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USDA Offers Help to California Producers Impacted by Fires
USAgNet - 10/23/2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is targeting $4 million to help farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners in California recover from the recent wildfires. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service will issue waivers for those interested in the
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to enable recovery work to begin immediately. This is one of several disaster assistance program available through USDA to support recovery efforts for individuals and communities.
NRCS will immediately begin accepting applications for its EQIP Catastrophic Fire Recovery fund pool to assist producers in covering the cost of certain rehabilitation practices, such as creating check dams in drainages, using damaged trees to slow
runoff, repairing culvert systems, and planting tree seedlings. NRCS is waiving the standard 30-day application ranking period and is accepting applications for this initial fund pool through November 6, 2017.
"NRCS is committed to getting assistance out as soon as possible, and we are cutting some red tape to allow people to get to work immediately," said Curtis Tarver, NRCS California acting state conservationist. "We encourage producers to visit their
local USDA service center to submit an application and work with staff to begin recovery."
NRCS is also offering technical and educational assistance to fire-impacted landowners faced with erosion and flooding in a damaged watershed. NRCS conservationists have expertise in erosion, hydrophobic soils, and the use of measures (such as
sand bags, mulching, etc.) to mitigate damage to the landscape.
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