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San Pitch River Water Quality Improvement Strategic Funding Pool

Addressing irrigation and pasture management practices with direct impacts to riparian priority area within San Pitch River Water Quality Improvement Project.

Project Description

The project focuses on riparian improvement throughout the entire riparian San Pitch River Water Quality Improvement Project priority area and addresses all related irrigation and pasture management practices with direct impacts to the riparian priority area. 

Addressing all resource priorities in a systematic approach within each riparian project area allows conservation planners to look holistically at each project to address to root cause of water quality impairment while providing the producer with the tools to improve their irrigation and pasture management techniques. 

San Pitch Water Quality Improvement SFP state map
  • County or Counties: Sanpete County
  • Year active: FY 2022
  • Duration: 5 years

Partners

Utah Department of Environmental Quality – Division of Water Quality.

Conservation practices involved

  • Riparian Herbaceous Cover (390)
  • Sprinkler System (442)
  • Irrigation Water Management (449)
  • Prescribed Grazing (528)
  • Streambank and Shoreline Protection (580)
  • Channel Bed Stabilization (584)
  • Nutrient Management (590)
  • Herbaceous Weed Treatment (315)
  • Fence (382)
  • Livestock Pipeline (516)
  • Watering Facility (614)
  • Stream Crossing (578)
  • Irrigation Pipeline (430)
  • Pasture and Hay Planting (512)
  • Pumping Plant (533)
  • Range Planting (550)
  • Structure for Water Control (587)

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.