The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) encourages agricultural and forestry producers to maintain existing conservation activities and adopt additional ones on their operations.

CSP is a new voluntary conservation program that provides financial and technical assistance to conserve and enhance soil, water, air, and related natural resources on their land. CSP provides opportunities to deliver valuable new conservation

Eligible Enhancement Practices:

* Dust Control on Unpaved Roads
* Wildlife Corridors
* Recycling Farm Lubricants
* Establish Pollinator Habitat
* Continuous No-Till with High Residue
* Continuous Cover Crops
* Evaluate Irrigation Pumping Plant
* Grazing Management
* AND MORE

There are over 60 eligible enhancements available through CSP.

Please contact our office at          (320) 968-5300 Ext. 3 for a complete list of eligible enhancements and about completing an application.
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - NEW

The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is a continuous sign-up with specific ranking periods.


  
To Apply:

To apply for CSP, potential participants will use a self-screening checklist first to determine whether the new program is suitable for them or their operation.

After completing the self-screening checklist, the producer's current and proposed conservation practices are entered into the conservation measurement tool (CMT). This tool estimates the level of environmental performance to be achieved by a producer implementing and maintaining conservation activity.

The conservation performance estimated by the CMT will be used to rank applications. States will determine their own priority resource concerns, which is one of the criteria used to rank applications to be chosen for funding.
  
Are you interested in applying?

If so, please complete the self-screening checklist below. Once this is complete, please contact the Benton SWCD and NRCS office to set up an appointment to complete an application and begin the ranking process.

CSP Self-Screening Checklist

For more information, please contact our office at (320) 968-5300 Ext. 3