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  • Programs

    • Farm Bill
      • Conservation Compliance
      • Regional Conservation Partnership Program
    • Financial Assistance
      • Conservation Innovation Grants
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      • Conservation Stewardship Program
      • Environmental Quality Incentives Program
      • Emergency Watershed Protection Program
    • Easements
      • Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
      • Healthy Forests Reserve Program
    • Landscape Initiatives
    • Landscape Planning
      • Emergency Watershed Protection Program
      • Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program
      • Watershed Operations
      • Watershed Rehabilitation

Programs

Ohio NRCS Conservation Programs

NRCS' 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.  NRCS provides funding opportunities for agricultural producers and other landowners through these programs.  Public benefits include enhanced natural resources that help sustain agricultural productivity and environmental quality while supporting continued economic development, recreation, and scenic beauty.

How To Get Started

  • Get Started with NRCS    

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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Conservation Technical Assistance Program and Activities

  • Conservation Reserve Program (administered by USDA Farm Service Agency)

  • Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

  • State Technical Committees

Environmental Improvement Programs

  • Conservation Innovation Grants

  • Environmental Quality Incentives Program

    • Conservation Activity Plans

    • EQIP Funding Categories

    • National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI)


Stewardship Programs

  • Conservation Stewardship Program


National Watershed Programs

  • Emergency Watershed Protection Program

  • Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program

  • Watershed Surveys and Planning

  • Watershed Rehabilitation Program


Easement Programs

  • Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

    • Agricultural Land Easements

    • Wetland Reserve Easements

  • Healthy Forests Reserve Program


Community Assistance Programs and Activities

  • Small, Limited, and Beginning Farmer Assistance

  • Homeowner


Technical Processes, Tools, and Other Technical Resources

  • Conservation Planning

  • Rapid Watershed Assessment


Conservation Issues and Strategies

  • Animal Feeding Operations

  • Nutrient Management

  • Integrated Pest Management


Resource Inventory and Assessment

  • National Resources Inventory

  • Soil Survey Program


Compliance, Appeals, Mediation, Relief

  • Conservation Compliance - Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation

  • Conservation Program Appeals

  • Conservation Program Mediation

  • Environmental Justice

  • Equitable Relief


NRCS Drought Assistance

  • Defending Against Drought

  • USDA Drought Assistance


Ohio NRCS Projects

  • Blanchard Watershed ANNAGNPS Modeling Project

  • Cleveland High Tunnel

  • Grand Lake St. Mary's Special Watershed Project

  • Upper Auglaize Watershed AGNPS Modeling Project

  • Urban Conservation

  • Western Lake Erie Basin Project


Contacts

Carrie Cusick, Acting Assistant State Conservationist for Programs
12 West Wenger Road, Englewood, OH, 45322

Barbara Baker, Assistant State Conservationist for Natural Resources (Easements)
200 N. High St., Room 522, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 255-2502

 

Historically Underserved Clients:  Agricultural producers (individuals, joint operations or entities) who qualify as a Beginning Farmer, a Socially Disadvantaged Farmer, or Limited Resource Farmer, will be eligible to receive a higher financial assistance payment for contracted practices, if selected for a contract.  Individuals, Joint Operations or entities must self-certify they meet the criteria for any of the above designations (Click here for more information on Historically Underserved Clients - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/people/outreach/slbfr)

 

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