Applicability

Did the applicant submit an application for CSP Agland?

1. YES – Points:  0
2. NO – Points:  0

Category 

1. Please select any applicable category. Follow guidance in the hover text:
   1. HU Designation (Beginning Farmer or Rancher) – Points:  0
   2. HU Designation (Socially Disadvantaged Farmer or Rancher) – Points:  0
   3. Regenerative Pilot Program (RPP) – Points:  0
   4. Organic/ Transition to Organic – Points:  0
   5. Eastern LWG  – Points:  0
   6. Northern LWG  – Points:  0
   7. Southern LWG  – Points:  0
   8. Reserved  – Points:  0
   9. Reserved  – Points:  0
   10. Reserved  – Points:  0

Program Questions

1. Does the producer have active CSP contract(s) but chooses not to include the newly acquired/newly eligible land?  NOTE: If the contract is IRA funded, the answer will be “No.”
   1. YES — Points: -200
   2. NO — Points: 0
2. Does the applicant meet the NRCS definition of a veteran farmer or rancher (VFR)*?
   1. YES – Points: 10
   2. NO – Points: 0
3. Did the applicant participate in the CRP Transition Incentives Program (TIP), and land included in the CSP application has come out of CRP within the last two years*?
   1. YES — Points: 10
   2. NO — Points: 0
4. Will this application include soil and water resource CATEGORIES AND include at LEAST two instances of CEMA 216 AND include at least ONE primary RPP practice (existing or planned): CEMA 217, CEMA 216, CPA 199, 328, 330, 331, 340, 554, 511, 666, 449, 484, 590, 595, 528, 329, 345, 585? *
   1. Application includes 1-3 core RPP practices – Points: 10
   2. Application includes 4-10 core RPP practices – Points: 25
   3. Application includes 11 or more RPP practices – Points: 40
   4. Not applicable – Points: 0
5. Is the land permanently protected through a CONSERVATION EASEMENT, purchase of development rights or other mechanism? Practices implemented on conservation easement are addressing Water Quality, Water Quantity AND/OR practices will be implemented through the Regenerative Pilot Program.
   1. YES – Points: 20
   2. NO – Points: 0
6. Has the participant been in contract VIOLATION with a prior USDA NRCS Contract within the past 3 years?
   1. YES — Points: -50
   2. NO — Points: 0
7. Has the participant been in contract termination with any prior USDA NRCS Contract within the past 3 years?
   1. YES — Points: -200
   2. NO — Points: 0
8. National Priority: Will practices be implemented that address specific causes of ground or surface water impairment related to excessive nutrients?
   1. YES – Points: 50
   2. NO – Points: 0
9. National Priority: Will practices be implemented that address the conservation of water and/or declining aquifers and/or mitigate drought?
   1. YES – Points: 40
   2. NO – Points: 0
10. National Priority: Will practices be implemented that will meet other environmental priorities and/or priority resource concerns in habitat and/or other area restoration plans?
    1. Application includes 1-3 practices – Points: 5
    2. Application includes 4-10 practices – Points: 10
    3. Application includes 11 or more practices – Points: 15
    4. Not applicable – Points: 0

Resource Questions

1. Using the CART CSP Classic Report completed for this application, identify the land use (Cropland or Pasture) with the fewest number of STATE PRIORITY Resource Concerns that were NOT MET at application, but due to planned CSP activities will be MET by the end of the contract [Not Met --> Met]. Note: Associated Ag Land and Farmstead land uses are excluded from consideration. Choose One response.
   1. All eight (8) state priority resource concerns will be met – Points: 45
   2. Seven (7) state priority resource concerns will be met – Points: 40
   3. Six (6) state priority resource concerns will be met – Points: 35
   4. Five (5) state priority resource concerns will be met – Points: 30
   5. Four (4) state priority resource concerns will be met – Points: 25
   6. Three (3) state priority resource concerns will be met – Points: 20
   7. Two (2) state priority resource concerns will be met – Points: 15
   8. One (1) state priority resource concern will be met – Points: 10
   9. No (zero) state priority resource concerns will be met – Points: 0
2. Using the CART CSP Classic Report completed for this application, identify the land use (Cropland or Pasture) with the fewest number of STATE PRIORITY RESOURCE CONCERNS that were met at time of application, but due to planned CSP activities will be EXCEEDED by the end of the contract [Met --> Exceeds]. Note: Associated Ag Land and Farmstead land uses are excluded from consideration. Choose One response.
   1. All eight (8) state priority resource concerns will be exceeded – Points: 55
   2. Seven (7) state priority resource concerns will be exceeded – Points: 45
   3. Six (6) state priority resource concerns will be exceeded – Points: 40
   4. Five (5) state priority resource concerns will be exceeded – Points: 35
   5. Four (4) state priority resource concerns will be exceeded – Points: 30
   6. Three (3) state priority resource concerns will be exceeded – Points: 25
   7. Two (2) state priority resource concerns will be exceeded – Points: 20
   8. One (1) state priority resource concern will be exceeded – Points: 15
   9. No state priority resource concerns are exceeded – Points: 0
3. What is the distance from the Planned Land Unit (PLU) to water bodies including streams, ponds, lakes, estuaries, or all surface waters?
   1. PLU is 100 feet from waterbody – Points: 25
   2. PLU is 100-500 feet from waterbody – Points: 15
   3. PLU is 500-1000 feet from a waterbody – Points: 10
   4. There is no waterbody near or in the PLU – Points: 0
4. Is the Planned Land Unit (PLU) 100 feet or less from the edge of the wetland?
   1. YES – Points: 10
   2. No – Points: 0
5. Does the Planned Land Unit (PLU) include Prime and State Importance Soils?
   1. YES – Points: 10
   2. NO – Points: 0
6. Based on the source water dashboard, is the Planned Land Unit (PLU) located in a "high" / targeted source water watershed?
   1. Yes – Points: 3
   2. No – Points: 0
7. Is the project in one of the source water priority watersheds?
   1. Yes – Points: 2
   2. No – Points: 0