New Hampshire NRCS Programs

Farm Bill Programs

If you own or manage farm or forest land, or grow specialty crops in New Hampshire, then the 2008 Farm Bill conservation programs can help you address natural resource concerns and opportunities on your land.

• Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) - AMA helps producers manage risk and voluntarily address issues such as water management, water quality, and erosion control by incorporating conservation practices into their farming operations.
• Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - CSP rewards farmers who are good conservation stewards of their land, and offers compensation for enhancements.
• Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - EQIP helps promote farm and forest conservation by enhancing the environmental quality of soil, water, air, plants and animals.
• Farm & Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) - FRPP helps land conservation-focused partners assist farmers in keeping their land in agriculture through the purchase of development rights.
• Grassland Protection Program (GRP) - GRP offers compensation for landowners to protect, restore and enhance grasslands.
• Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) - WRP promotes the protection and restoration of wetlands through the purchase of easements and enhancement activities.
• Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) - WHIP helps improve fish and wildlife habitat and restore natural ecosystems.

Conservation Programs & Practices for...

Through new 2008 Farm Bill provisions, NRCS is now offering conservation practices to benefit the following areas:

Energy & air quality
Organic farming
Pollinator habitat
Forestry - coming soon
Greenhouses - coming soon

Other Programs

• Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI)
• Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
• Nutrient Management Technical Assistance- updates coming soon
• Soil Survey Program
• Subaqueous Soils Investigation - Great Bay Estuary (2006)
• Subaqueous Soils Investigation - Bellamy River (2005)
• Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI)
• Conservation Buffer Initiative
• Resource Conservation and Development Program
• Backyard Conservation Program
• Earth Team Volunteer Program
• Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
• National Resources Inventory (NRI)
• Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D)
• Programs available for riparian and other conservation practices.

More about NRCS Conservation Programs in New Hampshire

The following documents require Acrobat Reader.

2008 Farm Bill At a Glance - Fact Sheets   

Fiscal Year Summaries of Financial Assistance to New Hampshire Landowners:

• 2002 Farm Bill Impacts in New Hampshire (PDF)
• 2007 New Hampshire Accomplishments (PDF)
• 2006 Conservation Update (PDF)

Interim Final Rules NRCS publishes in the Federal Register for public comment.