2008 Conservation Security Program
Upper White-Village Watershed Selected for 2008 Conservation
Security Program
Sign-Up Period Extended to May 30, 2008
Agriculture Secretary Ed
Schafer announced a sign-up for the Conservation Security Program (CSP) will be
available starting on April 18 to approximately 698 potentially eligible farms
covering more than 348,750 acres in the Upper White-Village Watershed in
Arkansas. The watershed includes portions of Greene, Independence, Jackson,
Lawrence, Randolph, White and Woodruff counties.
Nationwide, there are 64,000
potentially eligible farms and ranches in 51 watersheds covering more than 23.7
million acres. The CSP sign-up is open in the 51 watersheds until May 30, 2008.
CSP is a voluntary conservation
program that supports ongoing stewardship of private, agricultural working lands
and rewards those producers who are meeting the highest standards of
conservation and environmental management on their operations.
To apply for CSP, NRCS asks
potential participants to complete a CSP self-assessment workbook—available on
the Web or from local NRCS offices—to find out if their operation meets the
requirements of the program and qualifies for program participation. The
self-assessment process is completed using a self-screening questionnaire for
each land use to be enrolled. When this process is completed, the producer
submits the CSP workbook to the local NRCS office during the sign-up period and
meets with NRCS personnel to go over any additional needed documentation. NRCS
will then determine if eligibility requirements are met and provide options for
the producer’s decision on enrollment category placement.
The Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171, May 13, 2002) (the Act)
amended the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801
et seq.)
to authorize the Conservation Security Program (CSP). The program is
administered by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
The CSP is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical
assistance to producers who advance the conservation and improvement of
soil, water, air, energy, plant and animal life, and other conservation
purposes on Tribal and private working lands. Such lands include
cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pasture, and range land, as
well as forested land and other non-cropped areas that are an incidental
part of the agriculture operation.
State CSP Press Releases
Watershed Information
Application Sign-up Information
The complete Self-Assessment Workbook is available for on-line use
and for download on the National NRCS home page at
www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/csp.
2008 CSP National Enhancements
Additional Information
Archived Information
Contact
Arkansas CSP Program Manager
Assistant State Conservationist for Programs
Phone: (501) 301-3122
Last Modified:
05/13/2008 < Back to Programs | 
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