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Conservation Programs

 

State Funded Cost-Share Programs

Water Resources Cost-Share Programs  provides state financial assistance to landowners for the establishment of enduring water conservation practices to protect and improve the quality and quantity of Kansas water resources. The district will cost-share at a rate of 70% of landowner's actual cost or 70% of the county average cost (whichever is lower) up to $3,500. The annul landowner limit is $3,500.00.

  • Windbreaks: a shelter to defuse winds away from livestock or to eliminate wind erosion.

  • Pipeline for center pivot Irrigation: a pipeline and components installed in an irrigation system to accommodate the installation of a sprinkler irrigation system.

  • Pipeline for livestock supply: a pipeline installed for conveying water for livestock.

  • Water well: a waterwell for the purpose of watering livestock.

Non-Point Source Cost-Share Programs provides state financial assistance for non-point source pollution control practices for the protection or restoration of surface and groundwater quality. The annual landowner limit is $3,000.

  • Abandon Waterwell plugging of priority abandoned drilled and hand dug water wells through the process of disinfection, filling of water bearing zone and non-water bearing zone and capping the well with an approved grout material. The district will cost-share 70% of landowners actual cost or 70% of the county average cost of $5.00 per foot (whichever is lower), up to $1,000.00 per well. Click "Here" for more information on the approved plugging of waterwells.
     

  • Abandon OnSite Wastewater System plugging: The district will cost-share 70% of landowners actual cost or 70% of the county average cost of $715.00 per plugging (whichever is lower), up to $500.00 per plugging. Click "Here" for more information on the approved plugging of Cisterns, Cesspools, Septic Tanks, and other holes.
     

  • Installation of an OnSite Wastewater System to replace a failed OnSite Wastewater system, the district will cost-share 70% of landowners actual cost or 70% of the county average cost of $5,000.00 per system (whichever is lower), up to $2,500.00. Click "Here" for more information on approved installation of onsite wastewater systems.

 

"Funding provided by the State Conservation Commission through appropriation from the Kansas Water Plan Fund."

"All programs are voluntary and ranked according to the Haskell County Conservation District
ranking worksheet and/or the Kansas State Conservation Commission evaluation worksheet."

Federal Funded Cost-Share Programs

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provides technical and financial assistance to eligible farmers and ranchers to address soil, water, and related natural resource concerns on their lands in an environmentally beneficial and cost-effective manner. The program provides assistance to farmers and ranchers in complying with Federal, State, and tribal environmental laws, and encourages environmental enhancement. The program is funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). CRP is administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), with NRCS providing technical land eligibility determinations, conservation planning and practice implementation

Conservation Security Program (CSP) 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.

Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) Program provides technical assistance supported by science-based technology and tools to help people conserve, maintain, and improve their natural resources. The CTA Program provides the technical capability, including direct conservation planning, design, and implementation assistance, that helps people plan and apply conservation on the land.  This assistance is provided to individuals, groups, and communities who make natural resource management decisions on private, tribal, and other non-federal lands. NRCS, through the CTA Program, provides conservation technical assistance that addresses natural resource conservation issues at the local level that are of state and national concern.

Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) is to undertake emergency measures, including the purchase of flood plain easements, for runoff retardation and soil erosion prevention to safeguard lives and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion on any watershed whenever fire, flood or any other natural occurrence is causing or has caused a sudden impairment of the watershed.

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) was reauthorized in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Farm Bill) to provide a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible national goals. EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land.

Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) provides matching funds to help purchase development rights to keep productive farm and ranchland in agricultural uses. Working through existing programs, USDA partners with State, tribal, or local governments and non-governmental organizations to acquire conservation easements or other interests in land from landowners. USDA provides up to 50 percent of the fair market easement value of the conservation easement.

Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance grasslands on their property. Section 2401 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171) amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize this program. The Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency and Forest Service are coordinating implementation of GRP, which helps landowners restore and protect grassland, rangeland, pastureland, shrubland and certain other lands and provides assistance for rehabilitating grasslands. The program will conserve vulnerable grasslands from conversion to cropland or other uses and conserve valuable grasslands by helping maintain viable ranching operations.

The National Cooperative Soil Survey Program (NCSS) is a partnership led by NRCS of Federal land management agencies, state agricultural experiment stations and state and local units of government that provide soil survey information necessary for understanding, managing, conserving and sustaining the nation's limited soil resources.

Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial support to help landowners with their wetland restoration efforts. The NRCS goal is to achieve the greatest wetland functions and values, along with optimum wildlife habitat, on every acre enrolled in the program. This program offers landowners an opportunity to establish long-term conservation and wildlife practices and protection through a permanent easement, 30 year easement, or a restoration agreement. Easement Payment is determined by a market appraisal, geographic area rate, or landowner offer, whichever is less.

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) is a voluntary program for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat primarily on private land. Through WHIP USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service provides both technical assistance and up to 75 percent cost-share assistance to establish and improve fish and wildlife habitat. WHIP agreements between NRCS and the participant generally last from 5 to 10 years from the date the agreement is signed.

Special Dates

  • On-Going: Farm Storage Facility Loans

  • On-Going: Direct and Guaranteed Operating Loans and Farm Ownership Loans, SDA and Beginning Farmer Down Payment Loans, Youth Loans

  • On-Going: Continuous CRP, CRP Wetlands Initiative

  • August 1: Deadline for nominations for County Committee Elections. Nomination forms are available at the FSA office on "Here" for online forms.

  • August 14: Deadline for DCP & ACRE Sign-up

  • August 14: Deadline for acreage certification

  • September 1: NAP deadline - Barley, canola, rye, triticale, and wheat.

  • December 22, 2008 to September 31, 2012: Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program sign-up

Disclaimer

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer."