USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service is the country's largest conservation agency, encouraging voluntary efforts to protect soil, water and wildlife on the 70 percent of America's lands that are in private hands.

Program Services: NRCS provides technical guidance and financial assistance to solve natural resources problems. All services are available upon request and without charge.

Our Vision: A productive agriculture in harmony with a quality environment.

Our Mission: to provide leadership and administer programs to help people conserve, improve and sustain our natural resources and environment.

Who Is Served: Farmers, individual landowners,local governments, towns, and state agencies.

Programs in Vermont work to:

• Implement the conservation provisions of the 2002 Farm Bill, to include:
• Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP)
• Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP)
• Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

• Provide assistance in:
• Nutrient management, including, animal waste pits, lagoons, stacking, composting, barnyards
• Erosion and runoff control, streambank stabilization, buffers
• Grazing practices, including intensive grazing systems
• Soils information
• Converting to organic operations
• Emergency repair work after floods or other natural disasters
• Watershed protection and flood damage reduction
• The purchase of conservation easements for preserving agricultural lands
• Plant recommendations for conservation uses
• Identifying problems with land, water and related resources
• Helping communities conserve, develop and manage their natural resources

• Financial Assistance:
• Up to 90% cost sharing through EQIP on approved high priority practices for new farmers and those with limited resources.

Our field offices cover all counties in Vermont:

Addison County

68 Catamount Park, Middlebury, VT 05753

Tel: 802-388-6748 Fax: 802-388-3709

Bennington County

310 Main St., P.O. Box 505, Bennington, VT 05201

Tel: 802-442-2275 Fax: 802-447-1934

Caledonia and Essex Counties

1153 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819

Tel: 802-748-2641 Fax: 802-748-1621

Chittenden and Washington Counties

617 Comstock Road, Berlin, VT 05602

Tel: 802-828- 4493 Fax: 802-223-6163

Franklin and Grand Isle Counties

27 Fisher Pond Road, St. Albans, VT 05478

Tel: 802-524-6505 Fax: 802-524-4575

Lamoille County

109 Professional Drive, Morrisville, VT 05661

Tel: 802-888-4935 Fax: 802-888-8901

Orleans County

59 Waterfront Plaza, Newport, VT 05855

Tel: 802-334-6090 Fax: 802-334-1365

Rutland County

170 South Main Street, Rutland, VT 05701

Tel: 802-775-8034 Fax: 802-773-4177

Windham County

28 Vernon Street, Brattleboro, VT 05302

Tel: 802-254-9766 Fax: 802-254-3307

Windsor and Orange Counties

28 Farmvue Drive, White River Jct, VT 05001

Tel: 802-295-7942 Fax 802-296-3654

Vermont Web Site: www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov e-mail: anne.hilliard@vt.nrcs.usda.gov

NRCS is an equal opportunity provider and employer.