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Wheeler Lake Watershed CSP Preliminary Checklist

Are you eligible for the 2005 Conservation Security Program?

If you currently own/operate land in the Wheeler Lake Watershed, you could be eligible for 2005 CSP. Eligibility hinges on treating soil and water quality to specific levels. It is likely you could be eligible to participate if you can answer “yes” to the following questions.

  1. Do you share in the risk of producing crops or livestock on this operation? (Landowners that only use the CASH RENT option are not eligible for this program; however, the operator could still be eligible.)
  2. Is your land in compliance with the highly erodible land and wetland conservation provisions of the 1985 Farm Bill?
  3. If you are a renter, could you show in writing that you will have control of the land for the length of the contract (5–10 year contracts)?
 For at least a portion of land that is cropped:
  1. Have you been using a no-till system with crop rotation for a minimum of the past two years?
  2. Are all areas of concentrated water flow stabilized with grassed waterways or terraces are present which have eliminated the need for grassed waterways?
For at least a portion of land that is currently pastured:
  1. Are you following a rotational grazing management plan?
  2. Do you manage the access of livestock to water?
  3. Are your pasture fields free of actively eroding areas?
For all land to be enrolled in CSP:
  1. Have you assessed the environmental risks of pesticide use and addressed any risks with
    appropriate measures?
  2. Are you following a nutrient management plan and applying nutrients according to fertilizer recommendations of a university lab, or equivalent, using soil test results from a sample taken within the last three years?
  3. Do you have records, going back at least two years, that document and support the answers provided above?

If you have answered yes to all of these questions, you may wish to consider attending a CSP workshop to find out what opportunities you may have in CSP.

Note: Land currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, Wetlands Reserve Program or Grassland Reserve Program are not eligible acres for CSP.

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