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

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)

Grazinglands Feed and Forage Certification (27.5 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)