Person Soil & Water Conservation District offers programs and technical assistance for farmers, landowners and residents to address natural resource concerns.

To determine if you are eligible for financial assistance or to request technical services, please contact our office. 

State Cost Share Programs 

The Person Soil & Water Conservation District administers State cost share programs offered through the Division of Soil & Water Conservation. Funding is limited and applicants must meet certain elgibility requirements. 

The North Carolina Agricultural Cost Share Program (ACSP) helps address nonpoint source pollution by providing technical and financial resources through a voluntary, incentive-based program designed to improve water quality through the installation of various best management practices (BMPs) on agricultural lands directly involved with agriculture production.

Common BMPs:

• grassed waterways
• field borders
• cropland conversion
• livestock exclusion
• livestock watering facilities

These funds are limited.

This program is available to assist agricultural landowners and operators who want to increase water use efficiency, availability and storage of water for agricultural purposes and to implement best management practices (BMPs) to conserve and protect water resources. The purposes of the AgWRAP are to:

• Identify opportunities to increase water use efficiency, availability and storage
• Implement BMPs to conserve and protect water resources
• Increase water use efficiency
• Increase water storage and availability for agricultural purposes

These funds are limited. Larger projects may be applied for on a regional level.

 Community Conservation Assistance Program - CCAP

This is a voluntary, incentive-based program designed to improve water quality through the installation of various best management practices (BMPs) on urban, suburban and rural lands not directly involved with agriculture production.  Eligible landowners may include homeowners, businesses, schools, parks and publicly owned lands.  

These funds are limited and allocated on a regional level. 

Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program (StRAP)

This program provides funding for projects that help reduce flooding, restores streams, and protects the integrity of drainage infrastructures across North Carolina’s waterways. 

Projects eligible for StRAP funding include:

• Vegetative debris removal (including beaver dam removal)
• Instream sediment removal
• Streambank stabilization
• Stream restoration

Person  StRAP projects will focus on vegetative debris removal that will prevent future flooding, restore streams, and reduce the risks to life and property.   Agricultural lands may take priority if funding is limited.  

Federal Programs 

NRCS offers voluntary programs to eligible landowners and agricultural producers to provide financial and technical assistance to help manage natural resources in a sustainable manner.  Through these programs the agency approves contracts to provide financial assistance to help plan and implement conservation practices that address natural resource concerns or opportunities to help save energy, improve soil, water, plant, air, animal and related resources on agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest land.

Current NRCS financial assistance programs can be found at the NC USDA NRCS website.