Programs

Michigan NRCS Programs

NRCS's natural resources conservation programs help people reduce soil erosion, enhance water supplies, improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce damages caused by floods and other natural disasters. Public benefits include enhanced natural resources that help sustain agricultural productivity and environmental quality while supporting continued economic development, recreation, and scenic beauty.

NRCS-Michigan Conservation Financial Assistance

NRCS has several programs that provide financial assistance to agricultural producers to implement new conservation measures. Other programs allows landowners to sell development rights to their land that require the land to be maintained as wetlands or for specific agricultural uses.

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NRCS-Michigan Fianancial Assistance in Fiscal Years 1999-2012 (2MB) Data are preliminary and are expected to change subject to final budget reconciliation.
NRCS-Michigan Fianancial Assistance in Fiscal Years 1999-2012 (Text Version) Data are preliminary and are expected to change subject to final budget reconciliation.

NRCS Conservation Programs

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

Conservation of Private Grazing Land Program

Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Includes EQIP Initiatives

Organic Initiative

National Water Quality Initiative

Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative

Conservation Innovation Grants

Agricultural Water Enhancement Program

Western Lake Erie Basin

Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)

Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)

Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)

Rapid Watershed Assessment (RWA)

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)

Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

Special Initiatives

America's Great Outdoors Initiative - The Natural Resources Conservation Service has $550,000 in conservation financial assistance for landowners in the Saginaw Bay Watershed available through the Presidential Initiative - America’s Great Outdoors.

The Saginaw Bay Watershed contains all or portions of 22 Michigan counties. Rural landowners, agricultural producers and non-industrial private forestland owners in the Saginaw Bay Watershed can apply for the conservation financial assistance at their local USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service office until July 22.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative - Financial assistance from selected NRCS programs is available through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

Other Programs

Program Complaint Process

National Program Complaint Web page

Archived Program Information

Conservation Security Program

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NRCS Program Assistance Flowchart
NRCS Program Assistance Process