The Conservation Security Program in Connecticut

Margo L. Wallace, State Conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Connecticut has announced that applications will be taken for the agency’s Conservation Security Program (CSP) Program. Eastern coastal watersheds have been chosen as the program’s focus for this year. Those farmers and landowners are eligible to apply during the application period, which is April 18 through May 16, 2008. (NEW)

• Eastern Coastal Area Watershed

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 Tribal and 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 program is available in all 50 States, the Caribbean Area and the Pacific Basin area. The program provides equitable access to benefits to all producers, regardless of size of operation, crops produced, or geographic location.

General Program Description Documents

• Housatonic Watershed - CSP Stewardship Payments
• Housatonic Watershed - Existing Practice Payments

• Housatonic Watershed - Description

• Housatonic Watershed - Land Use/Land Cover

• General CSP Information/Application Information
• CSP 2006 - Enhancements and New Practices

Some of the following documents require Adobe Acrobat .

• 2005 Connecticut CSP Success Story (327 KB) (HTML version)

• 2006 Connecticut CSP Success Story (206 KB) (HTML version)

• CSP Self-Assessment Workbook for Connecticut (1.5 MB)

• CSP - Comprehensive Key Points (72 KB)

• CSP - Comprehensive Questions and Answers (92 KB)

• Watershed Approach for CSP - Key Points (33 KB)

• Watershed Approach for CSP - Questions and Answers (63 KB)

National Program Information

• Conservation Security Program (CSP)

Program Contacts

Statewide

Jan Dybdahl
State Resource Conservationist
Phone: (860) 871-4018

Hartford County

Raymond Covino
District Conservationist
Phone: (203) 688-7725, Ext. 139

Litchfield County

Kathleen Johnson
District Conservationist
Phone: (860) 626-8258, Ext. 200

New Haven County

Richard Kszystyniak
District Conservationist
Phone: (203) 269-7509, Ext. 205

New London County

Javier Cruz
District Conservationist
(860) 887-3604, Ext. 300

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Last Modified: 04/23/2008