EQIP application prep checklist (free)
- Operation and land control
- Resource concerns by field
- Practices you want and why
- Soils, slopes and water on the land
- Compliance status
- Questions for your NRCS service center
Modeled on: 7 CFR 1466.6 and 1466.20
Farmers, ranchers and forest owners
Where is the farm or forest?
Get ready for an EQIP application with NRCS: land control, compliance, resource concerns and the practices you want, in one free checklist.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- Soils
- Crops and land cover
- Slope
- Streams
- Aerial view
How it works
EQIP application prep checklist, from one answer
- Enter the land and the problems you want to fix.
- ePlan pulls soils, crops, slope and streams for each field.
- Read the free checklist. Own Texas land under wildlife valuation? Start a PWD-885 plan.
What you get
EQIP application prep checklist and 2 more documents
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Texas Wildlife Exemption Plan door.
Texas wildlife management plan (PWD-885)
- Property and goals
- Wildlife practices
- Annual report
Forest management plan outline
- Stands and goals
- Practices
- Schedule
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- SoilsUSDA NRCS Web Soil Survey
- Crops and land coverUSDA NASS Cropland Data Layer
- SlopeUSGS 3D Elevation Program
- Streams and pondsUSGS National Hydrography Dataset
- Aerial viewUSDA NAIP aerial imagery
10 years
is the longest an EQIP contract can run; it lists each practice, when it goes in and what it pays
Source: 7 CFR 1466.21, eCFR
Ready for the paperwork?
Draft your Texas wildlife management plan on TPWD form PWD-885, with three of seven practices set up for your land. Free to read, pay to download.
Questions
EQIP Application Prep: what people ask
When can I apply for EQIP?
NRCS may accept applications on a continuous basis throughout the year. It groups them in ranking pools by resource concern and geographic area or type of operation, then ranks them.
Who is eligible?
A producer who controls the land for the contract term, complies with USDA's highly erodible land and wetland conservation rules, and agrees to carry out an EQIP plan of operations. A tenant may need the landowner's written concurrence.
How long is an EQIP contract?
Up to 10 years. The contract lists every practice, when it will be installed, its operation and maintenance needs, and the payment for each.
The rules this door follows
Related doors
Other projects people start from here
Texas landowners moving from ag use to wildlife use
Texas Wildlife Exemption Plan
Where is your land in Texas?
Crane firms, contractors and tower builders near airports
FAA Form 7460-1
Where will the crane or structure stand?
Facilities with ammonia, chlorine or other RMP chemicals
EPA Risk Management Plan
Where is the covered facility?
Tower companies and telecom consultants siting new towers
FCC NEPA Checklist for Towers
Where is the new tower site?
Shops whose waste hauler asks for an EPA ID
EPA ID Number and Form 8700-12
What wastes, from what process?
Federal projects · NEPA
NEPA environmental assessment
What are you proposing, and where?
EQIP Application Prep: check it free
Answer it and ePlan opens the Texas Wildlife Exemption Plan door with your answer filled in.