Conservation Security Program

Updated 04/16/2008

CSP is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to promote the conservation and improvement of soil, water, air, energy, plant and animal life, and other conservation purposes on Tribal and private working lands. Working lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pasture, and range land, as well as forested land that is an incidental part of an agriculture operation. The program is available in all 50 States, the Caribbean Area and the Pacific Basin area. The program provides equitable access to benefits to all producers, regardless of size of operation, crops produced, or geographic location.

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) (Pub. L. 107-171) amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the program. CSP is administered by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Watersheds

What is a watershed?
Visit the Environmental Protection Agency's web site at http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/whatis.html

Why a Watershed Approach is being Used

What Watershed are you in?

Internal Revenue Services Ruling on CSP Payments (NEW)

CSP Watershed Information

National CSP Page