants will be considered for funding in all applicable ranking pools by program. This will allow more for participants to receive financial assistance.
Program Ranking Pools
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
EQIP – IRA
- Box Elder Drought IRA SFP FY24 – Utah
- Box Elder Soil Health IRA SFP FY24 – Utah
- Cache Soil Health IRA ACT Now SFP FY24 – Utah
- Forestry IRA FY24 – Utah
- Garkane Rabbitbrush IRA SFP FY24 – Utah
- Headwaters of the Virgin River IRA SFP FY24 – Utah
- Livestock Water in Emery SFP IRA ACT Now FY24 – Utah
- Livestock Water in Grand and San Juan Counties IRA SFP FY24 – Utah
- Pasture IRA FY24 – Utah
- Range IRA FY24 – Utah
- Soil Health IRA FY24 – Utah
EQIP – Classic
- AFO CAFO FY24 – Utah
- Beaver River Watershed Health SFP – Utah
- Carbon Russian Olive Tamarisk Removal SFP FY24 – Utah
- Cropland FY24 – Utah
- Crystal Bear River Hammond East SFP FY24 – Utah
- Delta Irrigation SFP FY24 – Utah
- Great Salt Lake Water Op SFP FY24 – Utah
- High Tunnel FY24 – Utah
- Juab County Irrigation SFP FY24 – Utah
- Logan City Urban Agriculture SFP ACT Now FY24 – Utah
- Lower Sevier Russian Olive and Tamarisk Control SFP FY24 – Utah
- Mendon South Canal Irrigation Water Conservation SFP ACT Now FY24 – Utah
- NWQI Heber Valley FY24 – Utah
- Organic FY24 – Utah
- Parowan Valley Watershed Improvement SFP FY24 – Utah
- Piute Russian Olive SFP FY24 – Utah
- Price San Rafael ACT Now FY24 – Utah
- Rich FIIWHI SFP ACT Now FY24 – Utah
- Salinity Wildlife FY24 – Utah
- Salinity FY24 – Utah
- San Pitch River Water Quality FY24 – Utah
- SD FY24 – Utah
- Sevier County Russian Olive SFP FY24 – Utah
- SGI Gunnison Sage Grouse FY24 – Utah
- Utah Source Water Protection FY24
- South Bear River Hammond East SFP FY24 – Utah
- Utah Watersmart FY24
- Wayne County Irrigation SFP ACT Now FY24 – Utah
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
CSP Classic
- Ag Land BFR CSP Classic – Utah
- Ag Land CSP Classic – Utah
- Ag Land SDFR CSP Classic – Utah
- NIPF BFR CSP Classic – Utah
- NIPF CSP Classic – Utah
- NIPF SDFR CSP Classic – Utah
- Organic CSP Classic – Utah
CSP-IRA Classic
- Ag Land BFR CSP-IRA Classic – Utah
- Ag Land CSP-IRA Classic – Utah
- Ag Land SDFR CSP-IRA Classic – Utah
- NIPF BFR CSP-IRA Classic – Utah
- NIPF CSP-IRA Classic – Utah
- NIPF SDFR CSP-IRA Classic – Utah
CSP Renewals
- Ag Land BFR CSP Renewal – Utah
- Ag Land CSP Renewal – Utah
- Ag Land SDFR CSP Renewal – Utah
- NIPF BFR CSP Renewal – Utah
- NIPF CSP Renewal – Utah
- NIPF SDFR CSP Renewal – Utah
- Organic CSP Renewal – Utah
CSP IRA Renewals
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)
