GoM Initiative applications

JACKSON, Miss. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications through April 17 for the Gulf of Mexico Initiative (GoMI) through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). GoMI is a voluntary conservation program that provides financial assistance to eligible producers in the Bayou La-Terre and Rotten Bayou watersheds in Hancock and Harrison, Miss., counties that drain into the Gulf of Mexico. The program is focused on improving water quality, water quantity and fish and wildlife habitat within these watersheds. (Gulf Coast News 03/16/15)