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Soil and Water
Conservation
in
Rural West Pottawattamie
County
The Mission of the West Pottawattamie County
Soil and Water Conservation District is:
To provide technical, financial, and
educational assistance to all land users while conserving and improving
natural resources in the District.
SWCD Agenda and Minutes
Cost
Share Policy (long version) – Summary
–(.pdf)
Annual
Work Plan (.pdf)
District Calendar
List of Service
Providers (.pdf)
Service Codes(.pdf)
Add
or update your Service Provider Information
(.pdf)
Incentive
(cost-share) Programs
· Continuous Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP)
· Conservation
Security Program (CSP)
· Environmental Quality Incentives
Program (EQIP)
· Grassland Reserve
(GRP)
· Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP)
· No Interest Loans
· State Cost-Share
· Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
· Wildlife Habitat Incentives
Program (WHIP)
CONTINUOUS
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM (CRP)
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a
voluntary program for agricultural landowners. Through CRP, you can
receive annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish
long-term, resource conserving covers on eligible farmland.
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) makes
annual rental payments based on the agriculture rental value of the land,
and it provides cost-share assistance for up to 50 percent of the
participant’s costs in establishing approved conservation practices.
Participants enroll in CRP contracts for 10 to 15 years.
The program is administered by the CCC through the
Farm Service Agency (FSA), and program support is provided by Natural
Resources Conservation Service, Cooperative State Research and Education
Extension Service, state forestry agencies, and local Soil and Water
Conservation Districts.
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CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM (CSP)
The Conservation Security
Program (CSP) is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical
assistance for the conservation, protection, and improvement of soil,
water, air, energy, plant and animal life, and other conservation purposes
on Tribal and private lands. The CSP will help owners and operators of
agricultural lands maintain conservation stewardship and implement and
maintain additional needed conservation practices. The conservation
benefits gained will keep farms and ranches more sustainable and profitable
and increase the benefits provided to all Americans through improved
natural resources. The program provides payments for producers who
practice good stewardship on their agricultural lands and incentives for
those who want to do more. CSP assistance was authorized in the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Farm Bill) and the program will
be available in fiscal year 2003.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM (EQIP)
Practices approved
for funding include nutrient and pest management, terraces, grade
stabilization structures, waterways, and hay land plantings.
Applicants will
complete a conservation plan and agree to complete practices and
documentation required.
Anyone wanting to
apply for the next round of funding may apply at the NRCS office at the USDA Service
Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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GRASSLAND RESERVE PROGRAM (GRP)
The Grassland Reserve
Program (GRP) is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to
protect, restore, and enhance grasslands on their property. Section 2401 of
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171)
amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize this program. The
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency and Forest
Service are coordinating implementation of GRP, which helps landowners
restore and protect grassland, rangeland, pastureland, shrubland and
certain other lands and provides assistance for rehabilitating grasslands.
The program will conserve vulnerable grasslands from conversion to cropland
or other uses and conserve valuable grasslands by helping maintain viable
ranching operations.
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Resource
Enhancement and protection (REAP)
These funds are
available to landowners for soil and water conservation and enhancement
projects and practices. Project money is directed towards protecting the
state's surface and ground water resources from point and non-point sources
of contamination. Practices money is directed towards reforestation,
woodland protection and enhancement, wildlife habitat preservation and
enhancement, protection of highly erodible soils, and water quality
protection. Soil Conservation Districts designate high priority watersheds
in which REAP funds can be expended. Districts may also designate animal
waste management as a priority.
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No
Interest Loans
Similar in form to
the Cost Share Program, it offers an alternative financial incentive to
landowners who either do not have the financial resources to provide their
share of the required 50:50 cost share, or those who would prefer to extend
their payments over a ten year period without the benefit of cost share.
Fund allocations
are made to soil and water conservation districts; commissioners set
priorities for their use and field office staff assures the technical
quality of practices built. These practices are also subject to maintenance
agreements. Unlike the cost share program, management practices are not
authorized.
Apply at your
Local Soil Conservation District Office.
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STATE
COST SHARE PROGRAM
The Iowa Financial Incentive
Program is administered by the local Soil and Water Conservation District with
policy and administrative assistance of the Iowa Department of Agriculture
and Land Stewardship, Division of Soil Conservation.
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50%
financial incentive of the actual or estimated cost, whichever is less.
Contact the West Pott County Soil and Water Conservation District for their
cost sharing policies and priorities.
Eligible
Permanent Practices:
ü
Terraces
ü
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(Terraces)
ü
Underground
Outlet (tile & intakes)
ü
Grade
Stabilization Structure
ü
Grassed
Waterway
ü Pasture and Hay land Planting
Eligible
Temporary and Tillage Practices
ü
No-Till
ü
Contouring
ü
Contour
Strip-Cropping
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WETLAND RESERVE
PROGRAM (WRP)
This program provides technical
and financial assistance to willing owners of eligible lands to restore,
create, or enhance wetlands through conservation easements and restoration
cost-share agreements to improve migratory birds and wildlife habitat,
improve water quality, and aid in flood control and ground water recharge.
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Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
(WHIP)
WHIP is a voluntary program
that provides cost share to private and public landowners to establish wildlife
habitat. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) works with
participants to develop a wildlife habitat management plan. This plan
becomes the basis for entering into a 5 to 10 year agreement with
landowners to implement the plan. Projects that focus on establishing
habitat for threatened and endangered species or declining species receive
a higher priority. Applications are accepted through a continuous signup
process at the local NRCS office.
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Links to
State and Federal information
·
Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
·
Conservation Security Program (CSP)
·
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
·
Grassland Reserve
·
Resource
Enhancement and Protection (REAP)
·
No Interest Loans
·
State Cost-Share
·
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
·
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)
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