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Colorado Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

FY 2010 - Ranking Period #2

Highlights and Announcements

The cut-off date for applications to be considered in Ranking Period #2 is June 25, 2010.

The documents below require Adobe Acrobat Reader:

New CSP Fact Sheet (PDF, 44KB, 08/07/2009)
CSP Final Rule (PDF, 307KB, 06/03/2010)

CSP Self-Screening Checklist, Application and Other Information

The documents below require Adobe Acrobat Reader or Microsoft Word:

Conservation Stewardship Self-Screening Checklist (PDF, 98KB)
Conservation Program Application, NRCS-CPA-1200 (PDF, 41KB)
Resource Conserving Crops:
   National Activity Sheet (PDF, 182KB)
   Colorado Supplement (Word, 603KB)
Estimated Payment Ranges (PDF,33KB)
CSP's Contribution to Organic Transitioning - "The Organic Crosswalk" (PDF, 48KB)

Colorado Ranking Pools

CSP-eligible lands Ranking Pool(s)
   
Working agricultural lands  
  - General Signup Ten (see map)
  - Beginning Farmer/Rancher One (entire state)
  - Socially Disadvantaged Producer One (entire state)
   
Non-industrial private forestland  
  - General Signup One (entire state)
  - Beginning Farmer/Rancher One (entire state)
  - Socially Disadvantaged Producer One (entire state)

 

Colorado's "Priority Resource Concerns"

Working Agricultural Lands:
 		 Non-Industrial Private Forestland:
 
- Soil Erosion - Soil Erosion
- Water Quality - Water Quality
- Water Quantity - Plants
- Plants - Animals
- Animals

Enhancement Activity Job Sheets

"Enhancement" means a type of conservation activity used to treat natural resources and improve conservation performance. Enhancements are installed at a level of management intensity that exceeds the sustainable level for a given resource concern, and those directly related to a practice standard are applied in a manner that exceeds the minimum treatment requirements of the standard. 

CSP Enhancement Activity Job Sheets

Changes pending. Stay tuned.

For more information, contact:

Gary Finstad
CSP Coordinator
Denver Federal Center
Building 56, Room 2604
PO Box 25426
Denver, CO 80225-0426
Ph: 720-544-2820

Dawn Jackson
Assistant State Conservationist - Programs
Denver Federal Center
Building 56, Room 2604
PO Box 25426
Denver, CO 80225-0426
Ph: 720-544-2805

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Last Modified: 12/14/2010