The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is currently accepting applications for enrollment into the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the Lovell Irrigation District WaterSMART Project. The project focuses on irrigation efficiency improvements.

Producers interested in implementing conservation practices to improve natural resources on their private agricultural land have until Wednesday, May 11 to submit applications.

The opportunities to participate in EQIP are diverse. In addition to the general EQIP project enrollment, the program also affords socially disadvantaged, beginning and limited resource farmers and ranchers’ specific opportunities to improve or enhance natural resources on their lands. 

Producers must have farm records current with the Farm Service Agency and submit a complete program application to NRCS to be considered for financial assistance through EQIP. Applications are accepted at Wyoming NRCS offices within the Greybull and Lovell USDA Service Centers. To find out more information about EQIP, visit tinyurl.com/sdk9w2er.

When visiting with NRCS staff about the EQIP program, landowners are encouraged to inquire about its comprehensive conservation plans. Conservation plans provide landowners with a comprehensive inventory and assessment of their resources, as well as a start to improving the quality of soil, water, air, plants and wildlife on their land.