Conservation Planning

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Conservation Planning

• By Steve Vlieger
• NRCS

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CONSERVATION PLANNING

• Voluntary
• Site Specific
• Comprehensive

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PLANNING PROCESS

• 1. Identify Problem

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PLANNING PROCESS (contd)

• 2. Determine Objectives

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PLANNING PROCESS (contd)

• 3. Inventory Resources

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PLANNING PROCESS (contd)

• 4. Analyze Resource Data

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PLANNING PROCESS (contd)

• 5. Formulate Alternatives

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PLANNING PROCESS (contd)

• 6. Evaluate Alternatives

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PLANNING PROCESS (contd)

• 7. Decision

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PLANNING PROCESS (contd)

• 8. Implement Plan

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PLANNING PROCESS (Contd)

• 9. Evaluate Plan

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FUNDING SOURCES

• Federal
• State
• Local

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Federal

• NRCS
• EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentive
• Program
• WHIP Wildlife Habitat Incentive
• Program
• WRP Wetland Reserve Program
• GRP Grassland Reserve Program
• CSP Conservation Reserve Program

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FEDERAL contd

• FSA
• CRP Conservation Reserve Program
• General ranking process
• large acreages
• Continuous practice specific
• generally smaller
  acreages
• automatically accepted
• ECP Emergency Conservation Program

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FEDERAL contd

• USFWS
• Easement Program
• Cost Share Assistance wetland
  restoration creation and development of
  nesting habitat

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STATE

• Game Fish and Parks
• - Assistance for tree planting, grass seeding,
  wetland restoration creation
• DENR
• - Water quality programs neberally administered
  by a local conservation district

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LOCAL

• -Pheasant Country Ltd
• - Pheasants Forever
• - Water Development District
• - City or County
• - Ducks Unlimited
• - Other

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WATER DEVELOPMENT

• Well
• Dugout and Dams
• Spring Developments
• Pipelines
• Tanks
• Rural Water

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GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

• Grass seeding
• Fencing
• Grazing Rotation

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CROPLAND

• Grass Waterway
• Windbreaks

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WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• Is a Permit Required?
• 1. More than 1000 AUs
• 2. Violation
• 3. County Ordinance

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What do I need for a Permit

• 1. Engineering Plan
• Nutrient Management Plan
• - Soil Test
• - Lease Agreement