Kentucky Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) 2009

Updated 10/09/2009

    USDA News Release

    Kentucky News Release

Program Description

Through CSP, NRCS will provide financial and technical assistance to eligible producers to conserve and enhance soil, water, air, and related natural resources on their land. Eligible lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pastureland, rangeland, nonindustrial private forest lands, agricultural land under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe, and other private agricultural land (including cropped woodland, marshes, and agricultural land used for the production of livestock) on which resource concerns related to agricultural production could be addressed. Participation in the program is voluntary.

CSP encourages land stewards to improve their conservation performance by installing and adopting additional activities, and improving, maintaining, and managing existing activities on agricultural land and nonindustrial private forest land. The NRCS will make CSP available nationwide on a continuous application basis.

CSP will focus program impacts on natural resources that are of specific concern for a State, or the specific geographic areas within a State. Applications will be evaluated relative to other applications addressing similar priority resource concerns to facilitate a competitive ranking process among applicants within a State who face similar resource challenges.

Application Process and Requirements

Are You Eligible for CSP?

        CSP Self-Screening Checklist

• Applicant Eligibility

• Land Eligibility

Conservation Measurement Tools (CMT) – Please complete these forms and bring them with you to your local NRCS office.

                Forms below UPDATED - September 8, 2009

    Kentucky’s Ranking Area MAP and Identified Resource Concerns           MAP  (PDF; 570 Kb)  

    2009 Enhancement Activity Job Sheets

    CSP Payment Information

    Resource Conservation Crop Rotation Information

Fact Sheets

Kentucky Brochure and Poster  

For More Information:

Please visit the National NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program Web page at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/new_csp/csp.html

Local Assistance: 

Please contact NRCS at your local USDA Service Center. 

State Contact:

Deena Wheby, Assistant State Conservationist
Phone: 859-224-7350
e-mail: deena.wheby@ky.usda.gov