EQIP Conservation Activity Plan (CAP) What Is A Conservation
Activity Plan? A Conservation Activity Plan or CAP can be
developed for producers to identify conservation practices
needed to address a specific natural resource need. Typically,
these plans are specific to certain kinds of land use such as
transitioning to organic operations, grazing land, forest land,
or can also address a specific resource need such a plan for
management of nutrients or to address an air quality concern.
With a CAP plan, producers can then apply for financial
assistance to implement the needed conservation practices. What
Authority Does NRCS Have For CAPs? The Food Conservation and
Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill) provides authority to use
financial assistance through the Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP) for payment for practices involving
the development of plans appropriate for the eligible land of a
program participant. The Act specifically authorizes EQIP to be
used for comprehensive nutrient management plans an