| Conservation Activity Plans (CAP) |
EQIP offers financial assistance for payment of practices and conservation activities involving the development of plans appropriate for the eligible land. A CAP is the conservation practice associated with the development of a plan by a certified technical service provider. CAPs are a tool to help producers make decisions on which conservation measures they want to implement. Examples of CAPs include Forest Management Plans, Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMP), Nutrient Management Plans, Integrated Pest Management Plans, Fish and Wildlife Habitat Plans, Organic Transition Conservation Plans, and Agriculture Energy Management Plans, and Drainage Water Management Plans.
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2020 EQIP Conservation Activity Plans Ranking |
General EQIP
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Confined Livestock
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This fund category divides Indiana into four geographic areas (NE, NW, SE, and SW). Contact your local field office to find out which geographic area your county falls under.
This category is for applications containing practices related to Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) and manure management. A screening tool is used to prioritize applications in this funding category.
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2020 Confined Livestock Screen Criteria
2020 General EQIP Ranking
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| Cropland |
This fund category divides Indiana into four geographic areas (NE, NW, SE, and SW). Contact your local field office to find out which geographic area your county falls under.
Applications in this category must have >50% of the offered land as cropland.
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2020 General EQIP Ranking |
| Forestland |
This fund category divides Indiana into four geographic areas (NE, NW, SE, and SW). Contact your local field office to find out which geographic area your county falls under.
Applications in this category must have >50% of the offered land as forestland.
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2020 General EQIP Ranking |
| Pastureland |
This fund category divides Indiana into four geographic areas (NE, NW, SE, and SW). Contact your local field office to find out which geographic area your county falls under.
Applications in this category must have >50% of the offered land as pastureland.
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2020 General EQIP Ranking |
| Historically Underserved-Beginning Farmer/Rancher |
This fund category is available statewide. This fund category is for applicants meeting the definition of Beginning Farmer/Rancher (BF/R) or Veteran Farmer/Ranchers (VF/R) who also meet the BFR definition. VFR participants receive higher priority for funding under this category. |
2020 HU Screening Tool
2020 General EQIP Ranking
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| Historically Underserved-Socially Disadvantaged Farmer/Rancher |
This fund category is available statewide. This fund category is for applicants meeting the definition of Socially Disadvantaged Farmer/Rancher (SDF/R) or Veteran Farmer/Ranchers (VF/R) who also meet the BFR and SD definition. VFR participants receive higher priority for funding under this category. |
2020 HU Screening Tool
2020 General EQIP Ranking
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| Historically Underserved-Limited Resource Farmer/Rancher |
This fund category is available statewide. This fund category is for applicants meeting the definition of Limited Resource Farmer/Rancher (LRF/R). |
2020 HU Screening Tool
2020 General EQIP Ranking
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| Specialty Crops, Orchards, Vineyards |
This fund category is available statewide. Applications must include practices related to specialty crops, truck crops, orchards, vineyards and other non-commodity crops. High Tunnel Systems are eligible for funding under this category. |
2020 General EQIP Ranking
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National and State Initiatives
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| Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) |
This category is only available for targeted GLRI watersheds identified for the initiative. A screening tool is required to be completed to be ranked in the GLRI Nearshore Health category. There is also a GLRI category to target invasive species. No screening tool is required for the GLRI Invasive Species category as long as the land is within the Great Lakes watershed. |
2020 GLRI Screening Criteria
2020 GLRI Ranking
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| National On-Farm Energy Initiative (NOEFI) |
This fund category is available statewide. A screening tool is required to be completed to be ranked in this category. This initiative only offers assistance for 128 Conservation Activity |
2020 On Farm Energy Ranking |
| National Organic Initiative (NOI) |
This fund category is available statewide. A screening tool is required to be completed to be ranked in this category. This initiative is further divided to rank certified organic operations and transitioning to organic operations separately. Producers exempt from certification are considered under the transitioning category. A self-certification sheet is required to be completed by the participant for this category. |
2020 Organic Self Certification Worksheet
2020 Organic Ranking
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| Monarch Butterfly Habitat Development Project |
This fund category is available statewide. The Monarch Butterfly Habitat Development Project is a multi-state effort focused on increasing monarch habitat on private lands through plantings of milkweed and nectaring forms as well as managing pesticide use in proximity to monarch habitat. A screening tool is used to prioritize applications in this fund category. |
2020 Monarch Butterfly Screening Criteria
2020 Monarch Ranking
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| Wildlife Habitat-General |
This fund category is available statewide. Applications in this category may not include the |
2020 Wildlife Habitat General Ranking |
| Wildlife Habitat-Invasive Species |
This fund category is available statewide. Applications in this category may include any practice identified in the 2016 EQIP Practice Information for the Wildlife initiative. |
2020 Wildlife Invasive Species Ranking |
| Wildlife Habitat-Pollinators |
This fund category is available statewide. Applications in this category must include at least one vegetation establishment practice with a seeding mix favorable to pollinator habitat and may not include conservation practices 314 Brush Management or 315 Herbaceous Weed Control (for invasive species treatment).
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2020 Wildlife Pollinators Ranking |
| Working Lands for Wildlife 2.0 Northern Bobwhite |
This category is available statewide on land which overlaps one of the Indiana DNR C.O.R.R.I.D.O.R.S. priority areas. The goal is to convert tall fescue and other non-native forages to native grasses and forbs and develop prescribed grazing plans to address the habitat needs of bobwhite quail and associated grassland/shrub land species.
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2020 Northern Bobwhite Ranking |
| Working Lands for Wildlife 2.0 Blanding's Turtle |
This category is available statewide on land which overlaps one of the Indiana DNR C.O.R.R.I.D.O.R.S. priority areas. This is specifically for Blanding's Turtle habitat |
2020 Blanding Turtle Ranking |
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)
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| Big Pine Watershed Partnership RCPP |
This project will further conservation in Indiana’s Big Pine watershed through the targeted implementation of nutrient and sediment reducing practices to achieve watershed water quality objectives.
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2020 Big Pine RCPP Ranking |
| Grasslands for Gamebirds and Songbirds RCPP |
This project will develop and manage grassland and pollinator habitat needed by at risk bird species, including the Henslow’s Sparrow, Loggerhead Shrike,Northern Bobwhite Quail, and Ring-necked Pheasant. The initiative will develop 2,250 acres of grassland habitat on private lands in five focal regions located strategically throughout Indiana.
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2020 Grassland for Gamebird RCPP Ranking |
| Improving Working Lands for Monarch Butterflies RCPP |
This project will restore, manage and conserve wildlife habitat for monarch butterflies on agricultural and tribal lands using four main strategies: conservation planning and assessment; habitat improvement and best management practices; building an adequate seed supply for milkweed and nectar plants; and, enhancing organizational coordination and capacity.
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2020 Monarch RCPP Ranking |
| Notre Dame Project RCPP |
This project will assist with adoption of cover crops and two-stage ditches in two targeted 12-ditch watersheds. Through water quality monitoring, the project will quantify the soil and water quality/quantity benefits from the implementation of these practices in the watersheds.
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2020 Notre Dame RCPP Ranking |
| Soil Health on Reclaimed Mineland RCPP |
Partners will work with farmers, landowners and mine operators to implement a suite of soil health practices on reclaimed mine lands in order to improve the health of the soil, reduce the amount of sediment laden runoff reaching streams and rivers and improve wildlife habitat. The project will focus on the roughly 175,000 acres of reclaimed mine lands that are cropped in the Indiana counties of Vigo, Clay, Sullivan, Greene, Knox, Daviess, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Warrick and Spencer.
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2020 Mineland RCPP Ranking |
| Southern Indiana Young Forest Initiative RCPP |
This project will address a lack of early successional habitat and corresponding declines in at-risk wildlife species. The Initiative will focus on 43 counties in southern Indiana that contain the majority of forested land and provide the best opportunities for incorporating early successional forest regeneration into a predominantly hardwood forest landscape characterized by advanced forest succession.
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2020 Young Forest RCPP Ranking |
| Tri-State Western Lake Erie Basin RCPP |
This project promotes coordination between NRCS and its partners to deliver conservation assistance to producers and landowners located within the Western Lake Erie basin. It is a diverse team of partners that use a targeted approach to identify high-priority sub-watersheds for phosphorus reduction and increase farmer access to public and private technical assistance. This initiative is located in Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Steuben and Wells Counties. Funding for this RCPP project comes from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). |
2020 WLEB RCPP Screening Criteria
2020 WLEB RCPP Ranking
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