National Water Quality Initiative - Medford
National Water Quality Initiative - Medford
County: Jackson
Resource Concern: Water Quality Degradation – Sediment in Surface Waters, Nutrients in Surface or Ground Waters
Project Description
This project will promote the improvement of water quality in the Reese Creek, Lower Little Butte Creek, and Indian Creek watersheds by providing technical and financial assistance for the implementation of conservation practices with eligible private agricultural producers. The goal is to implement conservation practices to reduce sediment, temperature, and bacteria from reaching important drinking water sources.
Conservation Practices
- Forage and Biomass Planting (512)
- Heavy Use Area Protection (561)
- Prescribed Grazing (528)
- Fence (382)
- Livestock Pipeline (615)
- Livestock Watering Facility (614)
- Conservation Cover (327)
- Irrigation System, Microirrigation (441)
- Irrigation Pipeline (430)
- Pumping Plant (533)
- Cover Crop (340)
- Sprinkler System (442)
- Residue and Tillage Management, No Till (329)
- Brush Management (314)
- Herbaceous Weed (315)
- Riparian Forest Buffer (391)
Project Partners
- Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District
- NRCS Oregon
- Private landowners
Application Questions
NRCS uses prioritization questions to evaluate applications for this initiative. See the list of workload prioritization questions on the Oregon EQIP page. Ranking questions below will also apply.
Ranking Questions
- Does 50% or more of the PLU intersect a critical source water Rogue NWQI watershed
- In which Rogue NWQI identified watershed(s) does the project occur?
- What is the highest stream order (as defined by Jackson County GIS data) of all streams within the PLU that planned Conservations Practices would improve?
- Does any stream impacted by the project have an Essential Salmonid Habitat (ESH) status (as defined by Oregon Dept. of State Lands)?
- Will the following Irrigation Improvement practices be contracted within the PLU on Flood Irrigated Land?
- Will the following riparian forest management practices be contracted within the riparian area (50 ft of stream centerline?) within the PLU?
- Will the following grazing management practices be contracted within the PLU on over 50% of irrigated pasture land?
- Is the applicant representative of an Historically Underserved (HU) community, including beginning farmers/ranchers, socially disadvantaged community members, veterans, or residents with limited resources?
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