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Soil Health and Erosion Strategic Funding Pool

Improve and protect soil health through structural and vegetative processes.

Project Description

The priority resource concerns within the target area; Soil Erosion – Wind Erosion, Sheet, and Rill erosion. The overall goal of the proposed strategy is to protect soil, by physically protecting soil trough structural and vegetative practices. Improve the soil by implementing the principles of soil health. 

Lower Colorado Soil Health SFP State Map
  • County or Counties: Grand and San Juan Counties
  • Year active: FY 2025
  • Duration: 5 years

Partners

Grand Conservation District, San Juan Conservation District, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

Conservation practices involved

  • Terrace (600)
  • Cover Crop (340)
  • Conservation Cover (327)
  • Residue and Tillage Management, Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation (380)
  • Field Border, (386)
  • Grassed Waterway (412)
  • Stripcropping (585)
  • Conservation Crop Rotation (328)
  • Critical Area Planting (342)

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.

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