The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is again extending the application period for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) in several Nebraska counties impacted by March wildfires. The ECP application period opened in late April. The deadline to apply for assistance is now Monday, Oct. 26, 2026.
ECP is available to address wildfire damage in the following counties:
• Morrill Fire: Arthur, Garden, Grant, Keith, Morrill
• Cottonwood Fire: Dawson, Lincoln
• Road 203 Fire: Blaine, Thomas
• Anderson Bridge Fire: Cherry, Ashby and Minor Fires: Grant, Garden ECP provides cost-share and technical assistance to producers to restore farm and ranch land to pre-disaster conditions following a qualifying natural disaster event.
“Our FSA County office staff continue to work wit…