State Technical Committee

Roles and Responsibilities

The State Technical Committee (STC) provides information, analysis and recommendations on a wide variety of policy issues to NRCS. Although State Technical Committees have no implementation or enforcement authority, USDA gives strong consideration to the Committee's recommendations.

The State Technical Committee will provide recommendations for the following programs and initiatives, as needed and where applicable:

• Agricultural Water Enhancement Program
• Conservation Innovation Grants
• Conservation Reserve Program
• Conservation Stewardship Program
• Conservation of Private Grazing Land
• Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative
• Environmental Quality Incentives Program
• Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
• Grassland Reserve Program
• Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
• Highly Erodible Lands Conservation Compliance
• Technical Service Providers
• Wetlands Conservation Compliance
• Wetlands Reserve Program
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program

Example Recommendations

The following include example recommendations that the State Technical Committee could be asked to provide:

• priority natural resource concerns in the State
• appropriate mix of conservation programs and practices to address natural resource concerns, including coordination with relevant State programs
• criteria to be used in ranking program applications
• conservation practice standards
• cost share rates as applied in payment schedules

More Information

For more information about the STC and their role, contact Vicky Drew at (802) 951-6796 ext. 242