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Washington Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Success Stories

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.

EQIP offers contracts with a minimum term that ends one year after the implementation of the last scheduled practices and a maximum term of ten years. These contracts provide incentive payments and cost-shares to implement conservation practices. Persons who are engaged in livestock or agricultural production on eligible land may participate in the EQIP program. EQIP activities are carried out according to an environmental quality incentives program plan of operations developed in conjunction with the producer that identifies the appropriate conservation practice or practices to address the resource concerns. The practices are subject to NRCS technical standards adapted for local conditions. The local conservation district approves the plan.

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2007 EQIP Success Stories

Soil Quality Benefit with Residue Management
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is “Pivotal” to Conserving Water in the Colville River Watershed
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Swinomish Tribe & NRCS Re-establish Fish Passage, Pocket Estuary & Ties to the Past
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Fish Gain Habitat
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Naneum Creek operator takes proactive approach to up and coming regulatory requirements
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Dryland farmer uses system approach to combat wind erosion
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 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Results - Big Conservation with Big Financial Savings
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Improving crop tree production is enhancing wildlife and fish habitat making a win-win for all
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Protecting shellfish and salmon habitat through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
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NRCS assists poultry growers through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
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Moving feedlots off-stream and planting riparian buffers improves water quality and fish habitat.
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2004 EQIP Success Stories

Adobe Acrobat DocumentQuinault Nation Addresses Fish Passage and Water Quality (67 KB)

2003 EQIP Success Stories

Adobe Acrobat DocumentBerries Receive Moisture Drop By Drop, Skagit Co (67 KB)

2002 EQIP Success Stories

Adobe Acrobat DocumentA New Return on Irrigation, Grant County  (81 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEQIP Helps Restore Pampa Pond, Whitman County  (81 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentReviving the Nooksack River Basin, Whatcom County  (89 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConservation Plan and Hard Work Develops a Model Farm, Kitsap County (66 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCranberry Growers Eliminate Potential Water Quality Problem (56 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentThe Cutting Edge of Nutrient Management, Grant County (92 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentInsuring Water Quality on the Farm, Clallam County  (78 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWater Quality Improved through Irrigation, Clallam County  (60 KB)

2001 EQIP Success Stories

Adobe Acrobat DocumentConventional Farming Practices a Thing of the Past, Yakima County (122 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMuddy Pastures no Longer a Problem, Pierce County (72 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSalmon Habitat Enhanced in Thurston County (72 KB)

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