Programs

Updated 05/14/2012

Missouri NRCS uses natural resources conservation programs to 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.

Conservation Technical Assistance Program and Activities

• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
• Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI)
• State Technical Committee

Community Assistance Programs and Activities

• Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA)

Easement Programs

• Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)
• Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)
• Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP)
• Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
•     Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP)

Environmental Improvement Programs

• Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI)
•     CCPI Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI)
• Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 
• Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)

Plant Materials Center in Missouri

• Plant Materials Center

Resource Inventory and Assessment

• Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)
• Missouri Soil Survey Program
• National Resource Inventory

Stewardship Programs

• Conservation Security Program
• Conservation Stewardship Program

Water Resources Programs

• PL-566 Watershed Program
• Watershed Rehabilitation Program

National Information on Programs

NRCS Conservation Programs

2008 Farm Bill information