Conservation Security Program (CSP) News Release 2

Updated 05/07/2008

United States Department of Agriculture

Natural Resources Conservation Service

771 Corporate Drive Suite 210

Lexington, KY 40503

Phone: 859-224-7350

Web: http://www.ky.nrcs.usda.gov

NRCS CHIEF LANCASTER ANNOUNCES THE EXTENSION OF THE CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM (CSP) SIGN-UP TO MAY 30, 2008

(Lexington, Ky.) May 7, 2008—Michael Hubbs, State Conservationist for U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Kentucky said NRCS' Chief Arlen Lancaster announced the extension of the 2008 Conservation Security Program (CSP) sign-up period to May 30, 2008.

Fifty-one watersheds were selected nationwide. In Kentucky, it is the Red River Watershed which includes parts of Christian, Todd, Logan and Simpson counties in Kentucky and is shared with five Tennessee counties and covers over 330,000 acres.

Hubbs said, "This extension will allow those who have been very busy in their fields this spring to have a little more time to enroll."

CSP is offered on a rotational basis in as many watersheds as funding allows and is authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) (PL 107-171), and is administered by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Additional information on CSP in Kentucky can be found at http://www.ky.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/CSP2008/indexCSP2008.html. 

For more information, please contact Deena Wheby, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs at 859-224-7350.

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