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CSP Preliminary Checklist

Are you eligible for the 2006 Conservation Security Program?

If you currently own/operate land in the Pickwick Lake Watershed, you could be eligible for the 2006 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. If you apply pesticides, do you use a schedule or a Pest Management Plan to conduct pest control activities on your cropland?
  2. If you apply fertilizers, do you use a schedule or a Nutrient Management Plan to apply fertilizers, animal manure, or agricultural by-products?
  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.

For more CSP information, check these websites:

http://www.al.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/csp06/index.html
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/csp/

Note: Portions of your farm or operation currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, Grassland Reserve Program, or Wetland Reserve Programs are not eligible acres for CSP.

Alabama NRCS Offices in Pickwick Lake Watershed

Alabama Tennessee Mississippi
Colbert County
Phone: (256) 383-4323		 Hardin
Phone: (931) 961-2521		 Alcorn
Phone: (662) 287-7223
 
Franklin County
Phone: (256) 332-0274		 Lawrence
Phone: (931) 762-6913		 Prentiss
Phone: (662) 728-9003
Lauderdale County
Phone: (256) 764-5833		 Wayne
Phone: (931) 762-6913		 Tishomingo
Phone: (662) 728-9003
Lawrence County
Phone: (265) 974-1174		    

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