One of the oldest irrigation methods is surface or flood irrigation where water flows down small furrows or over fields to water the crops. While water is running over a field it percolates through the soils. Plants use a portion of the water while much of it permeates deeper and[Read More…]
Tag: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Slash EV Ranch conserved by Colorado Cattlemen’s Ag Land Trust
RBC | The Slash EV Ranch along Colorado’s White River has been conserved in perpetuity by the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT). The project was made possible with the support from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and The Nature Conservancy. The 477-acre ranch[Read More…]
NRCS accepting applications for help for farmers and ranchers
RBC | The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Colorado is currently accepting applications for enrollment into the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program—Agriculture Land/Wetland Reserve Easement (ACEP-ALE, ACEP-WRE) program. The purpose of the ACEP-ALE program is to protect the agricultural viability, grazing uses and related conservation values by limiting nonagricultural uses[Read More…]
Natural Resources Conservation Services accepting applications conservation easement programs
RBC | The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Colorado is currently accepting applications for enrollment into the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program—Agriculture Land/Wetland Reserve Easement (ACEP-ALE, ACEP-WRE) program. The purpose of the ACEP-ALE program is to protect the agricultural viability, grazing uses and related conservation values by limiting nonagricultural uses[Read More…]
USDA seeks public comments on conservation practice standards
RBC I|USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced it is seeking public input on its existing national conservation practice standards as part of implementing the 2018 Farm Bill. NRCS offers 150-plus conservation practices to America’s farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to help them meet their business and natural resource needs[Read More…]
SNOWPACK …
River basins in the area continue to report above average snowpack, with the White River basin at 120 percent of normal, Laramie, North Platte, and Yampa basins at 106 percent, and the Little Snake river basin at 107 percent. For the most up to date information about Colorado snowpack and[Read More…]
Gradys, Klinglesmiths host stewardship conservation program tour of properties
MEEKER | Mike and Mary Grady as well as Lenny, Jackie, Lowell and LoAnn Klinglesmith, hosted a Stewardship Conservation Program (CSP) tour of their properties up at Lime Kiln just east of Flag Creek below Hay Flat and the surrounding country earlier this month. Part and parcel to the tour[Read More…]
Private landowners encouraged to sign up for incentive program
RBC | Producers in Colorado who are interested in implementing conservation practices to improve natural resources on their private agricultural land have until Friday, Feb. 17, to submit applications for FY 2017 funding through the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Eligible applications that are received[Read More…]
Conservation program applications available
MEEKER | Apply NOW, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will accept and process applications for enrollment in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the nation’s largest conservation program. NRCS has made several updates to the program this year to help producers better evaluate their conservation[Read More…]
