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2004 Conservation Security Program (CSP)General Program InformationCSP is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to promote the conservation and improvement of soil, water, air, energy, plant and animal life, and other conservation purposes on Tribal and private working lands. Working lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pasture, and range land, as well as forested land that is an incidental part of an agriculture operation. The program is available in all 50 States, the Caribbean Area and the Pacific Basin area. The program provides equitable access to benefits to all producers, regardless of size of operation, crops produced, or geographic location.
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Land Use | Iowa Acres | Minnesota Acres | Total Acres |
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Cropland | 192,900 | 665,000 | 858,300 |
Pasture | 1,300 | 22,800 | 24,100 |
Forest | 0 | 31,300 | 31,300 |
Developed | 5,600 | 37,400 | 43,000 |
Water | 1,600 | 18,600 | 20,200 |
Other | 8,200 | 28,100 | 36,300 |
Total | 209,600 | 803,600 | 1,013,200 |
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Informational Meeting Schedule
Blue
Earth Watershed Schedule of CSP Producer Meetings (57 KB)
Application Process
CSP
Application Process Flowchart (177 KB)
Payment and Cost Lists
Stewardship
Rates and Payments for Cropland (Irrigated and Non-Irrigated) and Grazing Lands
for FY 2004 Signup (36 KB)
New
Practice Cost List for FY 2004 Signup (51 KB)
Enhancement
Payment List for FY 2004 Signup (92 KB)
DRAFT
Blue Earth Watershed Cost List (41 KB)
Select Enhancement Jobsheets
Air
(71 KB)
Nutrient
Management (159 KB)
Pest
Management (48 KB)
Soil
Quality (60 KB)
Wildlife
(186)
Energy
Audit and Recycling On Farm Lubricants (144 KB)
Renewable
Fuel and Energy Generation (222 KB)
Other
(477 KB)
News Releases
Blue
Earth River Watershed Selected for CSP 5/19/04 (117 KB)
Maps
Map
showing the location of the Blue Earth River Watershed (492 KB)
Map
showing the location of the Blue Earth Watershed with Minnesota Public Land
Survey (726 KB)
Detailed County Maps,
including section and
township reference boundaries
Blue
Earth County, MN (280 KB)
Cottonwood
and Watonwan Counties, MN (150 KB)Emmet
County, IA (200 KB)
Faribault
County, MN (316 KB)
Freeborn
County, MN (194 KB)
Jackson
County, MN (223 KB)
Kossuth
County, IA (192 KB)
Martin
County, MN (376 KB)
Winnebago
County, IA (194 KB)
Fact Sheets
Cropland
Fact Sheet (185 KB)
Pastureland
Fact Sheet (168 KB)
Blue
Earth River Watershed Fact Sheet (53 KB)
Blue Earth Watershed Field Office Talking Points
Blue
Earth River Watershed Field Office Talking Points (28 KB)
Water Quality
Nutrient
Management Information (119 LB_
Water
Quality Requirements (43 KB)
Water
Quality Checklist (47 KB)
National Information
Paul Flynn
State Resource Conservationist
Phone: 651-602-7870
Email: paul.flynn@mn.usda.gov
Robin Martinek
Agronomist
Phone: 651-602-7866
Email: robin.martinek@mn.usda.gov
Dennis Pate
Assistant State Conservationist (Technology)
Phone: 515-284-4769
Email: dennis.pate@ia.usda.gov
Tom O'Connor
Rural Development Forester
Phone: 515-323-2224
Email: tom.oconnor@ia.usda.gov
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