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USDA Awards two Conservation Innovation Grants to Georgia
 

Map of Broad River Watershed

Sign-Up Extended through May 30, 2008 for the Conservation Security Program in Georgia's Broad River Watershed

Click here for a more detailed map of the Broad River Watershed (184 KB)

Click here for a detailed fact sheet on the Broad River Watershed (436 KB)

2008 Conservation Security Program Sign-Up Announced: April 18 to May 16 (Extended through May 30, 2008) in 11 Northeast Georgia Counties

The Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced the 2008 sign-up date for the Broad River Watershed.

Counties included are: Banks, Stephens, Oglethorpe, Clarke, Habersham, Madison, Elbert, Wilkes, Lincoln, Hart, and Franklin. Some counties only have partial acreage in the watershed area.

Information meetings will be held in the Broad River Watershed area. Check back to see dates, locations, and times.  More detailed information will be available on the web site soon.


Click here to read the national news release
Click here to read the announcement in the Federal Register. (Note that the date is incorrect in the Federal Register. It will be updated soon.)
Click here to download a copy of the CSP Self-Assessment Work Book to see if you qualify for the program.

USDA Awards two Conservation Innovation Grants to Georgia - ( 32.2 KB)

2008 Conservation Security Program Information Meetings Announced - (32.3 KB)

2008 Conservation Security Program Sign-Up Announced - (51 KB)

2008 Conservation Innovation Grants Announced - (44 KB)

2008 EQIP Applications Due November 1, 2007 - (31 KB)

Carolina Bays Wetlands Eligible for Special Protection in Jenkins and Screven Counties - July 19, 2007 (29.1 KB)

NRCS Helps Restore Natural Resources Devastated in South Georgia Fires - June 25, 2007 (32.5 KB)

USDA-NRCS Announces Conservation Funding to Preserve Georgia's Working Farms and Ranches - April 9, 2007 (33 KB)

USDA-NRCS Announces Conservation Funding for EQIP and WHIP - December 22, 2006 (21 KB)

USDA-NRCS Announces Availability of Conservation Innovation Grants - December 18, 2006 (22 KB)

EQIP Cost Share Available For Forest Land - Applications Due Dec. 1 - October 27, 2006 (20 KB)

Georgia's 2007 CSP Watershed Selected - September 26, 2006 (21 KB)
                                                                     
Applications Now Being Taken for 2007 EQIP and WHIP- September 21, 2006 (20 KB)

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