Need help with ACAP project planning or design?
The Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training (CACAT) is here to support you!
Whether you need assistance with site planning, surveying, cost estimation, or designing conservation BMPs, our team is ready to help. We can guide you through early planning steps, conduct basic surveys, prepare ACAP Project Proposals, and more.
For more complex engineering needs, or when our internal capacity is limited, the EARP offers limited funding for contracted engineering services.
Our goal is simple: to help move your project forward by connecting you with the right resources, whether that’s our internal team, a conservation partner, or a qualified private sector provider.
What the Program Offers
ACAP Site Visit
Support for project planning when current documentation is limited or outdated.
ACAP Project Proposal
Detailed proposals for projects with current conservation plans that lack sufficient data for budgeting or contracting. These are comparable to NRCS Inventory and Evaluation (I&E) reports.
Conservation Practice Design
Provide design services for contracted ACAP projects, with conservation district staff involvement as hands-on training.
Other Services
- Planning document review
- Project design and contract bid document review and recommendations
- Basic surveying
- Practice checkout documentation
Contractual Services
On a limited, rolling basis
- ACAP Project Plans
- Conservation practice designs
- Bid and contract document preparation
- Construction oversight and checkout documentation
How to Enroll or Submit a Project?
To help us best assist you, please complete the short project survey linked below.
If you have multiple projects, submit one survey per project.
Have questions? See this recorded webinar discussing EARP.
We look forward to supporting your conservation work!
