The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering additional funding through its Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to target specific resource concerns in Montana in 2018: on-farm energy, honey bee pollinators, organic, high tunnel systems, Sage Grouse Initiative invasive conifer removal, Sage Grouse Initiative cropland seeding, and wildfire recovery.
While NRCS accepts EQIP applications on a continuous basis, NRCS has set a deadline of Jan. 19, 2018, to apply for 2018 initiatives funding. Below is an overview of each initiative:
Wildfire Recovery: NRCS is offeri...