The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) was reauthorized in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Farm Bill) to provide a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible national goals. EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land.

More information from NRCS

See a map of the fields enrolled in the EQIP program:

• Large (large file)
• Medium (medium file)
• Small (small file)

The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program is a local, state, federal and private partnership to create 3,500 acres of filter strips, riparian buffers, wildlife habitat, wetlands and tree plantings to reduce chemical and sediment runoff in Hoover Reservoir and its watersheds. Landowners enrolling cropland will receive 15 annual payments and cost share from USDA and a local supplemental payment to establish associated conservation practices. Payments for voluntary easements are also available.