The NRCS in both Columbia and Washington Counties are now accepting Environmental Quality\u00a0Incentives Program (EQIP)\u00a0applications from forest landowners who want forest management plans. The application deadline is October 31, 2011. Approved applicants will receive cost-share funding to have a management plan written by a qualified professional.<\/p>\n
Nathan Adelman, NRCS Soil Conservationist in Hillsboro says, “In Washington County, priority will be given to applicants who have 10 or more acres of forest and who agree to complete, with NRCS cost share, afforestation on 3 or more acres of land that is not now and has not recently been in forest. Basically, our office would like to help non-industrial forest landowners plant trees on land that is not currently wooded.”<\/p>\n
Columbia County landowners should be receiving more information about the program in the mail, and a series of informational meetings will be held\u00a0throughout the county during the second week of October.<\/p>\n
For more information, contact:
\nWashington County NRCS: Nathan Adelman, 503-648-3174 ext. 101
\nColumbia County NRCS: Don Mehlhoff, 503-397-4555 ext. 105<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The NRCS in both Columbia and Washington Counties are now accepting Environmental Quality\u00a0Incentives Program (EQIP)\u00a0applications from forest landowners who want forest management plans. The application deadline is October 31, 2011. Approved applicants will receive cost-share funding to have a management plan written by a qualified professional. Nathan Adelman, NRCS Soil Conservationist in Hillsboro says, “In… Continue reading