CSP FY2018 Conservation Enhancement Activity - Range
FY18 Conservation Enhancement Activity
Range
Enhancement Name
E314133Z
Brush management for improved structure and composition
Conservation Practice 314: Brush Management
Applicable Land Use
Range, Pasture, Forest
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
10 Years
Enhancement Description
Brush management is employed to create a desired plant community, consistent with the related ecological site steady state, which will maintain or enhance the wildlife habitat desired for the identified wildlife species. It will be designed to provide plant structure, density and diversity needed to meet those habitat objectives. This enhancement does not apply to removal of woody vegetation by prescribed fire or removal of woody vegetation to facilitate a land use change. Download full enhancement activity E314133Z (PDF, 186KB)
Enhancement Name
E314134Z
Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat
Conservation Practice 314: Brush Management
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Range, and Forest
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
10 years
Enhancement Description
Brush management is employed to create a desired plant community on the landscape, consistent with the related ecological site steady state, which will maintain or enhance the wildlife habitat desired for the identified wildlife species. It will be designed to provide plant structure, density and diversity needed to meet those habitat objectives. This enhancement does not apply to removal of woody vegetation by prescribed fire or removal of woody vegetation to facilitate a land use change. Download full enhancement activity E314134Z (PDF, 185KB)
Enhancement Name
E315133Z
Herbaceous weed treatment for inadequate structure and composition that helps create desired plant communities and habitats consistent with the ecological site
Conservation Practice 315: Herbaceous Weed Treatment
Applicable Land Use
Range; Forest
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Mechanical, chemical, or biological, herbaceous weed treatment will be employed to control targeted, herbaceous weeds so as to create, release, or restore desired plant communities that are consistent with achievable, ecological site, steady state descriptions. Download full enhancement activity (PDF, 191KB)
Enhancement Name
E315134Z
Herbaceous weed treatment for plant pest pressures that helps create desired plant communities and habitats consistent with the ecological site
Conservation Practice 315: Herbaceous Weed Treatment
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Range; Forest; Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Mechanical, chemical, or biological, herbaceous weed treatment will be employed to control targeted, herbaceous weeds so as to create, release, or restore desired plant communities that are consistent with achievable, ecological site, steady state descriptions. Download full enhancement activity E315134Z (PDF, 185KB)
Enhancement Name
E338134Z
Strategically planned, patch burning for grazing distribution and wildlife habitat (undesirable plant pressure)
Conservation Practice 338: Prescribed Burning
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Patch burn grazing is the application of prescribed fires on portions of an identified grazing unit at different times of the year. Patch burn grazing allows grazing animals to select where they want to graze creating a mosaic of vegetation structures and diversity that will maintain or enhance the wildlife habitat desired for the identified wildlife species and maintain livestock production. Download full enhancement activity E338134Z (PDF, 189KB)
Enhancement Name
E338135Z
Strategically planned, patch burning for grazing distribution and wildlife habitat (fuel loading)
Conservation Practice 338: Prescribed Burning
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Patch burn grazing is the application of prescribed fires on portions of an identified grazing unit at different times of the year. Patch burn grazing allows grazing animals to select where they want to graze creating a mosaic of vegetation structures and diversity that will maintain or enhance the wildlife habitat desired for the identified wildlife species and maintain livestock production. Download full enhancement activity E338135Z (PDF, 189KB)
Enhancement Name
E382136Z
Incorporating “wildlife friendly” fencing for connectivity of wildlife food resources
Conservation Practice 382: Fence
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Habitat – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
20 Years
Enhancement Description
Retrofitting or constructing fences that provide a means to control movement of animals, people, and vehicles, but minimizes wildlife movement impacts. Download full enhancement activity E382136Z (PDF, 189KB)
Enhancement Name
E383135Z
Grazing-maintained fuel break to reduce the risk of fire
Conservation Practice 383: Fuel break
Applicable Land Use
Forest and Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
10 Years
Enhancement Description
The area has existing fuel break(s) of 30 to 60 feet in width, supporting a mixture of woody sprouts and some herbaceous vegetation. Warm-season perennial vegetation will be established on the fuel breaks, and will be over-seeded with cool-season annual forages in the fall. Grazing will be managed on the fuel breaks to remove or modify the fine fuel vegetation, thus reducing the risk of fire spread from ground fires. Ground cover will be maintained to control soil erosion and facilitate prescribed burning. Download full enhancement activity E383135Z (PDF, 177KB)
Enhancement Code and Name
E390136Z
Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat
Conservation Practice 390: Riparian Herbaceous Cover
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial); Pasture; Range; Associated Ag Land; and Farmstead
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 Years
Enhancement Description
Where an existing herbaceous riparian buffer is located along a river, stream, pond, lake, or other waterbody, increase the diversity of native species, control invasive species, install fencing and relocate equipment operations, trails, and livestock, and increase the width of the buffer.
Where an existing riparian forest buffer is located along a river, stream, pond, lake, or other waterbody, increase the diversity of native species, control invasive species, install fencing and relocate equipment operations, trails, and livestock to increase the functional width of the buffer.
Stream habitat improvement through placement of woody biomass
Conservation Practice 395: Stream Habitat Improvement & Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial); Pasture; Range; Forest; Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Flexible placement of wood (unanchored/unpinned) in small, 1st and 2nd order streams to improve stream habitat conditions for aquatic species and natural stream processes.
Installation of structures and implementation of grazing management actions that restrict livestock access to streams, ditches, and other waterbodies in order to reduce nutrient loading to surface waters.
Installation of structures and implementation of grazing management actions that restrict livestock access to streams, ditches, and other waterbodies in order to reduce the introduction of pathogens to surface waters.
Improved grazing management for water erosion through monitoring activities
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Soil Erosion
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Three predominant key grazing areas are evaluated utilizing the Rangeland Health Assessment protocols to determine how well the ecological processes of the site(s) are functioning. Departure from reference categories will be determined, justified, and ratings described for soil and site stability, hydrologic function, and biotic integrity. Utilizing knowledge learned from this as a part of the ranch resource assessment, a qualifying professional, as detailed in the enhancement criteria, will provide recommendations or follow-up evaluations toward mitigating some of the degradation risks that are initially identified
Improved grazing management for wind erosion through monitoring activities
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Soil Erosion
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Three predominant key grazing areas are evaluated utilizing the Rangeland Health Assessment protocols to determine how well the ecological processes of the site(s) are functioning. Departure from reference categories will be determined, justified, and ratings described for soil and site stability, hydrologic function, and biotic integrity. Utilizing knowledge learned from this as a part of the ranch resource assessment, a qualifying professional, as detailed in the Documentation and Implementation Requirements, will provide recommendations or follow-up evaluations toward mitigating some of the degradation risks that are initially identified. Download full enhancement activity (PDF, 207KB)
Enhancement Name
E528104Z
Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Soil Erosion
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Grazing management employed will provide vegetative cover and density needed in the watershed in order to protect sensitive areas such as sinkholes, streams, highly erodible areas, or locations that cannot tolerate plant defoliation. Download full enhancement activity E528104Z (PDF, 186KB)
Enhancement Name
E528105Z
Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Range; Forest (Grazed Modifer)
Resource Concern Addressed
Soil Erosion
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Grazing management employed will provide cover and density needed in the watershed in order to reduce runoff, improve infiltration, provide for above ground water filtration and sustain applicable fish and wildlife species habitat. Download full enhancement activity E528105Z (PDF, 184KB)
Enhancement Name
E528107Z2
Improved grazing management for soil compaction on Rangeland through monitoring activities
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Soil Quality Degradation
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Three predominant key grazing areas are evaluated utilizing the Rangeland Health Assessment protocols to determine how well the ecological processes of the site(s) are functioning. Departure from reference categories will be determined, justified, and ratings described for soil and site stability, hydrologic function, and biotic integrity. Utilizing knowledge learned from this as a part of the ranch resource assessment, a qualifying professional, as detailed in the enhancement criteria, will provide recommendations or follow-up evaluations toward mitigating some of the degradation risks that are initially identified. Download full enhancement activity E528107Z2 (PDF, 189KB)
Enhancement Name
E528118Z2
Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-surface water from nutrients
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Water Quality Degradation
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Grazing management employed will provide cover and density needed in the watershed in order to protect sensitive areas such as sinkholes, streams, highly erodible areas, or locations with plants that cannot tolerate defoliation. Download full enhancement activity E528118Z2 (PDF, 187KB)
Enhancement Name
E528119Z
Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-ground water from nutrients
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Water Quality Degradation
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Grazing management employed will provide cover and density needed in the watershed in order to protect sensitive areas such as sinkholes, streams, highly erodible areas, or locations with plants that cannot tolerate defoliation. Download full enhancement activity E528119Z (PDF, 190KB)
Enhancement Name
E528127Z
Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-elevated water temperature
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Water Quality Degradation
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Grazing management employed will provide cover and density needed in the watershed in order to reduce runoff, improve infiltration, provide for above ground water filtration and sustain applicable fish and wildlife species habitat. Download full enhancement activity E528127Z (PDF, 186KB)
Enhancement Name
E528132Z3
Improved grazing management on rangeland for plant productivity and health through monitoring activities
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Three predominant key grazing areas are evaluated utilizing the Rangeland Health Assessment protocols to determine how well the ecological processes of the site(s) are functioning. Departure from reference categories will be determined, justified, and ratings described for soil and site stability, hydrologic function, and biotic integrity. Utilizing knowledge learned from this as a part of the ranch resource assessment, a qualifying professional, as detailed in the enhancement criteria, will provide recommendations or follow-up evaluations toward mitigating some of the degradation risks that are initially identified. Download full enhancement activity E528132Z3 (PDF, 193KB)
Enhancement Name
E528133Z2
Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of plant structure and composition for wildlife
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Range; Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Managing the harvest of vegetation with grazing and/or browsing animals for the purpose of improving the quantity and quality of the structure and composition of the plant community that is available for wildlife. Download full enhancement activity E528133Z2 (PDF, 194KB)
Enhancement Name
E528133Z3
Improved grazing management for plant structure and composition through monitoring activities
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
1 Year
Enhancement Description
Three predominant key grazing areas are evaluated utilizing the Rangeland Health Assessment protocols to determine how well the ecological processes of the site(s) are functioning. Departure from reference categories will be determined, justified, and ratings described for soil and site stability, hydrologic function, and biotic integrity. Utilizing knowledge learned from this as a part of the ranch resource assessment, a qualifying professional, as detailed in the enhancement criteria, will provide recommendations or follow-up evaluations toward mitigating some of the degradation risks that are initially identified. Download full enhancement activity E528133Z3 (PDF, 193KB)
Enhancement Name
E528134Z
Improved grazing management that reduces undesirable plant pest pressure through monitoring activities
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Three predominant key grazing areas are evaluated utilizing the Rangeland Health Assessment protocols to determine how well the ecological processes of the site(s) are functioning. Departure from reference categories will be determined, justified, and ratings described for soil and site stability, hydrologic function, and biotic integrity. Utilizing knowledge learned from this as a part of the ranch resource assessment, a qualifying professional, as detailed in the enhancement criteria, will provide recommendations or follow-up evaluations toward mitigating some of the degradation risks that are initially identified. Download full enhancement activity E528134Z (PDF, 193KB)
Enhancement Name
E528136Z1
Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food for wildlife
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Range; Forest
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Grazing management employed will provide for the capacity of seasonally valuable plant structure, density and diversity needed or the desired wildlife species of concern. Download full enhancement activity E528136Z1 (PDF, 194KB)
Enhancement Name
E528136Z2
Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing for wildlife food
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
A prescribed grazing plan that includes 18 month (or longer) deferment of a grazing unit that consists of native grasses and/or legumes and/or perennial forbs for the purpose of meeting the needs for drought/disaster contingency plans that will also provide wildlife habitat for a period of time. Download full enhancement activity E528136Z2 (PDF, 194KB)
Enhancement Name
E528136Z3
Grazing management that improves Monarch butterfly habitat
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Implement a grazing management plan that will increase the abundance and diversity of monarch nectar-producing perennial forbs, including milkweed, while maintaining ecosystem benefits for other wildlife and livestock. Download full enhancement activity E528136Z3 (PDF, 196KB)
Enhancement Name
E528137Z1
Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of cover and shelter for wildlife
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Range; Forest
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Grazing management employed will provide plant structure, density and diversity needed for the desired wildlife species of concern. Download full enhancement activity E528137Z1 (PDF, 194KB)
Enhancement Name
E528137Z2
Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing for wildlife cover and shelter
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
A prescribed grazing plan that includes 18 month (or longer) deferment of a grazing unit that consists of native or adapted grasses and/or legumes and/or perennial forbs for the purpose of meeting the needs for drought/disaster contingency plans that will also provide wildlife habitat for a period of time.Download full enhancement activity E528137Z2 (PDF, 195KB)
Enhancement Name
E528138Z
Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing for wildlife access to water
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Range, Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Livestock Production Limitation
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Managing the harvest of vegetation with grazing and/or browsing animals for the purposes of maintaining desired pasture composition/plant vigor and improving/maintaining quantity and quality of forage for the animals' health and productivity following the recommendations of a qualifying professional, as detailed in the documentation and implementation requirements. Download full enhancement activity E528140Z1 (PDF, 189KB)
Enhancement Name
E528140Z2
Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing for livestock feed and forage
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Range
Resource Concern Addressed
Livestock Production Limitation
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
A prescribed grazing plan that includes 18 month (or longer) deferment of a grazing unit that consists of native grasses and/or legumes and/or perennial forbs for the purpose of meeting the needs for drought/disaster contingency plans that will also provide wildlife habitat for a period of time. Download full enhancement activity E528140Z2 (PDF, 195KB)
Enhancement Code and Name
E550136Z
Range planting for improving forage, browse, or cover for wildlife
Conservation Practice 550: Range Planting
Applicable Land Use
Range; Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial)
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishment of adapted perennial or self-sustaining vegetation such as grasses, forbs, legumes, shrubs and trees for the purpose of improving forage, browse, or cover for wildlife on areas that have been degraded beyond recovery via ecological principles, or old crop fields and pastures devoid of desirable, native rangeland species that fit within an ecological site description steady state.
Range planting for increasing/maintaining organic matter
Conservation Practice 550: Range Planting
Applicable Land Use
Range; Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial)
Resource Concern Addressed
Soil Quality Degradation
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishment of adapted perennial or self-sustaining vegetation such as grasses, forbs, legumes, shrubs and trees for the purpose of increasing or maintaining organic matter levels in the soil.
Plant tree species and use stocking levels for higher growth to increase the rate of carbon sequestration (capture). Use species with a longer life span as well as relatively fast growth, and species suitable for durable manufactured products. Increase stocking levels in forests that are not fully stocked. Implement afforestation on appropriate open lands.
Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities
Conservation Practice 612: Tree/Shrub Establishment
Applicable Land Use
Forest; Range; Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
15 YEARS
Enhancement Description
Establish trees and/or shrubs to restore elements of plant diversity that have been lost through past diseases or improper management. For example, disease-resistant varieties of elm and chestnut can be established to restore the ecological functions of American elm and American chestnut. At the stand level, past forest management may have eliminated certain native tree species. Restoring stand-level diversity and function addresses a wide array of resource concerns and strengthens ongoing management activities. This enhancement improves a forest that is already in good condition by increasing plant diversity, and improving health and vigor through adding plants with resistance to disease, pests, or other local hazards. Additional benefits include contributing to carbon storage, and providing diversity in wildlife habitat and food sources. Download full enhancement activity E612132Z (PDF, 179KB)
Enhancement Code and Name
E612133X1
Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing agroforestry plantings
Conservation Practice 612: Tree/Shrub Establishment
Plant food-producing trees and shrubs for wildlife or human consumption within windbreaks, alley cropping, multi-story cropping, silvopasture systems, and/or riparian forest buffers.
Cultural plantings
Conservation Practice 612: TREE/SHRUB ESTABLISHMENT
Applicable Land Use
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
15 years
Enhancement Description
Plant trees and shrubs that are of cultural significance, such as those species utilized by Tribes in traditional practices, medicinal plants, species used in basket-making, etc. (e.g., paper birch, slippery elm, witch hazel).Download full enhancement activity E612133X2 (PDF, 191KB)
Enhancement Code and Name
E612136Z
Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food
Conservation Practice 612:Tree/Shrub Establishment
Tree and shrub planting will enhance habitat for native wildlife. A minimum of five tree and shrub species will be used; they will be species that provide food for identified wildlife species.
Tree and shrub planting will enhance habitat for native wildlife. A minimum of five tree and shrub species will be used; they will be species that provide cover for identified wildlife species.
Restoration of sensitive coastal vegetative communities
Conservation Practice 643: Restoration & Management of Rare or Declining Habitats
Applicable Land Use
Range and Forest
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
1 Year
Enhancement Description
Enhance the level of restoration in unique and diminishing coastal ecosystems by establishing native herbaceous and woody plants. Protect established vegetation, and manage to maintain floristic quality and the provision of environmental services. This enhancement is applied on unique areas with rare and declining habitat conditions, where vegetation has been detrimentally altered by human or natural events. Targeted sites are those that formerly supported vegetative communities that are now declining and/or becoming rare. The sites will vary across the continent. The enhancement will expand and elevate the process of restoring these unique areas, increasing their ecological value and benefits to wildlife. It re-establishes a select group of trees and/or shrubs that are key components in this ecosystem. Download full enhancement activity E643132X (PDF, 197KB)
Enhancement Code and Name
E645137Z
Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat
Conservation Practice 645: Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
Reduction of artificial perching sites, nest sites, food, and water available to subsidized predators in areas where human-subsidized predators are a threat to sensitive wildlife species. Human-subsidized predators may include ravens, crows, magpies, coyotes, foxes, skunks, raccoons, and other species. Activities under this enhancement may include removal of non-native or invasive trees; removal of unused power poles, corrals, windmills, buildings, and other vertical structures; and/or removal or management of watering facilities, dead livestock, road kill, garbage, animal feed, dumps, and other non-natural food sources.
