Washington Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Success Stories

The Environmental Incentive 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.

2008 EQIP Success Stories

Grayland Cranberry Growers Get Pesticides Out of Water and Reduce Costs
        Redirects to Washington State Department of Ecology site

Protection of Riparian Area in partnership with Central Klickitat Conservation District

Small Family Farm Sees Big Improvements in Conservation and Production

First Native American woman on the Colville Reservation to Install a Center Pivot Irrigation System

Stream and Riparian Habitat Restoration
 

2007 EQIP Success Stories

Soil Quality Benefit with Residue Management

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is “Pivotal” to Conserving Water in the Colville River Watershed

Swinomish Tribe & NRCS Re-establish Fish Passage, Pocket Estuary & Ties to the Past

Fish Gain Habitat

Naneum Creek operator takes proactive approach to up and coming regulatory requirements

Dryland farmer uses system approach to combat wind erosion

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Results - Big Conservation with Big Financial Savings

Improving crop tree production is enhancing wildlife and fish habitat making a win-win for all

Protecting shellfish and salmon habitat through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

NRCS assists poultry growers through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Moving feedlots off-stream and planting riparian buffers improves water quality and fish habitat.

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Other EQIP Success Stories

Quinault Nation Addresses Fish Passage and Water Quality (PDF 67KB)
Berries Receive Moisture Drop By Drop, Skagit Co (PDF 67KB)
A New Return on Irrigation, Grant County  (PDF 81KB)
EQIP Helps Restore Pampa Pond, Whitman County  (PDF 81KB)
Reviving the Nooksack River Basin, Whatcom County  (PDF 89KB)
Conservation Plan and Hard Work Develops a Model Farm, Kitsap County (PDF 66KB)
Cranberry Growers Eliminate Potential Water Quality Problem (PDF 56KB)
The Cutting Edge of Nutrient Management, Grant County (PDF 92KB)
Insuring Water Quality on the Farm, Clallam County  (PDF 78KB)
Water Quality Improved through Irrigation, Clallam County  (PDF 60KB)
Conventional Farming Practices a Thing of the Past, Yakima County (PDF 122KB)
Muddy Pastures no Longer a Problem, Pierce County (PDF 72KB)
Salmon Habitat Enhanced in Thurston County (PDF 72KB)

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