Skip to main content

Water Quantity and Soil Health Improvements on Agricultural Lands

Gales Creek/Scoggins Creek/Upper Tualatin River Water Quantity and Soil Health Improvements on Agricultural Lands

County: Washington

Primary Resource Concern Addressed:

  • Source water depletion - Inefficient irrigation water use
  • Soil quality limitations - Organic matter depletion

Project Description
This conservation implementation strategy proposes to use a unique and successful local partnership, developed through over twenty-five years of collaboration, to improve surface water quality by addressing water quantity and soil erosion problems in the Gales Creek/Scoggins Creek/Upper Tualatin River watersheds in Washington County.

Conservation Practices Offered

  • Soil Health Management Plan (116)
  • Soil Health Management and Design Implementation Activity (162)
  • Irrigation Water Management (449)
  • Irrigation System, Microirrigation (441)
  • Sprinkler System (442)
  • Irrigation Pipeline (430)
  • Pumping Plant (533)
  • Structure for Water Control (587)
  • Conservation Cover (327)
  • Cover Crop (340)

Project Partners

  • Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District
  • Farm Service Agency, Clean Water Services
  • Joint Water Commission
  • Tualatin Valley Irrigation District
  • Oregon State University
  • Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
  • Oregon Department of Agriculture
  • Tualatin River Watershed Council

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

  1. Is this application for a Soil Health Management Plan to be written by a TSP? If yes, will receive full points, all other questions should be answered no.
  2. Will the contract include an irrigation system, Irrigation Water Management (449) and Cover Crop (340) or Conservation Cover (327) to improve soil health?
  3. Did the applicant provide a draft engineering design for any pumps, pipelines, micro-irrigation, center pivot, or linear-move systems to be funded by NRCS? Points are provided only if draft designs are provided prior to the sign-up deadline.
  4. Will the project include a level of Irrigation Water Management(449) that includes soil moisture monitoring technology or daily evapotranspiration predictions?
  5. Will the Conservation Cover (327) and Cover Crop(340) practice(s) include at least three species?
  6. If the project includes irrigation practices and water is being pumped from a fish-bearing stream, is there a fish screen in place that meets Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife standards, or does the contract include an approved fish screen?