Beaver Watershed
Beaver Watershed Wyoming
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Beaver Watershed Wyoming |
The total estimated area in the
watershed is 1,064,194 acres. Seventy percent of this watershed is located in
Weston County, Wyoming; 29% is located in Custer and Fall River Counties in
South Dakota. The watershed also extends into small portions of Crook and
Niobrara counties in Wyoming and Pennington County, South Dakota
The land uses in this watershed consist of rangeland, forest, and hayland/pastureland. The watershed includes the
Black Hills and foot slopes and the Northern High Plains.
There are approximately 110 farms and ranches in the watershed. Primary crops include winter wheat, spring
grains, corn, beans, beets, and alfalfa hay. Rangeland covers 420,786 acres of the watershed. Ranches are
mostly cow/calf and some yearling operations.
Land Cover/Use
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Land Use |
Wyoming Acres |
South Dakota Acres |
Total Acres |
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Rangeland |
525,156 | 74,980 | 600,136 |
| Forestland | 172,752 | 226,453 | 406,388 |
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Irrigated
Crop & Hayland |
33,881 | 33,881 | |
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Non Irrigated Cropland |
20,163 |
6865 |
20,163 |
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Other |
3626 |
318 |
3626 |
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Total |
755,578 |
308,616 |
1,064,194 |
For General and Application
Information,
visit
our CSP home page.
These documents require Adobe Reader.
Beaver
Fact Sheet (PDF, 115 KB)
Beaver
Watershed Resource Data Sheet (PDF, 962 KB)
Beaver
CSP Payment Rates (PDF, 48 KB
)
Applicants must address water quality and soil quality concerns as program eligibility criteria and enrollment will be targeted to those demonstrating the highest levels of stewardship. CPS payment limitations will be based on three "tiers" that represent increasing levels of resource treatment. Payments rise with increased levels of treatment.
CSP contract payments include the following components:
1. An annual component for the existing base level of conservation
treatment. (All contracts will have stewardship payments.)
2. An annual payment for maintaining existing
conservation practices. It will be calculated to equal 25% of the
contract's annual Stewardship Payment. (All contracts will have an
existing practice component.)
3. An enhancement component for exceptional conservation effort and
additional activities that provide increased resource benefits beyond the
prescribed level. (Most contracts will have an enhancement component.)
Enhancement Activity Worksheets
Keith Culver
District Conservationist, Newcastle, WY
Phone: 307 746-3264
Email: keith.culver@wy.usda.gov
Mike Stirling
Rangeland Management Specialist
Phone: 605 343-1643 ext. 129
Email: michael.stirling@wy.usda.gov