2004 Conservation Security Program (CSP)

General Information
   CSP Self Assessment Workbook
Selected Watershed for 2004
Sign-up Information
CSP Meetings
News Releases
National Information
Program Contacts

General Program Information

CSP is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to promote the conservation and improvement of soil, water, air, energy, plant and animal life, and other conservation purposes on private working lands. Working lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pasture, and range land, as well as forested land that is an incidental part of an agriculture operation.

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat.

National
CSP Comprehensive Key Points  Fact Sheet (63.07 KB)
CSP Fact Sheet - (50.14 KB)
Interim Final Rule (176.87 KB)

Illinois
Invasive Plant Species (7/15/04) (PDF, 227 KB)
Kish-Contract Limits (7/7/04) (PDF, 214 KB)
Kish-Enhancement Practice List (7/7/04) (PDF, 279 KB)
Kish-Farm Wildlife Assessment (7/15/04) (PDF, 724 KB)
Kish-Practice List (7/7/04) (PDF, 172 KB)
Soil Requirements for CSP Fact Sheet (PDF, 639 KB)
Water Quality Requirements for CSP Fact Sheet (PDF, 205 KB)

CSP Self Assessment Workbook is Now On-Line!

The Self-Assessment Workbook was designed as a tool to help you get a good idea about whether you may be eligible for CSP. The Workbook will help to:

• determine eligibility,
• document stewardship to date, and
• prepare a benchmark inventory of existing conservation treatments on your land.

Take your completed Self-Assessment and documentation to your NRCS Service Center to determine what category your application fits into.

The complete Self-Assessment Workbook is available for on-line use and for download on the NRCS web site at: http://csp.sc.egov.usda.gov/.

For a printed copy or CD-ROM of the Self Assessment Workbook, contact your local NRCS office.

Selected Watershed for 2004

Kishwawkee River Watershed
The Kishwaukee Watershed encompasses portions of Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, Ogle, McHenry, and Winnebago Counties in Illinois and Walworth County in Wisconsin.

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Printable PDF of Map (1.59Mb)

Application Sign-up Information

Illinois CSP enrollment period: July 6-30, 2004

CSP Informational Meetings
(Reservations/RSVP not required)

News Releases:

National Information

• www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/csp/
• www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/products.html
• www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/index.html#csp_watershed2
• www.usda.gov/Newsroom/0200.04.html

Illinois CSP Program Contacts:

Send an e-mail message or question on CSP to: