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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Sponsors Public Meeting in Star City on the National Water Quality Initiative

Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program Cheat Sheet (PDF)

Natural Resources Conservation Service, Arkansas Forestry Commission and Arkansas Forestry Association Sign MOU to Assist Private Forest Landowners

NRCS Offers Conservation Technical Assistance Funding To Conservation Partners in Arkansas (PDF)

News Release, July 13, 2011 - Arkansas NRCS Receives $4.264 Million in Additional Program Funds to Assist Producers (PDF)

Arkansas Grazing Lands Coalition Grant Application (PDF)

Wetlands Reserve Program

• Poster (PDF)
• Information (PDF)

News Release, January 5, 2011 - NRCS Extends Sign-up Period for Conservation Stewardship Program

News Release, January 4, 2011 - USDA Announces $550,000 Available for Water Conservation Project

NRCS Program Application Deadlines

• Conservation Stewardship Program - Extended to January 21, 2011
• Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watershed Initiative New Proposals - January 28, 2011
• Wetlands Reserve Program - January 28, 2011
• Agricultural Water Enhancement Program New Proposals - January 31, 2011
• Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative New Proposals - January 31, 2011
• Conservation Innovation Grants - Greenhouse Gas Reduction/Carbon Sequestration Project Proposals - February 11, 2011
• Environmental Quality Incentives Program - Organic Initiative - March 4, 2011
• Agricultural Water Enhancement Program - 2009 Project Sign Up - April 15, 2011
• NRCS Organic Initiative Application - May 20, 2011 (PDF)
  • NRCS Organic Initiative Fact Sheet (PDF)

NRCS Subcommittee Reports Recommendations and Actions

• Forestry - 2010 (PDF)
• Grasslands - 2010 (PDF)
• Water Quality - 2010 (PDF)
• Water Quantity - 2010 (PDF)

On Farm Mortality Management Options (PDF) - Dr. Karl VanDevender, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Two-Stage Poultry Mortality Composting– Daily Management Is Essential - FSA1045 (PDF)

USDA Announces Initiative to Improve Agricultural Energy Conservation and Efficiency (PDF)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service State Conservationist Mike Sullivan announced sign up for the On-Farm Energy Audit/ Implementation Initiative designed to help agricultural producers transition to more energy efficient operations ends Feb. 11, 2011, for funding consideration this year. This initiative is designed to save both money and energy when fully implemented.

2011 EQIP Ranking Questions for Forest Land Use (PDF)
Question number 10 in the State questions is new and a result of our group’s discussion. Some of the clarifiers for these questions given the DCs will also be changed.

FRN for NWPL (PDF)
As of, January 6th the FRN for NWPL has been announced and published.  If you need help there is a "Contact Us" email link on the homepage and they will assist you. You will have to accept that DoD web certificate to enter the site the first time if they are outside of DoD.

Arkansas Bulletin No. 300-11-4 - January 19, 2011 (PDF)
LTP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) Revised Implementation Schedule

2011 Walton Family Foundation Conservation Grant Request for Proposals (PDF)
The Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture (LMVJV), working in cooperation with the Walton Family Foundation (WFF), has been authorized to identify projects and facilitate funding in support of habitat restoration on frequently flooded agricultural lands within the delta of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Interested organizations and agencies should carefully review the guidelines and recommendations outlined in this request for proposals and submit the required project proposal to steve_c_brock@fws.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. CST on March 30, 2011.

USDA Provides Update on Seasonal High Tunnel Pilot (PDF)
Sign-up period for EQIP Organic funding is now through March 4, 2011

Timber Tax Tips 2010 (PDF)
While our forestry industry continues to suffer there are some landowners who may have harvested timber and need this information to prepare their tax returns.