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Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

Continuous Sign-Up for CSP Begins on August 10
Introduction

The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is a voluntary conservation program that encourages producers to address resource concerns in a comprehensive manner by:

• Undertaking additional conservation activities; and
• Improving, maintaining, and managing existing conservation activities

CSP is available on Tribal and private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest land in Michigan. The program provides equitable access to all producers, regardless of operation size, crops produced, or geographic location.

Program Description

Through CSP, financial and technical assistance will be provided to eligible producers to conserve and enhance soil, water, air, and related natural resources on their land. Eligible lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pastureland, rangeland, non-industrial private forest lands, agricultural land under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe, and other private agricultural land on which resource concerns related to agricultural production could be addressed. Participation in the program is voluntary.

CSP encourages land stewards to improve their conservation performance by installing and adopting additional activities, and improving, maintaining, and managing existing activities on agricultural land and non-industrial private forest land. The NRCS will make CSP available nationwide on a continuous application basis.

Michigan will focus program impacts on natural resources that are of specific concern for specific geographic areas within the State. Applications will be evaluated relative to other applications addressing similar priority resource concerns to facilitate a competitive ranking process among applicants within a State who face similar resource challenges.

The entire agricultural operation must be enrolled and must include all agricultural land that will be under the applicant’s control for the term of the proposed contract that is operated substantially separated from other operations.

CSP offers participants two possible types of payments:

1. Annual payment for installing and adopting additional activities, and improving, maintaining, and managing existing activities

2. Supplemental payment for adoption of resource-conserving crop rotations

 

Michigan CSP Resource Concerns

Cropland Non-Industrial Forest Land
Animals Animals
Air Quality Air Quality
Plants Plants
Soil Erosion Soil Erosion
Water Quality Water Quality

 

Related Web Pages

NRCS National CSP Website

National Enhancement Activity Jobs Sheets 2009

Michigan Supplemental Enhancement Activity Job Sheets 2009

CSP Sign-Up News Release
 

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CSP Interim Final Rule Submit comments on or before Oct. 28, 2009

2009 Conservation Stewardship Program Information Sheets
Conservation Stewardship Program Fact Sheet

2009 Conservation Stewardship Self-Screening Checklist
2009 Conservation Stewardship Program Activity List
2009 Conservation Stewardship Michigan Ranking Pool Regions Map
2009 Conservation Stewardship Michigan Ranking Pool Regions Text Version

The Organic Crosswalk
CSP Contribution to Organic Transitioning Fact Sheet

Sample Financial & Record Keeping Forms              
Financial & Legal Forms
Control of Land Certification
Power of Attorney (FSA form)
Direct Deposit Sign-up Form
Record Keeping Forms
Nutrient Management
Pest Management
Livestock Waste Management
Pasture Management Spreadsheet

 

Michigan Conservation Security Program Watersheds

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Designated CSP Watersheds in Michigan 2004-2008
Designated Michigan CSP Watersheds for 2008

Contact

Kim Wieber, CSP Coordinator
Phone:  517-324-5276
E-mail:  kim.wieber@mi.usda.gov

Last Modified 10/29/2009