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Pickwick Lake Watershed - 2006 CSP

Description

Pickwick Lake Watershed counties with streamsThe Pickwick Lake Watershed (HUC Number: 06030005) lies in the Northwest corner of Alabama. The watershed is shared with Mississippi and Tennessee. As its name indicates, the watershed drains into Pickwick Lake, one of several reservoirs on the Tennessee River System. Pickwick Lake is a major recreation lake that has experienced significant impacts related to erosion and nutrients in run-off from agricultural lands.

Pickwick Lake Watershed consists of 1,462,000 acres that flows into the Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River. This lake is used for recreation, navigation, and municipal and industrial water supply. The land use of the watershed includes 325,000 acres of cropland and 240,350 acres of pasture or about 38 percent. Forest, urban and other makes up the rest. Soils range include soils of the Limestone Valleys, Coastal Plains and Uplands and the Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys (128), Sand Mountain (129), Southern Coastal Plains (133) and Highland Rim and Pennyroyal (122) major land resource areas. These are very productive soils, but very susceptible to erosion. In addition to the resource concerns that typically come with highly erodible cropland and pasture operations, this area has a highly concentrated poultry industry producing thousands of tons of poultry litter annually being spread on this pasture and cropland. A significant portion of this watershed is identified on the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s (ADEM) 303d listed streams.

The Pickwick Lake Watershed is located in parts of Hardin, Lawrence and Wayne Counties in Tennessee; Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, and Lawrence Counties in Alabama; and Alcorn, Prentiss, and Tishomingo Counties in Mississippi.

Cover Use Acres 

Cover/Use Acres
(in thousands)
Cropland/cultivated 325
Pasture/grassland 240.4
Forest 838.1
Urban 58.5
Other 623.9
Total 2,085.9


NRCS County Offices in Pickwick Lake Watershed

AlabamaTennessee Mississippi
Colbert - (256) 383-4323 Hardin - (731) 925-3831 Alcorn - (662) 287-7223
Franklin - (256) 332-0274 Lawrence - (931) 762-6913 Prentiss - (662) 728-7985
Lauderdale - (256) 764-5833 Wayne - (931) 762-6913
  (District (931) 722-3553)		 Tishomingo - (662) 423-6272
Lawrence - (256) 974-1174    

Tennessee NRCS CSP Website
Mississippi NRCS CSP Website

Basic CSP eligibility criteria, and how contract payments are made.

Additional maps

Additional Information
 

These documents require Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat documentPasture Condition Score Sheet (55.7 KB) NEW!
Adobe Acrobat documentGuide to Pasture Condition Scoring ( may take a few minutes to load - 8.9 MB) NEW!
 Adobe Acrobat documentAlabama NRCS Desirable Grass Species (98 KB) NEW!
 Adobe Acrobat documentAlabama Self-Assessment Workbook (1-06) (1451 KB)
        To complete the Self-Assessment on-line, go to the National NRCS website
        CSP Self-Assessment (will open in a new window)
Adobe Acrobat documentCSP 2006 Enrollment Categories-Criteria by Land Use and Category (259 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentCSP Workbook (displays type of records needed to document practices)  
Adobe Acrobat documentConservation Security Program Eligibility, Qualification, and Application Steps Fact Sheet (1-06) (192 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentFrequently Asked Questions about the CSP Water Quality Eligibility Tool (31KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentCSP 2006 Water Quality Eligibility Criteria for Grazing Lands (59KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentCSP 2006 Water Quality Eligibility Tool Instructions (71KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentCSP 2006 Water Quality Eligibility Tool Instructions Hard Copy (30KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentPickwick Lake Watershed 2006 CSP Cost List (Enhancements) (78 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentPickwick Lake Watershed 2006 CSP Cost List (New Practices) (30 KB)

CSP Energy Enhancement NEW!

Adobe Acrobat documentEnergy Assessment Worksheet  (37 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentEnergy Audit Guidance (34 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentBaseline Energy Self-Assessment Guidance (34 KB)

CSP Energy Jobsheets

Adobe Acrobat documentEnergy Audits of Agricultural Operations E-01 (37KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentEnergy Enhancement Activities General Information (195KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentEnergy Use Reduction E-07 (44KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentRecycle 100 Percent of On-Farm Lubricants E-02 (36KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentReduced Soil Tillage Intensity and Frequency E-03 (95KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentRenewable Energy Generation E-06 (42KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentRenewable Fuel E-05 (123KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentUse of Manure Legumes and Other Nutrient Sources E-04 (69KB)

Other CSP Jobsheets 

Adobe Acrobat documentGrazing Management (251 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentHabitat Management (232 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentIrrigation Management (128 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentNutrient Management (175 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentPest Management (259 KB)
Adobe Acrobat documentSoil Management  (40 KB)

These documents require Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft ExcelWildife Biodiversity Index (BDI) for CSP in Alabama (105 KB) NEW!
Microsoft ExcelCSP 2006 Irrigation Enhancement Index IWM Assessment Tool (750KB)
Microsoft ExcelCSP 2006 Water Quality Eligibility Tool Version 1.01 (164KB)
Microsoft ExcelCSP 2006 Water Quality Eligibility Tool Version 1.01 Hard Copy (157KB)
Microsoft ExcelPasture Condition Scoresheet - Standard for Southeast Grass/Legume Mixed Pasture (26KB)  


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