Panguitch Pasture Strategic Fund Pool
Implementing practices to improve pasture management
Project Description
In the Panguitch Valley, in the Sevier River Corridor, there are approximately 7,000 acres of irrigated and sub-irrigated pastures. The goal of this project is to address plant productivity and health in these pastures by treating 500 acres a year for the next 5 years. This will be accomplished by implementing practices to improve pasture management.
- County or Counties: Garfield County
- Year active: FY 2022
- Duration: 5 years
Partners
Utah State University – Extension, Color Country Weed Management Area, Upper Sevier Conservation District.
Conservation practices involved
- Brush Management (314)
- Herbaceous Weed Treatment (315)
- Conservation Cover (327)
- Sediment Basin (350)
- Pond (378)
- Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation (380)
- Fence (382)
- Woody Residue Treatment (384)
- Irrigation Field Ditch (388)
- Riparian Herbaceous Cover (390)
- Stream Habitat Improvement and Management (395)
- Grade Stabilization Structure (410)
- Wildlife Habitat Planting (420)
- Irrigation Pipeline (430)
- Irrigation Reservoir (436)
- Irrigation System – Microirrigation (441)
- Sprinkler System, (442)
- Irrigation System – Surface and Subsurface (443)
- Irrigation Water Management (449)
- Irrigation Land Leveling (464)
- Land Smoothing (466)
- Access Control (472)
- Mulching (484)
- Tree/Shrub Site Preparation (490)
- Obstruction Removal (500)
- Livestock Pipeline (516)
- Pond Sealing or Lining – Geomembrane or Geosynthetic Clay Liner (521)
- Pond Sealing or Lining – Flexible membrane (521A)
- Pond Sealing or Lining – Soil Dispersant (521B)
- Pond Sealing or Lining – Bentonite Sealant (521C)
- Pond Sealing or Lining – Compacted Clay Treatment (521D)
- Prescribed Grazing (528)
- Pumping Plant (533)
- Range Planting (550)
- Spring Development (574)
- Livestock Shelter Structure (576)
- Stream Crossing (578)
- Streambank and Shoreline Protection (580)
- Structure for Water Control (587)
- Nutrient Management (590)
- Pest Management Conservation System (595)
- Tree/Shrub Establishment (612)
- Watering Facility (614)
- Water Well (642),
- Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities (643)
- Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (645)
- Structures for Wildlife (649)
When to Apply
Program applications are accepted on a continual basis. However, NRCS establishes application ranking dates for evaluation, ranking and approval of eligible applications. Applications received after the ranking date will be automatically deferred to the next funding period.
Local Working Group Meetings
Every year, NRCS hosts Local Working Group meetings where farmers, landowners, conservation partners and other members of the community discuss the natural resource needs for the county. Based on feedback from those meetings, NRCS updates the county's Local Resources Assessment Priorities (LRAP) and develops new Conservation Implementation Strategies to address those resource concerns. You may contact us anytime to express concerns or comments about conservation needs in the county, and we encourage you to attend the next Local Working Group meeting in your county. For more information about Local Working Group meetings, contact your local NRCS office, or visit our Utah State Technical Committee page.
Locally Led Conservation
At the Natural Resources Conservation Service of Utah, we understand effectively partnering with our local, county and state agencies and organizations is paramount to our mission of conserving our natural resources and helping people help the land. Utah’s diverse landscape and resource needs require strategic funding and focused efforts to support locally led conservation on the ground.
Learn more about Utah's Focused Opportunities and how NRCS is utilizing SFPs to target locally identified high priority natural resource concerns and work toward a desired outcome.