Montana NRCS Announces Conservation Initiatives for 2017

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering additional funding through its Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to target specific resource concerns in Montana in 2017: On-Farm Energy, Organic, High Tunnel Systems, Honey Bee Pollinators, Sage Grouse Initiative Invasive Conifer Removal, and Sage Grouse Initiative Cropland Seeding.

While NRCS accepts applications for EQIP on a continuous basis, NRCS has set a deadline of Feb. 24, 2017, to apply for 2017 initiatives funding.

Below is an overview of each initiative:

National On-Farm Energy Initiative (NOFEI):...