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Emergency Conservation Program

Program Information

Popular name

ECP

Program Number

10.054

Program objective

To enable farmers to perform emergency conservation measures to control wind erosion on farmlands, to rehabilitate farmlands damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters and to carry out emergency water conservation or water enhancing measures during periods of severe drought.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2024

    ECP allocated a total of $232 million in unrestricted funds and $30.8 million in Stafford funding, amounting to a total of $200.6 million. These allocations include the reallocation of unused funds from previous disaster events to assist producers facing new natural disasters. The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) engaged 41 states and 3 territories, continuing activities from the prior year with approximately $132 million disbursed for cost-share.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Program regulations published in the Federal Register at 7 CFR, Part 701. Program is announced through the news media in the county area designated as a disaster area.

Program details

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer
  • Individual/Family
  • Land/Property Owner
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)

Additional resources