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FY2004 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 2004:

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

NRCS earmarks 17 percent of the EQIP allocation for South Dakota American Indian applications.  Applications are eligible for the American Indian earmark if the land with the proposed cost-share conservation practice(s) is physically located within the reservation boundaries or is American Indian operated land outside of the reservation boundaries.  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:

  • $2 million for applications that include an animal waste management system (AWMS);
  • 50 percent for applications with total cost exceeding $100,000; and
  • 50 percent divided evenly among the seven South Dakota Association of Conservation Districts (SDACD) area workgroups for applications with a total cost of less than $100,000

All applications will be evaluated using the state-developed, SDACD area-developed or Tribal-developed ranking worksheets.  The state-developed EQIP Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17 ) will be used to rank applications with total costs exceeding $100,000.  The applications with total costs of less than $100,000 will be evaluated with the SDACD Area EQIP Local Workgroup Evaluation Worksheets (SD-LTP-17b-h).  All applications eligible for the American Indian earmark will be evaluated with the EQIP American Indian Earmark Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17t) developed by the Tribal Subcommittee to the State Technical Committee.

Evaluation Worksheets

The following document requires Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word DocumentInstructions for EQIP Evaluation Worksheet (824 KB)

The EQIP Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17) will be used to rank applications exceeding $100,000 total cost.  The following document requires Adobe Acrobat.

Statewide Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17) (108 KB)

 

South Dakota County Map

South Dakota Association of Conservation District areas are listed below followed by the list of counties located within each area.  In order to evaluate applications with a total cost of less than $100,000, please select the appropriate evaluating worksheet based on the physical location of the land.

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

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)

Those applications eligible for the American Indian Earmark will be evaluated with either the Statewide Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17) or the appropriate SDACD Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17b-h) and the American Indian Earmark Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17t).  The following document requires Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAmerican Indian Earmark Evaluation Worksheet (SD-LTP-17t) (118 KB)

Thresholds are established for the Evaluation Worksheets.  Applications at or above the established thresholds are considered a high priority and will be considered for funding.  The thresholds are as follows:

  • Statewide - 150
  • Northwest SDACD Area Workgroup - 248
  • Hills SDACD Area Workgroup - 233
  • Prairie SDACD Area Workgroup - 214
  • North Missouri SDACD Area Workgroup - 220
  • South James/Missouri SDACD Area Workgroup - 180
  • Coteau SDACD Area Workgroup - 178
  • Vermillion/Big Sioux SDACD Area Workgroup - 100
  • American Indian Earmark - 183
  • Animal Waste Management Systems Earmark - 133
Conservation Practice List, Cost-Share Rates and Cost List:

These documents require  Adobe Acrobat. 

Adobe Acrobat DocumentEQIP 2004 Conservation Practices and Cost-Share Rates (629 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document2004 Cost List (283 KB)

Forms Needed to Signup:

These documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentConservation Program Application/Contract (CCC-1200) (39.8 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix to Form CCC-1200 EQIP Contract (CCC-1200 Appendix) (125 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

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