USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS)
NRCS assists the local Soil and Water Conservation District with the application of soil conservation, water conservation, water quality and wildlife habitat practices for all land owners in Morrison County.  Common conservation practices in Morrison County include terraces, water & sediment control basins, grassed waterways, Ag waste storage structures and windbreaks.
 
 
 
                                                                                                                          Josh Hanson – District Conservationist
                                                                                                                          Carrie Miller – Soil Conservation Technician
                                                                                                                          Terry Zapzalka – Soil Conservationist
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FEFERAL PROGRAMS:
Environmental Quality Improvement Program (EQIP)  - This program assists farmers with water quality, conservation and energy problems. Some of the more popular practices include: feedlot runoff control, pasture management, and windbreak planting.
 
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) – The WHIP program is focused on the improvement of an area for wildlife. Projects can include: wetland restoration, tree/shrub plantings, native grass seedings, woodland openings.
 
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) – The CRP program enrolls land for 10-15 years. Compensation is based on the soil type. Land must be planted to trees or grasses. The land is not open to the public.
 
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) – This is a land easement program focused on restoring wetlands and signing a 30 year easement with the government. It does not create new wetlands, the previously drained. The land is not open to the public.
 
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) – The GRP is a voluntary program that assists grazing operators to maintain and protect grazing lands, including rangeland and pastureland, while conserving related environmental values on grasslands. The program emphasizes support for grazing operations, plant and animal boidiversity and grasslands under the threat of conversion.
 
Highly Erodible Land (HEL) – All farms that are in any government program are screened for Highly Erodible Land. If you have HEL, you need to write a plan with us that will keep your erosion to a minimum.
 
Wetland Compliance – All farm land in the government program can have their land certified for wetlands. They are usually categorized as W-wetland, FW-farmed wetland, FWP-farmed land by pasturing and PC – previously converted. PC means they were altered in some way to make farming possible before the 1985 Farm Bill. CW means converted wetland after 1985 and the wetland will need to be restored before you are eligible for any government programs. If you are converting land so it is no longer agriculture, you need to follow the State Wetland Rules which are administered by the Crow Wing Soil and Water District.
 
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