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Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 EQIP Ranking Pools
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Eligible PIA Area
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May 15, 2020 Ranking Deadline
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HI
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AS
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CNMI
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GU
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Local Fund Pools (Competition is Within the Field Office Authorities)
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Cropland
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Addresses natural resource concerns on cropped lands to deliver environmental conservation benefits. Croplands may include orchards, truck crops, flowers, etc.
Conservation benefits may include improved water or air quality, conserved ground and surface water, reduced soil erosion and sedimentation or improved or created wildlife habitat.
Each field office has a cropland fund pool. Applicants compete within the local field office fund pool.
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Grazed Lands (Pasture & Range)
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Addresses natural resource concerns on pasture and rangelands grazed by domestic livestock.
Conservation benefits may include improved water or air quality, conserved ground and surface water, reduced soil erosion and sedimentation or improved or created wildlife habitat.
Each field office has a grazed land fund pool. Applicants compete within the local field office fund pool.
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PIA Fund Pools (Competition is PIA-Wide in Each Fund Pool)
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Historically Underserved
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The farm bill continues to address the unique circumstances and concerns of historically underserved farmers to provide for voluntary participation, offers incentives and focuses on equity in accessing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services.
- Beginning Farmers/Ranchers (BFR)
Socially Disadvantaged Farmers/Ranchers (SDFR)
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Farmstead / Animal Feeding Operations
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Provides financial assistance to help implement conservation practices for agricultural producers to address natural resource concerns on farmstead areas with animal feeding operations. Applicants must have a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) prior to obligation and meet all state, federal and local regulations.
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Wildlife
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Provides financial assistance to help implement conservation practices for on all eligible lands to create, restore, or protect wildlife habitat. The wildlife habitat will be species specific.
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Forestlands
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Provides financial assistance to help implement conservation practices to improve native forest ecosystems. This fund pool is limited to forest lands suitable for growing trees.
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High Tunnel System
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The purpose of the “High Tunnel System” conservation practice is to assist producers to extend the growing season for high-value crops in an environmentally safe manner. The practice has the potential to assist producers to address resource concerns by improving plant quality, improving soil quality, and reducing nutrient and pesticide transport.
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Soil Health Initiative
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Provides financial assistance to help implement conservation practices to improve soil health on cropland.
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National EQIP Initiatives
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National Water Quality Initiative
(NWQI)
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The National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) was established as a joint initiative with the NRCS and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address agricultural sources of water pollution, including nutrients, sediment, pesticides, and pathogens related to agricultural production and in priority watersheds.
[FY2020 – only Hilo Bay Watershed]
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National Organic Initiative
Certified and Transitioning
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Provides financial assistance to help implement conservation practices for organic producers and those transitioning to organic production to address natural resource concerns. It may assist growers meet requirements related to National Organic Program (NOP) requirements. This initiative has annual and overall payment limitations.
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On-Farm Energy Initiative
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Enables the producer to identify ways to conserve energy on the farm through development of Agricultural Energy Management Plans (AgEMP) also known as an on-farm energy audit; and by providing financial and technical assistance to help the producer implement various conservation practices recommended in these on-farm energy audits.
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Partner Initiatives
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Working Lands for Wildlife – Nene Initiative
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This project is part of the Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) partnership, a collaborative approach to conserve habitat on working lands. WLFW provides technical and financial assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). [Kealakekua FO only]
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RCPP-EQIP-18
DLNR’s Hawaii Watershed Initiative
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This partnership program is available on watershed partnership areas on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, and Oahu. The natural resource concerns will address protection and enhancement of Threatened and Endangered wildlife habitat, water quality improvement, reduce soil erosion and invasive vegetative species on high priority forest lands. Monitoring is a requirement of those selected for the program.
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RCPP-EQIP-17
DLNR’s Hawaii Watershed Initiative
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This partnership program is available on watershed partnership areas on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. The natural resource concerns will address protection and enhancement of Threatened and Endangered wildlife habitat, water quality improvement, reduce soil erosion and invasive vegetative species on high priority forest lands. Monitoring is a requirement of those selected for the program.
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Spittlebug Restoration Initiative
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The “Two Lined Spittlebug Initiative” will assist producers to restore cover, prevent soil erosion and impacts to water quality and prevent further degradation of grazing land plant communities impacted by the bug on limited areas of the Big Island of Hawaii. [Kealakekua FO only]
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Joint Chiefs Initiative
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The United States Forest Service (USFS) and the NRCS have entered into a multi-year partnership to improve the health and resiliency of forest ecosystems where public and private lands. [West Maui only]
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