Nrcs awep program

A newly purchased lagoon-style agitation pump facilitates agitation and manure removal from the new storage tanks. Once the new storage tanks were constructed and operational, the old earthen lagoons were decommissioned. The heifer facility lagoon was decommissioned by having the dams removed and leveled out to match existing ground.

The main barn lagoon was decommissioned using a combination of dam removal and fill dirt to match grades around the former lagoon site. LaFever Excavation was the General contractor for the project and sub-contracted Ben Reynolds Construction for the concrete work.

Once an application is selected, an eligible agricultural producer will enter into a contract with NRCS to receive technical assistance and to implement approved conservation practices.

Approved List of Projects for FY Athena Cholas Resource Conservationist E-mail: athena. Stay Connected. Loading Tree The following information is for reference only.

Program Description The Agricultural Water Enhancement Program AWEP is a voluntary conservation initiative that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to implement agricultural water enhancement activities on agricultural land to conserve surface and ground water and improve water quality. The exemption does not apply to any current or future agreements or federal contracts with eligible entities, project sponsors, vendors, partners, or other non-exempt landowners or producers.

The Agricultural Management Assistance AMA helps agricultural producers use conservation to manage risk and solve natural resource issues through natural resources conservation. The Conservation Stewardship Program CSP helps agricultural producers maintain and improve their existing conservation systems and adopt additional conservation activities to address priority resources concerns.

Participants earn CSP payments for conservation performance—the higher the performance, the higher the payment. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program EQIP provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water, increased soil health and reduced soil erosion and sedimentation, improved or created wildlife habitat, and mitigation against increasing weather volatility.

The Water Bank Program WBP on the land for the benefit of migratory wildlife such as waterfowl, conserves surface waters, reduces soil and wind erosion and contributes to flood control.