Fiscal Year 2006 CSP Watershed (Mud)

The Mud Watershed 8-Digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) sub-basin is 418,300 acres in Northeast South Dakota.  The watershed is located in the counties of Marshall, Brown, Day, and Spink.

The sub-basin is over 95 percent privately owned.  The dominant land use is cropland consisting of over 332,900 acres or 80 percent of the watershed.  Cropland is primarily used to produce corn, soybeans, wheat, barley, and sunflowers.  Alfalfa and grass hay are also produced on cropland.  Other dominant land uses include pastureland at four percent and rangeland, six percent. 

 Conservation assistance is provided by four NRCS service centers and Conservation Districts.

CSP Sign-up and Application Process

Sign-up Notice (1.82 MB)
The CSP sign-up will be conducted in the Mud watershed for a six week period beginning February 13 until March 31, 2006.

The sign-up process is different than previous USDA conservation programs.  Participants are required to conduct a self-assessment to determine on their own whether or not they are likely eligible for the program.

South Dakota CSP Fact Sheet (214 KB)

Before taking the self-assessment, NRCS recommends producers read the South Dakota Fact Sheet.  This fact sheet is designed to help you to determine if you may be eligible for participation in the CSP.  If the answers are "yes" to the questions that apply to the land to be enrolled, then the producer would potentially be eligible to participate in the CSP.

Self Assessment

To complete the Self-Assessment on-line, go to CSP Self-Assessment.

The Self-Assessment also is available for download.

The following document requires Adobe Acrobat.

Self-Assessment Workbook, (complete workbook, all pages) (941 KB)

Public Information Meetings

Mud Watershed Meetings

South Dakota CSP Cost Lists

New Practice Cost List (16 KB)
New Enhancement List (16 KB)

CSP Existing Practice Component for South Dakota
The existing Practice Payment is = to 25% of the Stewardship Payment

Example:  If a contract's annual Stewardship Payment is $1,000, the contract will have an existing Practice Payment of $250.

Mud Watershed Stewardship Rates

Producer Conservation Records

The following information will need to be completed by applicants of the Conservation Security Program.

CSP Cropland Documentation (255 KB)

Record of Livestock Grazing (86 KB)

Producer Certifications

Applicants to the Conservation Security Program will certify their conservation activities for at least the past two crop years.  Certifying these activities will occur during an interview with an NRCS representative.

CSP Control of Land Certification (28 KB)

Ag Operation Delineation (299 KB)

Benchmark Cropland Documentation Certification (55 KB)

Benchmark Inventory and Records Cropland Water Quality Certification (81 KB)

Grazinglands Feed and Forage Certification (27.5 KB)

Grazinglands Water Quality Certification (58 KB)

Benchmark Inventory and Records Irrigation Certification (127 KB)

Application Certification Offer (49 KB)

Addendum to the CSP Self Assessment Workbook (30 KB)

CSP Tools

The following tools will be utilized by NRCS staff to determine level of conservation being applied by an applicant.  NRCS staff will assist the applicant in completing the appropriate tools during the interview.

Irrigation Tool (732 KB)

Water Quality Eligibility Tool Instructions (hard copy) (29 KB)

Water Quality Eligibility Tool (hard copy) (153 KB)

Water Quality Eligibility Tool Instructions (electronic version) (69.5 KB)

Water Quality Eligibility Tool (electronic version)  (160 KB)

Enhancement Job Sheets

The following lists of enhancements are available to producers in the 2006 sign-up.  Applicants will need to differentiate to NRCS staff, during the interview, the enhancement activities already in place on their Ag Operation and the new activities they wish to undertake in the future years.

Air Quality
COMET-VR (265 KB)
Energy
Energy Enhancement Activities General Information (190 KB)
Energy Audits of Agriculture Operations (E-01) (35.7 KB)
Recycle 100 Percent of On-Farm Lubricants (E-02) (34.9  KB)
Reduced Soil Tillage Intensity and Frequency (E-03) (92.6 KB)
Use of Manure, Legumes, and Other Nutrient Sources (E-04) (74.2 KB)
Renewable Fuel (E-05) (120 KB)
Renewable Energy Generation (E-06) (40.9 KB)
Energy Use Reduction (5%, 10%, & 20%) (E-07) (43.2 KB)
Energy Worksheets
Baseline Assessment Worksheet (117 KB)
Energy Assessment Guidance (75 KB)
Energy Audit Worksheet (76 KB)
Grazing Management
Improved Livestock/Forage Balance Through Forage Quality Monitoring with Decision Support Tools (Job Sheet G-1) (307 KB)
Monitoring Sites for Decision Making (Job Sheet G-2) (1.14 MB)
Management of Legumes in Pasture Land (Job Sheet G-3) (304 KB)
Riparian Area Management (Job Sheet G-4) (320 KB)
Warm Season Grass Pasture Management (Job Sheet G-5) (322 KB)
Rotate Feeding and/or Supplementation Areas (Job Sheet G-6) (297 KB)
Rotational Grazing Management (Job Sheet G-7)  (311 KB)
Habitat Management
Large Blocks of Habitat (Job Sheet H-1) (300 KB)
Delayed Rotational Haying (Job Sheet H-2) (303 KB)
Winter Cereal Grains (Job Sheet H-3) (303 KB)
Manage Restored Wetlands and Buffer Area for Wildlife Habitat (Job Sheet H-4) (301 KB)
Riparian Area Management for Wildlife (Job Sheet H-5) (305 KB)
Managed Grazing for Wildlife (Job Sheet H-10) (304 KB)
Nutrient Management
Split Nitrogen Application (Job Sheet N-1) (324 KB)
Root Zone Application (Job Sheet N-2) (315 KB)
Precision Ag Technology (Job Sheet N-3) (325 KB)
Proper Utilization of Manure (Job Sheet N-6) (313 KB)
Pest Management
Precision Targeting/Application (Job Sheet P-1) (339 KB)
Reduced Risk Pest Management (Job Sheet P-2) (340 KB)
                Brown County (1.2 MB)
                Day County (1.42 MB)
                Marshall County (1.36 MB)
                Spink County (1.26 MB)

IPM (Job Sheet P-3) (305 KB)
Using Non-Chemical Methods to Control Undesirable Plants and Pests (Job Sheet P-4) (313 KB)
Noxious Weed Control - Spot Treatment (Job Sheet P-5) (314 KB)
Reducing Pesticide Spray Overlap (31 KB)
Soil Management
Soil Conditioning Index (293 KB)
Soil Compaction Control (52 KB)
Irrigation Management
Irrigation Enhancement Index (294 KB)

County Contacts

2005 CSP Stewardship Success Stories

Simonson Farm (193 KB)
Hexad Farms (212 KB)

Program Contacts for South Dakota

Rod Voss
Conservation Security Program Coordinator
Phone:  605-352-1200
Email:  rodney.voss@sd.usda.gov

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