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      • COVID-19 Garden Vegetable Donation Guidelines
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      • Garden Resources
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      • BYC Cost Share
      • Heartland Backyard Conservation Program & Cost Share
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      • Site prep
    • Rain Garden Info
    • Seed pack
    • Tree Info
    • Where to buy native plants
  • Rule 5 Submission
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      • Past Resources
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Cost share programs

SWCD Cost Share

SWCD/BYC Cost Share
The Hamilton County Soil & Water Conservation District can help you implement conservation practices in Hamilton County.
Practices that qualify for cost share assistance include:
- Water Edge Enhancements
- Filter Strips
- Invasive Plant Removal
- Prairie Plantings
- Tree Plantings
- Woodland and Wildlife Habitat
- Rain Gardens / Bioswales
- and more!

Visit the BYC Cost Share Page for more info!

Heartland BYC Cost Share

This program offers cost share opportunities to property owners in Hamilton, and Madison counties.  Learn more  on our Heartland BCP page.
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Well Capping Cost Share

The Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District provides funding to cap wells. The SWCD will pay half the cost not to exceed $500.  The application should be submitted and approved before the capping is started.

Contact Ginger Davis at 317.773.2181 for more information and an application.

USDA/NRCS


CREP  (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program)
The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) is a federal-state natural resources conservation program that addresses state and nationally significant agricultural related environmental concerns.

Through CREP, program participants receive financial incentives to voluntarily enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in contracts of 14 to 15 years. Participants remove cropland from agricultural production and convert the land to native grasses, trees and other vegetation.
Hamilton County is within a qualifying watershed - the Upper White River.

More information on CREP can be found here:
USDA Farm Service Agency
Natural Resources Conservation Service

EQIP  (Environmental Quality Incentive Program)
The  Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) is for owners of land in agricultural or forest production or persons who are engaged in livestock, agricultural or forest production on eligible land and that have a natural resource concern on the land.    It is a ranked program which has both local and state ranking criteria.
 
You can learn more about EQIP, enrollment, eligible practices, and application cut off dates at the Indiana NRCS EQIP website.

See this helpful article concerning invasive removal and forest stand improvement through EQIP.

If you are interested, please contact Angela Garrison, District Conservationist, 317-773-2181 ext 105. or e-mail angela.garrison@in.usda.gov.

Department of Natural Resources

A variety of funding opportunities are available through Indiana DNR. These include cost share opportunities as well as programs to protect areas in exchange for property tax reductions.
Learn more  on their website:
http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/2352.htm

Urban Pollinator Habitat Cost Share 
Financial assistance may be available for your urban pollinator habitat project. Contact the SWCD for more info and contact information.

Upland Game Bird and Wildlife Habitat Cost Share
Your land may qualify for financial assistance to establish  important habitat for game birds and other wildlife. Habitat buffers for upland birds are strips of vegetation established around the edges of crop fields to provide habitat for bobwhite quail, ring-neck pheasant, and other upland birds. Many of these birds have suffered population declines due to loss of habitat. These buffers can provide important nesting, brood rearing and escape cover while also serving as travel corridors between areas of suitable habitat.

In addition to habitat for upland birds, these buffers may provide habitat for other animals and may limit sediment, nutrients, pesticides and other contaminants from entering streams and other water bodies.

Details regarding the variety of options available can be found on the Indiana DNR website or contact Angela Garrison at 317-773-2181 ext. 105 or e-mail angela.garrison@in.usda.gov.
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