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
E315132Z
Herbaceous weed treatment that helps create desired plant communities and habitats consistent with the ecological site
Conservation Practice 315: Herbaceous Weed Treatment
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, 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 E315132Z (PDF, 191KB)
Enhancement Name
E381133Z
Silvopasture for wildlife habitat (structure and composition)
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Associated Agricultural Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
15 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing a combination of trees or shrubs and compatible forages on the same acreage, providing forage, shade, and/or shelter for livestock and including a purpose of enhancing wildlife habitat. Download full enhancement activity E381133Z (PDF, 192KB)
Enhancement Name
E381137Z
Silvopasture for wildlife habitat (cover and shelter)
Conservation Practice 381: Silvopasture Establishment
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Associated Agricultural Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
15 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing a combination of trees or shrubs and compatible forages on the same acreage, providing forage, shade, and/or shelter for livestock and including a purpose of enhancing wildlife cover and shelter. Download full enhancement activity E381137Z (PDF, 192KB)
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 Code and Name
E395137X
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.
Forage and biomass planting for water erosion control to improve soil health
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Soil Erosion
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of herbaceous species suitable for pasture, hay, or biomass production that can provide for reduced soil erosion, improving soil health. Download full enhancement activity E512101Z2 (PDF, 191KB)
Enhancement Name
E512106Z2
Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Soil Quality Degradation
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of herbaceous species suitable for pasture, hay, or biomass production that can help improve soil quality of depleted sites through increase or conservation of the organic matter in the soil. Download full enhancement activity E512106Z2 (PDF, 193KB)
Enhancement Name
E512132Z2
Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health
CONSERVATION PRACTICE 512 – Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
5 Years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of perennial, herbaceous species that can provide the structure and composition needed to enhance livestock and wildlife habitat, particularly when targeted forage supply and quality, cover, and shelter are not available in other pastures. Download full enhancement activity E512132Z2 (PDF, 193KB)
Enhancement Name
E512133Z1
Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of perennial, herbaceous species that can provide the structure and composition needed to enhance livestock and wildlife habitat, particularly when targeted forage supply and quality, cover, and shelter are not available in other pastures. Download full enhancement activity E512133Z1 (PDF, 193KB)
Enhancement Name
E512133Z2
Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (structure and composition)
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of herbaceous species suitable for pasture, hay, or biomass production that can provide cover and shelter components of bird habitat. Download full enhancement activity E512133Z2 (PDF, 194KB)
Enhancement Name
E512136Z1
Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of herbaceous species that can provide nectar for pollinators and forage and other habitat values for wildlife and livestock, particularly at times when targeted nectar, forage supply and quality, cover, and shelter are not available in other pastures. Download full enhancement activity E512136Z1 (PDF, 193KB)
Enhancement Name
E512136Z2
Native grasses or legumes in forage base to provide wildlife food
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of perennial, herbaceous species that can provide the structure and composition needed to enhance livestock and wildlife habitat, particularly when targeted forage supply and quality, cover, and shelter are not available in other pastures. Download full enhancement activity E512136Z2 (PDF, 195KB)
Enhancement Code and Name
E374144Z1
Install variable frequency drive(s) on pump(s)
Conservation Practice 374: Farmstead Energy Improvement
Install Variable Frequency Drive(s) (VFD) on Pumping Plant (Conservation Practice Standard CPS 533) with the correct sensors, on all pumps as indicated in the energy audit.
Switch the fuel source for the pump motor(s) indicated in the energy audit to a renewable source (wind, solar, geothermal, etc.) (CPS 533 Pumping Plant)
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.
Complete pumping plant evaluation for all pumps on a farm
Conservation Practice 449: Irrigation Water Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial); Pasture; Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Insufficient Water
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Evaluation of all pumping plants to determine the potential to rehabilitate/replace/reconfigure pump performance to improve water delerivery efficiency 10% or more. Evaluate to determine if a Variable Frequency Drive motor controller(s) is recommended and the simple payback in terms of energy savings is less than 10 years.
Advanced Automated IWM – Year 2-5, soil moisture monitoring
Conservation Practice 449: Irrigation Water Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial); Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Insufficient Water
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Advanced automated irrigation water management using soil moisture or water level monitoring (one sensor per 40 acres or less) with data loggers. Record keeping is such that a daily water balance is calculated and future irrigation is forecast. Equipment was bought in year one, this is monitoring for future years. Subscription service may be used as source for monitoring. System will be monitored and controlled using remote devices.
Advanced Automated IWM – Year 1, Equipment and soil moisture or water level monitoring
Conservation Practice 449: Irrigation Water Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial); Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Insufficient Water
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
This activity includes installing and monitoring soil moisture or water leveling equipment for advanced automated irrigation water management. The equipment includes field specific weather station data with soil moisture monitoring (one sensor station per 40 acres or less), data loggers and telemetry. Sensor stations will include a minimum of 2 sensors per site at depths appropriate for the crop and soils. If rice is the major crop, water level sensors may be substituted for the soil moisture sensors. Monitoring will be for the entire irrigation season and data gathered will be used to predict and manage irrigation water on crop grown.
Complete pumping plant evaluation for all pumps on a farm
Conservation Practice 449: Irrigation Water Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial); Pasture; Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Inefficient Energy Use
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Evaluation of all pumping plants to determine the potential to rehabilitate/replace/reconfigure to perform 10% more efficiently. Evaluate to determine if a Variable Frequency Drive motor controller(s) is recommended and the simple payback in terms of energy savings is less than 10 years.
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.
Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter)
Conservation Practice 511: Forage Harvest Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial); Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
The timely cutting and removal of forages from the field as hay, green-chop, or ensilage in such as way and time frames so as optimize both forage yield/quality and wildlife cover and shelter
Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat continuity (space)
Conservation Practice 511: Forage Harvest Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial); Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
The timely cutting and removal of forages from the field as hay, green-chop, or ensilage in such as way and time frames so as to optimize both forage yield/quality and wildlife cover and shelter for habitat and/or continuity between otherwise disconnected habitats.
Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (cover and shelter)
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of herbaceous species suitable for pasture, hay, or biomass production that can provide cover and shelter components of bird habitat.Download full enhancement activity E512137Z (PDF, 193KB)
Enhancement Name
E512138Z
Establish wildlife corridors to enhance access to water
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Associated Ag Land, Farmstead
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of perennial, herbaceous species that can provide cover needed for wildlife species of concern to move from food/cover/water sources to other food/cover/water sources as needed for their life cycles, and/or to enhance the utility of underused wildlife habitat areas.
Establish wildlife corridors to provide habitat continuity
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Associated Ag Land, Farmstead
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of perennial, herbaceous species that can provide cover needed for wildlife species of concern to move from food/cover/water sources to other food/cover/water sources as needed for their life cycles, and/or to enhance the utility of underused wildlife habitat areas. Download full enhancement activity E512139Z1 (PDF, 195KB)
Enhancement Name
E512139Z2
Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space)
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Associated Ag Land, Farmstead
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of herbaceous species that can provide nectar for pollinators and forage and other habitat values for wildlife and livestock, particularly at times when targeted nectar, forage supply and quality, cover, and shelter are not available in other pastures. Download full enhancement activity (PDF, 193KB)
Enhancement Name
E512139Z3
Establish Monarch butterfly habitat in pastures
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Pasture, Associated Ag Land, Farmstead
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of herbaceous species that can provide nectar for Monarch butterflies and forage and other habitat values for wildlife and livestock, particularly at times when targeted nectar, forage supply and quality, cover, and shelter are not available in other pastures.
Native grasses or legumes in forage base
Conservation Practice 512: Forage and Biomass Planting
Applicable Land Use
Crop (perennial); Pasture; Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Livestock Production Limitation
Enhancement Lifespan
5 years
Enhancement Description
Establishing adapted and/or compatible species, varieties, or cultivars of perennial, herbaceous species that can provide the structure and composition needed to enhance livestock and wildlife habitat, particularly when targeted forage supply and quality, cover, and shelter are not available in other pastures. Download full enhancement activity E512140Z (PDF, 192KB)
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
E528107Z1
Improved grazing management for soil compaction on pasture through monitoring activities
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Soil Quality Degradation
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Manage the harvest of vegetation with grazing and/or browsing animals as adjusted when following recommendations of a qualifying professional, as detailed in the enhancement criteria, generated through pasture condition scoring (PCS). Download full enhancement activity E528107Z1 (PDF, 192KB)
Prescribed grazing on pastureland that maintains/improves riparian and watershed function impairment from nutrients
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
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 E528118Z1 (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
E528122Z
Prescribed grazing on pastureland that maintains/improves riparian and watershed function impairment from pathogens/chemicals
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
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 E528122Z (PDF, 187KB)
Enhancement Name
E528126Z
Prescribed grazing on pastureland that maintains/improves riparian and watershed function through minimizing sediment in surface water
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture
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.3 Download full enhancement activity E528126Z (PDF, 188KB)
Enhancement Name
E528132Z2
Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Associated Agricultural Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Grazing management employed will stop grazing events of selected paddock(s) to allow pasture forages to grow to maximum vegetative biomass accumulation before the end of the growing season. Download full enhancement activity E528132Z2 (PDF, 183KB)
Enhancement Name
E528133Z1
Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
Applicable Land Use
Pasture; Associated Agricultural Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Degraded Plant Condition
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Grazing management employed will stop grazing events of selected paddock(s) to allow pasture forages to grow to maximum vegetative biomass accumulation before the end of the growing season. Download full enhancement activity E528133Z1 (PDF, 183KB)
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
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
E528136Z2
Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing for wildlife food
Conservation Practice 528: Prescribed Grazing
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
E578139X
Stream crossing elimination
Conservation Practice 578: Stream Crossing
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed); Crop (Perennial); Pasture; Range; Forest; Farmstead; Associated Ag Land
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
10 years
Enhancement Description
Existing stream crossings on an operation are consolidated into fewer crossings in order to reduce impacts to stream habitat.
Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques
Conservation Practice 595: Integrated Pest Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (annual & mixed), Crop (perennial), Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Water Quality Degradation
Enhancement Lifespan
1 year
Enhancement Description
Utilize integrated pest management (IPM) prevent, avoidance, monitoring, and suppression (PAMS) techniques to reduce risk of pesticides in surface water and reducing the potential for delivery of chemicals into water bodies.
Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques
Conservation Practice 595: Integrated Pest Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (annual & mixed), Crop (perennial), Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Air Quality Impacts
Enhancement Lifespan
1 Year
Enhancement Description
Utilize integrated pest management (IPM) prevent, avoidance, monitoring, and suppression (PAMS) techniques to reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides. Download full enhancement activity E595129Z (PDF, 196KB)
Enhancement Code and Name
E612130Z
Planting for high carbon sequestration rate
Conservation Practice 612: Tree/Shrub Establishment
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.
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
Pasture, Range, Forest, Associated Ag Land, Farmstead
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.
Managing flood-irrigated landscapes for wildlife
Conservation Practice 644: Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management
Applicable Land Use
Crop (Annual & Mixed), Crop (Perennial), Pasture
Resource Concern Addressed
Fish & Wildlife – Inadequate Habitat
Enhancement Lifespan
1 Year
Enhancement Description
Developing and implementing a conservation plan that supports maintenance of flood-irrigation in key landscapes to provide important foraging habitat for local breeding and migratory waterfowl and waterbirds.
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.
