Your Stewardship Goals. Our Assistance.
Have you ever looked across your property and thought about some land management goals you would like to take to the next level? Maybe we can help.
No one knows more about your land than you do, and no one knows more about conservation than we do. Together we can develop a plan tailored to your land and your goals to help you increase productivity and protect the value of your land.
Our Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) helps you build on your existing conservation efforts while strengthening your operation. Whether you are looking to improve grazing conditions, increases crop yields, or develop wildlife habitat, we can custom design a CSP plan to help you meet those goals. We can help you schedule timely planting of cover crops, develop a grazing plan that will improve your forage base, implement no-till to reduce erosion or manage forested areas in a way that benefits wildlife habitat. If you are already taking steps to improve the condition of the land, chances are CSP can help you find new ways to meet your goals.
Sustainable Production
CSP is for working lands. It is the largest conservation program in the United States with 70 million acres of productive agricultural and forest land enrolled in CSP. Thousands of people have made the choice to voluntarily enroll in the program because it helps them enhance natural resources and improve their business operation.
Some of the benefits include:
- Improved cattle gains per acre
- Increased crop yields
- Decreased inputs
- Wildlife population improvements
- Better resilience to weather extremes
Through CSP, we can help build your business while implementing conservation practices that help ensure the sustainability of your entire operation. Good land stewardship not only conserves the natural resources on your farm, ranch or forest, it also provides multiple benefits to local communities, including better water and air quality and wildlife habitat, as well as food and fiber.
CSP Application Deadline Date - March 31, 2022
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CSP Enhancements
Enhancements are management activities that go above and beyond the minimum conservation practice standard requirements, helping the producer achieve a higher level of conservation.
2022 CSP Enhancements!
To view the Colorado CSP Enhancements, click on the banner below.
CSP in Colorado
Ranking Pool
General, SDFR & BFR
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Targeted Resource Concerns
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Appliable Land Uses
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Ranking Questions
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Screening Tools
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All Colorado
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Associated Ag Land
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Crop (Annual)
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Crop (Perennial)
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Farmstead
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Pasture
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Range
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Statewide Ag Lands
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Organic and Transition to Organic Production
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Degraded Plant Condition
Field Sediment, Nutrient and Pathogens Loss
Soil Quality Limitations
Wind and Water Erosion
Terrestrial Habitat
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Associated Ag Land
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Crop (Annual)
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Farmstead
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Pasture
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Crop (Perennial)
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Range
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OAI
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OAI
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Sage Grouse Initiative
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*TO BE DETERMINED* |
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Associated Ag Land
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Crop (Annual)
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Farmstead
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Pasture
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Crop (Perennial)
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Range
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SGI
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SGI
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Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative
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*TO BE DETERMINED*
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Associated Ag Land
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Crop (Annual)
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Farmstead
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Pasture
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Crop (Perennial)
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Range
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LPCI
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LPCI
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Non-Industrial Private Forest
All Colorado
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Concentrated Erosion
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Degraded Plant Condition
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Fire Management
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Pest Pressure
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Soil Quality Limitations
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Source Water Depletion
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Terrestrial Habitat
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Weather Resilience
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Associated Ag Land
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Farmstead
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Forest
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NIPF
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- Conservation Program Application (NRCS-CPA-1200)
Contact:
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Amber Freouf
CSP Program Manager
Phone: 719-336-3734 Ext. 101
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For further information and assistance, contact your local NRCS Service Center
