Natural Resources Conservation Service

Nebraska

United States Department of Agriculture

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Highlights

EQIP information

Programs

Nebraska NRCS Conservation Programs

NRCS's natural resources conservation programs help people reduce soil erosion, enhance water supplies, improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce damages caused by floods and other natural disasters.

Funding Opportunities Available From NRCS Programs

NRCS provides funding opportunities for agricultural producers and other landowners through these programs.

NRCS Conservation Program Data

NRCS provides program-specific reports in our RCA Interactive Data Viewer. Nebraska's RCA report is available HERE.

Alphabetical Listing of NRCS Programs

An alphabetical list of all current NRCS programs is available.

Financial Assistance

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - EQIP helps promote farm and forest production by enhancing the environmental quality of soil, water, air, plants and animals.
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - CSP is a voluntary program that encourages agricultural and forestry producers to maintain existing conservation activities and adopt additional ones on their operations.

Easements

Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) - provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and wetlands.

Partnership

Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)

Conservation Compliance

Don't lose your USDA benefits! Most USDA programs require you to comply with the Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended, which link program eligibility to farming practices designed to protect wetlands and to protect highly erodible land from excessive soil erosion.