Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District

Landowner Assistance Available

DSL-1 Permanent Vegetative Cover Establishment	To prepare seedbed and seed permanent ground cover. Vegetative cover must be maintained for five years.
DSL-2 Permanent Vegetative Cover Improvement	To improve the ground cover that is already established by seeding legumes into existing grass.
DSL-4 Terraces	To control erosion on cropland and prevent or reduce pollution of water, land or air from agricultural nonpoint sources.
DSL-44 Terraces	Same as DSL-4 Terraces only with underground tile outlets.
DSL-5 Diversion	To control erosion and prevent or reduce pollution of land, water or air from agricultural nonpoint sources. Applicable to farmland subject to erosion from excessive surface or subsurface water runoff where problems can be corrected by such diversion facilities.
DSL-11 Permanent Vegetative Cover on Critical Areas	Reduce erosion on critical areas such as gullies, banks and roadside by stabilizing the area such as grading, shaping, etc. and planting grasses to hold the soil.
DSL-111 Permanent Vegetative Cover Confined Animal Feed Lots	When critical area treatment is used to address erosion problems associated with animal confinement areas, feedlots, hog pens and other areas where livestock has been confined.
DSL-15 No-Till Systems	To demonstrate no-till systems of farming with residue management to protect soil from wind and water erosion, stop or reduce pollution from sediment and chemically contaminated runoff from agricultural nonpoint sources, conserve energy.
DFR-5 Woodland Protection Through Livestock Exclusion	To protect soil and plants from livestock by fencing livestock out of woodland.
DSP-2 Permanent Vegetative Cover Enhancement	To improve the existing protective cover on pastureland, by interseeding legumes with no-till drill or to improve pastureland where fescue endophyte fungus is higher than 30 percent but less than 70 percent.
DSP-3 Intensive Management Grazing System	To affect economically viable and environmentally sound agricultural land management on pasture land by demonstrating the best use of the soil and water resources through the use of rotational grazing. Environmental benefits include erosion control and prevention and water quality protection.
DSP-33 Intensive Management Grazing System with Pond	Same as DSP-3 with addition of a pond.
DSP-333 Intensive Management Grazing system with Well	Same as DSP-3 with addition of a well.
DWC-1 Water Impoundment Reservoirs	Structures that provide erosion control which can also be used to provide water for agricultural uses, livestock, irrigation, wildlife or fire protection.
DWP-1 Sediment Retention, Erosion or Water Control Structure	To control substantial sediment or runoff by building erosion control dams, sediment basins, etc.
DWP-3 Sod Waterway	To prevent or reduce existing erosion and prevent or reduce pollution of water or land from agricultural non-point sources. Applicable to farmland needing permanent sod waterways to safely convey excess surface runoff water in a manner that will reduce erosion.

The district requirements are: Landowner must own or operate a minimum of 10 acres. To be eligible for DSP-2, DSP-3 and DFR-5 landowner needs to own livestock or the intent to own or house livestock within two years of the completed practice to meet the maintenance agreement. If ground is forested, must be using land for agricultural purposes and prove management intentions by presenting the board with a Forest Management Plan from any of the following: MDC Stewardship Plan, NRCS 409 Prescribed Forestry Plan or a plan designed by a consulting forester. If all requirements are met, the landowner must acquire a farm number from FSA.