USDA Provides $20.1 Million in ECP Funds to 26 States
Emergency Conservation Program funds give producers resources to rehabilitate farmland damaged by floods, drought, wildfires and other natural disasters in recent years.
Compiled by staff
Published: Mar 16, 2006
USDA's Farm Service Agency will allocate close to $20.1 million in Emergency Conservation Program funding to 26 states affected by natural disasters.
"These funds will help farmers and ranchers rehabilitate farmland damaged by floods, drought, wildfires and other natural disasters in recent years," explains Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner.
ECP gives producers resources to remove debris from farmland, restore fences and conservation structures, provide water for livestock in drought situations and grade and shape farmland damaged by a natural disaster. Locally-elected FSA county committees implement ECP for all disasters other than drought, which is done by FSA's national office. Eligible producers receive cost-share assistance of up to 75% of the cost of approved practices, as determined by FSA county committees. The $20.1 million in ECP funds allocated today are from unused funds from various states.
Among the 26 states receiving the funding announced today are Texas and Oklahoma, which are continuing to face drought and severe wildfire conditions. Texas will receive more than $3.9 million, while Oklahoma will receive over $2.7 million.
FSA is allocating $20,142,400 in ECP funds to 26 states as follows:
|
State |
County |
Disaster Type |
Amount |
|
Alabama |
Tallapoosa |
Tornado |
$10,000 |
|
Arkansas |
Baxter, Conway, Van Buren |
Tornado |
$220,100 |
|
. |
Benton, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Drew, Faulkner, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Madison, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Polk, Sevier, Sharp, Union, Washington |
Drought |
$2,236,500 |
|
Arizona |
Coconino, Mohave, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai |
Flood |
$130,000 |
|
California |
Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Siskiyou, Sonoma |
Flood |
$2,537,800 |
|
Colorado |
Garfield |
Wildfire |
$15,000 |
|
Connecticut |
Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, Windham |
Flood |
$210,000 |
|
Georgia |
Bibb, Carroll, Crawford, Fulton, Heard, Johnson, Peach, Pike |
Tornado |
$242,500 |
|
. |
Colquitt, Thomas |
Flood |
$33,800 |
|
. |
Harris, Heard, Marion, Peach, Talbot, Taylor |
Hurricane |
$195,000 |
|
Illinois |
Brown, Bureau, Cass, Cumberland, Fulton, Macoupin, McDonough, Menard, Morgan, Stark |
Drought |
$301,500 |
|
Indiana |
Shelby, Warrick |
Tornado |
$90,000 |
|
Kansas |
Atchison, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Shawnee |
Flood |
$930,000 |
|
Kentucky |
Adair, Bell, Breathitt, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Green, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Madison, Magoffin, McCreary, Menifee, Metcalfe, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owsley, Perry, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe |
Drought |
$2,666,100 |
|
. |
Crittenden, Hart, Marshall |
Tornado |
$143,000 |
|
Maine |
Aroostook |
Flood |
$150,000 |
|
Massachusetts |
Bristol, Franklin, Plymouth |
Flood |
$225,000 |
|
Missouri |
Barry, Cedar, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Monroe, Phelps, Polk, Ralls |
Drought |
$777,100 |
|
. |
Dent, Oregon |
Tornado |
$80,000 |
|
Nevada |
Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, Washoe |
Flood |
$311,000 |
|
New Hampshire |
Cheshire, Sullivan |
Flood |
$405,000 |
|
North Carolina |
Rutherford |
Flood |
$45,000 |
|
Ohio |
Washington |
Drought |
$85,000 |
|
Oklahoma |
Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek, Dewey, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Johnston, LeFlore, Love, Marshall, McClain, Murray, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pottawatomie, Stephens, Tillman, Washington, Woodward |
Drought |
$1,883,000 |
|
. |
Beaver, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Logan, Murray, Oklahoma, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Woodard |
Wildfire |
$771,500 |
|
. |
Caddo |
Flood |
$91,200 |
|
Pennsylvania |
Bedford, Centre, Clinton, Fulton |
Drought |
$79,000 |
|
Rhode Island |
Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington |
Flood |
$100,000 |
|
Tennessee |
Benton, Dickson, Henry, Montgomery, Roane |
Tornado |
$240,000 |
|
. |
Macon, Van Buren, Warren, White |
Drought |
$425,000 |
|
Texas |
Bowie, Camp, Collin, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Morris, Rains, Red River, Titus, Wood |
Drought |
$1,916,800 |
|
. |
Callahan, Donley, Eastland, Erath, Montague, Sterling |
Wildfire |
$2,012,500 |
|
Vermont |
Addison, Crittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington |
Ice Storm |
$246,000 |
|
. |
Caledonia, Orange, Windsor |
Snow Storm |
$30,000 |
|
. |
Bennington |
Flood |
$15,000 |
|
Washington |
Columbia, Garfield |
Wildfires |
$293,000 |
|
. |
. |
TOTAL |
$20,142,400 |
Producers can contact their local FSA offices regarding ECP sign-up periods, which are set by the county FSA committees. For a producer's land to be eligible, the disaster must create new conservation problems that, if left untreated, would impair or endanger the land and affect its productive capacity. Conservation problems that existed before the applicable disasters are not eligible for ECP assistance.
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