Bedding
(310) -- Plowing, blading, or otherwise elevating the surface
of flat land into a series of broad, low ridges separated by
shallow, parallel channels to provide improved surface drainage,
minimize water ponding, permit efficient operation of tillage
and harvesting equipment, and eliminate sources of mosquito production.
Brush Management
(314) -- Removal, reduction, or manipulation of non-herbaceous
plants to restore natural plant community balance; create a desired
plant community; reduce competition for space, moisture, and
sunlight between desired and unwanted plants; manage woody plants;
restore vegetation cover to protect soils, control erosion, reduce
sediment, improve water quality and enhance stream flow, maintain
or enhance wildlife habitat, protect from wildfire hazards, and
improve visibility and access for handling livestock.
Channel Vegetation (AC) (322) -- Establishment and maintenance of plants on
channel banks, berms, spoils, and associated areas to stabilize
channel banks and adjacent areas and reduce erosion and sedimentation.
Chiseling and Subsoiling (324) -- Loosening the soil, without inverting
and with a minimum of mixing of the surface soil, to shatter
restrictive layers below the normal plow depth that inhibit water
movement or root development.
Commercial Fishponds (397) -- A water impoundment constructed and managed
for commercial aquaculture production to provide a favorable
water environment for producing, growing, harvesting and marketing
aquaculture crops and to control water quality.
Composting Facility (317) -- A facility for the biological stabilization
of waste organic material to treat waste biologically by producing
a hums-like material that can be recycled as a soil amendment
and fertilizer substitute or otherwise utilized in compliance
with all laws, rules and regulations.
Conservation Cover
(327) -- Establishing and maintaining perennial vegetative cover
to protect soil and water resources on land retired from agricultural
production to reduce soil erosion and sedimentation, improve
water quality, and create or enhance wildlife habitat.
Conservation Crop Rotation (328) -- Growing crops in a re-occurring sequence
on the same field to reduce sheet and rill erosion, reduce irrigation
induced erosion, maintain or improve soil organic content, manage
plant nutrients, improve water use efficiency, manage saline
seeps, manage plant pests, provide food for domestic livestock
and provide food and cover for wildlife.
Constructed Wetland (656) -- A wetland that has been constructed for
the primary purpose of water quality improvement.
Contour Farming
(AC) (330) --Farming sloping land in such a way that preparing
land, planting, and cultivating are done on the contours to reduce
erosion and control water.
Contour Orchard and Other Fruit Area (331) -- Planting orchards, vineyards, or small
fruits so that all cultural operations are done on the contour
to reduce soil and water loss, better control and use water,
and operate farm equipment more easily.
Controlled Drainage (335) -- The control of surface and subsurface
water through the use of drainage facilities and water control
structures to conserve water and maintain optimum soil moisture,
optimize infiltration, increase plant root zone depth, improve
surface water quality, reduce nitrates in drainage water, reduce
subsidence and wind erosion, and provide water for wildlife.
Cover Crop (340)
- A crop of close-growing grasses, legumes, or small grains grown
primarily for seasonal protection and soil improvement. This
crop is usually grown for 1 year or less, except where there
is permanent cover as in orchards.
Critical Area Planting (342) -- Planting vegetation, such as trees, shrubs,
vines, grasses, or legumes, on highly erodible or critically
eroding areas to stabilize the soil, reduce damage from sediment
and runoff to downstream areas, and improve wildlife habitat
and visual resources.
Cross Wind Ridges
(589A) --Ridges formed by tillage or planting and aligned across
the prevailing wind erosion direction to reduce soil erosion
from wind.
Cross Wind Strip Cropping (589B) -- Growing crops in strips established
across the prevailing wind erosion direction, and arranged so
that strips susceptible to wind erosion are alternated with strips
having a protective cover that is resistant to wind erosion.
Cross Wind Trap Strips (589C) -- Herbaceous cover resistant to wind erosion
established in one or more strips across the prevailing wind
erosion direction to reduce erosion from wind, protect growing
crops from damage by wind-borne particles, and provide food and
cover for wildlife.
Fence (382)
-- Enclosing or dividing an area of land with a suitable permanent
structure that acts as a barrier to livestock, big game, or people
to protect areas from grazing, regulate access and protect new
seedlings.
Field Border
(386) -- A strip of permanent vegetation established at the edge
or around the perimeter of a field to reduce erosion from wind
and water, protect soil and water quality, manage harmful insect
populations and provide wildlife food and cover.
Filter Strip (393)
-- A strip or area of vegetation for removing sediment, organic
matter, and other pollutants from runoff and wastewater.
Fish Stream Improvement (395) -- Improving a stream channel to make a
new fish habitat or to enhance an existing habitat to increase
the production of desired species of fish.
Floodwater Diversion (400) -- A graded channel with a supporting embankment
or dike on the lower side constructed on lowland subject to flood
damage to improve the crop-growing environment of lowlands and
improve water quality.
Forage Harvest Management (511) -- The timely cutting and removal of forages
from the field as hay, green-chop, or ensilage to optimize economic
yield, promote vigorous plant regrowth, maintain desired species
composition, control insects and disease and improve wildlife
habitat.
Forest Harvest Trails and Landings (655) -- Laying out, constructing and using forest
harvest trails and landings to allow for removal of a forest
product while minimizing onsite and offsite damage to resources.
Forest Site Preparation (490)- Treating areas to encourage natural regeneration
of desirable trees and shrubs or to permit artificial regeneration
by planting or direct seeding.
Forest Stand Improvement (666) -- To manipulate species composition and
stocking by cutting or killing selected trees and understory
vegetation.
Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment (548) -- Modifying physical soil and/or plant
conditions with mechanical tools by treatments such as; pitting,
contour furrowing, and ripping or subsoiling to fracture compacted
soil layers and improve soil permeability, reduce water runoff
and increase infiltration, increase plant vigor and produce greater
yields.
Heavy Use Area Protection (561) -- Protecting heavily used areas by establishing
vegetative cover, by surfacing with suitable materials, or by
installing needed structures.
Hedgerow Planting (422)
-- Establishing a living fence of shrubs or trees in, across,
or around a field to delineate field boundaries, serve as fences,
establish contour guidelines, provide wildlife food and cover,
provide screens, or improve the landscape.
Hillside Ditch
(423) -- A channel that has a supporting ridge on the lower side
constructed across the slope at definite vertical intervals and
gradients, with or without a vegetative barrier, to control water
flow in non-cultivated sloping areas by diverting runoff to a
protected outlet, thus minimizing erosion, conserving water and
improving water quality.
Irrigation Field Ditch (388) -- A permanent irrigation ditch constructed
to convey water from the source of supply to a field or fields
in a farm distribution system to prevent erosion or loss of water
quality or damage to land.
Irrigation Storage Reservoir (436) -- An irrigation water storage structure
made by constructing a dam to conserve water by holding it in
storage until it can be beneficially used to meet crop irrigation
requirements, provide incidental water for livestock, fish, wildlife,
recreation, and fire control.
Irrigation Water Conveyance (428) -- A pipeline and appurtenances installed
in an irrigation system to prevent erosion, prevent a reduction
of water quality, damage to land due to water logging, and to
make possible proper management of irrigation water and reduce
water conveyance losses.
Land Clearing
(460) -- Removal of trees, stumps, and other vegetation from
wooded areas to achieve needed land use adjustments and to provide
improvements in the interest of soil and water conservation.
Land Smoothing (466)
-- Removing irregularities on the land surface by use of special
equipment to improve surface drainage, obtain more uniform planting
depths and facilitate contour cultivation.
Mole Drain
(482) -- An underground conduit constructed by pulling a bullet
shaped cylinder through the soil to establish a system of subsurface
channels for removal of trapped surface and shallow subsurface
water from low gradient land.
Mulching
(484) -- Applying plant residues or other suitable materials
not produced on the site to the soil surface to conserve moisture,
prevent surface compaction and crusting, reduce runoff and erosion,
control weeds and help establish plant cover.
Nutrient Management (590) -- Managing the amount, form, placement,
and timing of applications of plant nutrients to optimize forage
and crop yields, minimize entry of nutrients to surface and groundwater,
and maintain or improve chemical and biological conditions of
the soil.
Obstruction Removal (500) -- Removal and disposal of unwanted, unsightly
or hazardous buildings, structures, vegetation, landscape features,
trash, and other materials.
Pasture and Hay Planting (512) -- Establishing and reestablishing long-term
stands of adapted species of perennial, biennial, or reseeding
forage plants to reduce erosion, produce high quality forage,
and to adjust land use.
Pest Management
(595A) -- Managing agricultural pest infestations to reduce adverse
effects on plant growth, crop production and environmental resources
in order to develop a pest management system that is both consistent
with selected crop production goals and is environmentally acceptable.
Pond (378)
-- A water impoundment made by constructing a dam or an embankment
or by excavating a pit or dugout to provide water for livestock,
fish and wildlife, recreation, fire control, crop and orchard
spraying, and other related uses and to maintain or improve water
quality.
Pond Sealing or Lining (521) -- Installing a fixed lining of impervious
material or treating the soil in a pond mechanically or chemically
to impede or prevent excessive water loss.
Precision Land Forming (462)-Reshaping the surface of land to planned
grades to improve surface drainage, provide land forming operations
for drainage and erosion control, improve moisture conservation,
help leaching uniformity, and improve water quality.
Prescribed Burning
(338) -- Applying controlled fire to predetermined areas to control
undesirable vegetation, prepare sites for planting or seeding,
control plant disease, reduce wildfire habitat, improve forage
production quantity or quality, remove slash and debris, enhance
seed and seedling production and facilitate the distribution
of grazing and browsing animals.
Prescribed Grazing
(528A) -- The controlled harvest of vegetation with grazing or
browsing animals managed to improve or maintain the health and
vigor of selected plants and to maintain a stable and desired
plant community, provide or maintain food, cover and shelter
for animals of concern, improve or maintain animal health and
productivity, maintain or improve water quality and quantity
and reduce accelerated soil erosion and maintain or improve soil
condition for sustainability of the resource.
Range Planting
(550) -- Establishment of adapted perennial vegetation such as
grasses, forbs, legumes, shrubs, and trees to restore a plant
community similar to its historic climax, provide or improve
forage for livestock, provide or improve habitat for wildlife,
reduce erosion and improve water quality and quantity.
Recreation Area Improvement (562) -- Establishing grasses, legumes, vines,
shrubs, trees, or other plants or selectively reducing stand
density and trimming woody plants to improve an areas attractiveness
and usefulness for recreation and to protect soil and plant resources.
Recreation Land Grading and Shaping
(566) -- Altering the surface of
the land to meet the requirements of recreation facilities to
permit effective uses of the land area for recreation, improve
surface drainage for recreation use and obtain more uniform soil
depths.
Recreation Trail and Walkway (568) -- A pathway prepared especially for pedestrian,
equestrian, and cycle travel to provide users of recreation areas
with travel routed for such activities, prevent erosion on or
along pathways, and to preserve and protect soil, plant, animal,
and visual resources.
Regulating Water in Drainage Systems (554) -- Controlling the removal of surface or
subsurface runoff, primarily through the operation of water control
structures to establish and encourage the growth of desired field
or forest plants, reduce soil subsidence and erosion and provide
water for wildlife.
Residue Management, (329) -- Managing the amount, orientation, and
distribution of crop and other plant residue on the soil surface
year-round, while growing crops where the entire field surface
is tilled prior to planting to reduce erosion, conserve soil
moisture and provide food and escape cover for wildlife.
Restoration and Management of Declining
Habitats (643) -- Restoring and
conserving rare or declining native vegetated communities and
associated wildlife species.
Riparian Forest Buffer (391A) -- An area of trees and/or shrubs located
adjacent to and up-gradient from water bodies to create shade,
lower water temperatures, improve habitat for aquatic organisms,
provide a source of detritus and large woody debris for aquatic
organisms and habitat for wildlife and reduce excess mounts of
sediment, organic material, nutrients and pesticides in surface
water.
Roof Runoff Management (558) -- A facility for collecting, controlling,
and disposing of runoff water from roofs to prevent roof runoff
water from flowing across concentrated waste areas, barnyards,
roads and alleys, and to reduce pollution and erosion, improve
water quality, prevent flooding, improve drainage and protect
the environment.
Row Arrangement
(557) -- Establishing a system of crop rows on planned grades
and lengths primarily for erosion control and water management.
Runoff Management System (570) -- A system for controlling excess runoff
caused by construction operations at development sites, changes
in land use, or other land disturbances to regulate the rate
and amount of runoff and sediment from development sites.
Soil Salinity Management-Non Irrigated (571) -- Management of land, water, and plants
to control harmful accumulations of salts on the soil surface
or in the root zones on non-irrigated areas.
Streambank and Shoreline Protection (580) -- Treatments (vegetative and erosion control)
used to stabilized and protect banks of streams or constructed
channels and shorelines of lakes, reservoirs, or estuaries.
Stripcropping,
Contour (585) -- Growing crops in a systematic arrangement
of strips or bands on the contour to reduce water erosion. The
crops are arranged so that a strip of grass or a close-growing
crop is alternated with a strip of clean-tilled crop or fallow
or a strip of grass is alternated with a close-growing crop.
Stripcropping, Field (586) -- Growing crops in a systematic arrangement
of strips or bands across the general slope (not on the contour)
to reduce water erosion. The crops are arranged so that a strip
of grass or a close-growing crop is alternated with a clean tilled
crop or fallow.
Surface Drainage, Field Ditch (607)- A graded ditch for collecting excess water
in a field to drain surface depressions, collect or intercept
excess surface water from natural or graded land surfaces, and
convey excess water to an outlet.
Surface Roughening
(609) -- Roughening the soil surface by ridge or clod-forming
tillage to reduce wind erosion on cultivated land.
Tree/Shrub Establishment (612) -- to establish woody plants by planting
or seeding to provide forest products, control erosion, reduce
air pollution, beautify an area, protect a watershed and provide
wildlife habitat.
Tree/Shrub Pruning
(660A) -- Removing all or parts of selected branches from trees
and shrubs to improve the intended function of the plant, improve
appearance of trees and shrubs, improve the quality of the wood
product and reduce a safety hazard.
Underground Outlet (620) -- A conduit installed beneath the surface
of the ground to collect surface water and convey it to a suitable
outlet, to dispose of excess water from terraces, diversions,
subsurface drains or other concentrations without causing damage
by erosion or flooding.
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (645) -- Creating, restoring, maintaining or enhancing
areas for food, cover, and water for upland wildlife and species
which use upland habitat for a portion of their lifecycle.
Use Exclusion (472)
- Excluding animals, people, or vehicles from an area to protect,
maintain, or improve the quantity and quality of the plant, animal,
soil, air, water and aesthetic resources and human health and
safety.
Waste Management System (312) -- A planned system in which all necessary
components are installed for managing liquid and solid waste,
including runoff from concentrated waste areas, in order to minimize
degradation of air, soil and water resources and protect public
health.
Waste Storage Facility (313) -- A waste impoundment made by constructing
an embankment and/or excavating a pit or dugout or by fabricating
a structure to temporarily store wastes such as manure, wastewater,
and contaminated runoff as a function of an agricultural waste
management system.
Waste Treatment Lagoon (359) -- An impoundment made by excavation or
earthfill for biological treatment of animal or other agricultural
waste to biologically treat organic waste and to reduce pollution
and protect the environment.
Water and Sediment Control Basin (638) -- An earth embankment or a combination
ridge and channel generally constructed across the slope and
minor watercourses to form a sediment trap and water detention
basin to reduce watercourse and gully erosion, trap sediment,
reduce and manage onsite and downstream runoff, and improve downstream
water quality.
Water Harvesting Catchment (636) -- A facility for collecting and storing
precipitation to provide water for livestock, fish and wildlife,
recreation, or other purposes.
Wetland Creation
(658) -- A wetland that has been created on a site location which
historically was not a wetland or is a wetland but the site will
be converted to a wetland with a different hydrology, vegetation
type, or function than naturally occurred on the site.
Wetland Enhancement (659) --The modification or rehabilitation of
an existing or degraded wetland, where specific functions and/or
values are modified for the purpose of meeting project objectives.
Wetland Restoration (657) -- The rehabilitation of a degraded wetland
to restore both the hydrologic conditions and the hydrophytic
plant community that occurred on site before modification.
Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (644) -- Retaining, developing or managing habitat
for wetland wildlife to maintain, develop, or improve habitat
for waterfowl, fur-bearers, or other wetland associated flora
and fauna.
Wildlife Watering Facility (648) -- Develop, improve, or modify watering
places and systems for wildlife to provide adequate drinking
water during critical periods, to create or expand suitable habitat
for wildlife and to improve water quality.
