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FY-2003 EQIP Application Information

South Dakota NRCS supports the locally led conservation effort in the delivery of conservation programs.  The State Technical Committee, convened by the State Conservationist, consists of individuals representing commodity groups; private entities; tribal representatives; private individuals; federal, state and local governments.  The State Technical Committee identified the following four state resource concerns as priorities for 2003:

  • Water Quality
  • Grazingland Health and Productivity
  • Cropland Protection/Improvement
  • Wildlife Habitat Development

The wildlife groups represented on the State Technical Committee feel that wildlife benefit from any conservation practice that addressed the other three priorities and the Conservation Reserve Program, Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, and the Wetlands Reserve Program specifically target the development of wildlife habitat.  The state-wide ranking worksheet addresses wildlife habitat development within the ranking process instead of as an identified state resource concern.

All applications will be evaluated using either the state-developed ranking worksheet or the appropriate area ranking worksheet.  The state-developed ranking worksheet (SD-LTP-17) will be used to rank applications with total costs exceeding $100,000.  These applications will be ranked and compete with other applications of less than $100,000 total cost from within their South Dakota Association of Conservation District (SDACD) area.  If the total costs are less than $100,000, the appropriate area ranking sheet (SD-LTP-17b-h) will be used.  These applications will compete and be ranked in a statewide pool.  The seven area ranking worksheets were developed by each of the local area workgroups established according to the SDACD areas.  Each workgroup convened and developed a ranking worksheet (SD-LTP-17b-h) addressing locally identified resource concerns.

NRCS earmarks approximately 17 percent of the EQIP allocation for South Dakota American Indian operator's applications.  After the amount of earmarked funding is identified, the State Technical Committee approved the distribution of the remaining portion of the EQIP allocation as follows:

  • 50 percent will be used to fund those applications with total costs exceeding $100,000; and
  • 50 percent will be divided equally among the seven SDACD areas for funding those applications of less than $100,000 total cost physically located within the appropriate SDACD area.
Disclaimer:

The information currently available on this and linked sites may not be the final version of the ranking, application, or conservation practice documents until the final rule for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program has been finalized.  Please check with your local NRCS office or check back on this site to ensure that the documents that you use to make a final decision are not a draft version of the ranking, application, and conservation practice worksheets.

 


Coteau Watershed Vermillion/Big Sioux Watershed North Missouri Watershed Prairie Watershed South James/Missouri Watershed Northwest Watershed Hills Watershed South Dakota County Map

NOTE:  For all applications over $100,000 total costs, the Statewide Ranking Sheet will need to be utilized.  The following document requires Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel SpreadsheetStatewide Ranking Sheet (253 KB)

South Dakota Association of Conservation District areas are listed below followed by the list of counties located within each area.  Please select the appropriate area ranking worksheet based on the location of the land if the total cost of the application is less than $100,000.

Coteau Watershed - Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Day, Spink, Clark, Codington, Hamlin, Grant and Deuel.
Vermillion/Big Sioux Watershed - Kingsbury, Brookings, Miner, Lake, Moody, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner, Lincoln, Clay and Union.
North Missouri Watershed - Campbell, McPherson, Walworth, Edmunds, Potter, Faulk, Sully, Hyde, Hand, and Hughes.
South James/Missouri - Beadle, Buffalo, Brule, Jerauld, Sanborn, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Bon Homme, and Yankton.
Prairie Watershed - Haakon, Stanley, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Shannon, Bennett, Todd, Tripp, Gregory.
Hills Watershed - Butte, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Custer, Fall Fiver.
Northwest Watershed - Harding, Perkins, Corson, Meade, Ziebach, Dewey.

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentCoteau Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17b) (118 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentHills Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17c) (119 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNorth Missouri Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17d) (118 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNorthwest Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17e) (110 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPrairie Watershed Ranking Sheet  (SD-LTP-17f) (118 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSouth James/Missouri Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17g) (110 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentVermillion/Big Sioux Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17h) (118 KB)

Conservation Practice Lists and Cost-Share Rates:

These documents require Microsoft Excel.  Printable versions of these forms can be obtained at by utilizing the electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG).

Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet2003 EQIP Eligible Conservation Practice Cost List - Effective 04-17-03 (493 KB)
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet2003 EQIP Eligible Conservation Practice Cost List (676 KB)
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet2002 EQIP Eligible Conservation Practice Cost List (622 KB)
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet2002 EQIP Eligible Ground and Surface Water Practice Cost List (286 KB)
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet2001 EQIP Eligible Conservation Practice Cost List (625 KB)
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet2000 EQIP Eligible Conservation Practice Cost List (600 KB)
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet2003 EQIP Cost Share Rates (55.0 KB)

Forms Needed to Signup:

These documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentCCC-1200 and CCC-1200A Conservation Program Contract (39.8 KB)
 

Forms Needed for Conservation Planning
 

These documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAD-1155, Conservation Plan and Schedule of Operations
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAD-1155A, Conservation Plan and Schedule of Operations
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAD-1156, Conservation Plan and Schedule of Operations

USDA Service Center EForms Web Site - for instructions and information



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