Colorado Agriculture Preservatio

COLORADO 2007 EQIP ELIGIBLE CONSERVATION PRACTICES
AND COST SHARE RATES
FOR GROUND AND SURFACE WATER CONSERVATION

HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER (OGALLALA)

Incentive Payment Practices – High Plains - GSWC

To be eligible for the Land Use Conversion practices, land must have been irrigated 2 of the past 5 years, and a well test conducted by a Colorado Certified Well Tester after August 1, 2006 will be required. The participant must have a conservation plan that controls wind and water erosion to “T” on converted acres. Contract must be a minimum of 4 years, incentive payment allowed for 3 consecutive years, unless otherwise noted below, and maximum contract amount includes the incentive payments and other cost share practices needed to facilitate conversion.

TEMPORARY CONVERSION (3 years): To be eligible, applicant must provide a well capacity test no more than 6 months old, must have a conservation plan that controls wind and water erosion to “T” on converted acres, land must have been irrigated 2 of the past 5 years, and the irrigation well must be rendered unusable by removing the pump or the pump power supply. If converting to grazing land, the well the pumping system must be replaced with one capable of pumping only sufficient water for livestock grazing use. If water source is from a surface diversion, diversion records must be provided for the previous three years to determine the water supply capacity (a three year average will be used).

LONG TERM CONVERSION (5 years): To be eligible, applicant must provide a well capacity test

no more than 6 months old, must have a conservation plan that controls wind and water erosion to “T”

on converted acres, land must have been irrigated 2 of the past 5 years, and the irrigation well must be

rendered unusable by removing the pump or the pump power supply. If converting to grazing land, the

pumping system must be replaced with one capable of pumping only sufficient water for livestock

grazing use. The producer must enter into a long term maintenance agreement for the last two years of

conversion. If water source is from a surface diversion, diversion records must be provided for the

previous three years to determine the water supply capacity (a three year average will be used).

PERMANENT CONVERSION: To be eligible, applicant must provide a well capacity test no more

than 6 months old, must have a conservation plan that controls wind and water erosion to “T” on converted acres, land must have been irrigated 2 of the past 5 years, and the irrigation well must be properly capped and abandoned and the high capacity well permit must be surrendered back to the State of Colorado. Irrigation rights will also be surrendered on the acreage served by the well. If converting to grazing land, the well permit must be changed to low capacity use and the pumping system replaced with one capable of pumping only sufficient water for livestock grazing use.

Practices approved for Incentive Payments and approved rates for Fiscal Year 2007

Conservation Crop Rotation	Adopting a continuous No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed or Ridge Till crop rotation	5.00
Conservation Crop Rotation	GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - TEMPORARY CONVERSION (3 years) - Land use will be converted to Non-Irrigated cropland	50.00
Conservation Crop Rotation	GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - LONG TERM CONVERSION (5 years) - Land will be converted to Non-irrigated cropland – Well must be rendered unusable.	75.00
Conservation Crop Rotation	GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - PERMANENT CONVERSION - Land will be converted to Non-irrigated cropland - Well permit must be surrender to State of Colorado	130.00
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed	Systems that reduce wind and water erosion to less than or equal to "T" only	10.00
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed	No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed systems associated with Furrow Irrigation on cropland under an annual crop rotation	15.00
Cover Crop	Cover Crop	10.00
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till	Ridge Till systems associated with Furrow Irrigation on cropland under an annual crop rotation	15.00
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till	Systems that reduce wind and water erosion to less than or equal to "T"	7.00
Irrigation Water Management	Irrigation Water Management	5.00
Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) Erosion Control	For in furrow use only, Not for use in ditch systems	10.00
Prescribed Grazing	GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - TEMPORARY CONVERSION (3 years) - Land will be converted to perennial vegetation and managed for livestock	50.00
Prescribed Grazing	GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - LONG TERM CONVERSION (5 years) - Land will be converted to perennial vegetation and managed for livestock - Well must be rendered unusable.	75.00
Prescribed Grazing	GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - PERMANENT CONVERSION - Land will be converted to perennial vegetation and managed for livestock - Well permit must be surrender to State of Colorado	130.00
Stripcropping	Stripcropping (1 year incentive payment)	15.00
Nutrient Management	Nutrient Management	5.00
Pest Management	Pest Management	15.00
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management	GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - TEMPORARY CONVERSION (3 years) - Land will be converted to perennial vegetation and managed for wildlife use	50.00
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management	GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - LONG TERM CONVERSION (5 years) - Land will be converted to perennial vegetation and managed for wildlife use - Well must be rendered unusable.	75.00
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management	GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - PERMANENT CONVERSION - Land will be converted to perennial vegetation and managed for wildlife use - Well permit must be surrender to State of Colorado	130.00

PRACTICE NAME	PRACTICE	PRACTICE	COST SHARE
	UNIT 1/	CODE	RATE %
Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) Erosion Control 2/	Acres	450	Flat Rate
Conservation Crop Rotation, 2/ 3/	Acres	328	Flat Rate
Conservation Power Plant 4/	Number	716	50
Cover Crop 2/	Acres	340	Flat Rate
Dam, Diversion	Number	348	50
Diversion	Feet	362	50
Fencing 3/	Feet	382	50
Field Border	Feet	386	50
Grade Stabilization Structure	Number	410	50
Grassed Waterway	Acres	412	50
Irrigation Canal or Lateral	Feet	320	50
Irrigation Storage Reservoir	Number	436	50
Irrigation System, Sprinkler	Number	442	50
Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface Drip Irrigation	Number	443	50
Irrigation Water Conveyance, High-Pressure Underground Plastic Pipeline	Feet	430DD	50
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Low Pressure, Underground, Plastic Pipeline	Feet	430EE	50
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Rigid Gated Pipeline	Feet	430HH	50
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Steel Pipeline	Feet	430FF	50
Irrigation Water Management 2/	Acres	449	Flat Rate
Obstruction Removal	Acres	500	50
Nutrient Management 2/	Acres	590	Flat Rate
Pest Management 2/	Acres	595	Flat Rate
Pipeline (Livestock) 3/	Feet	516	50
Pond Sealing or Lining, Flexible Membrane	Number	521A	50
Prescribed Grazing 2/ 3/	Acres	528	Flat Rate
Pumping Plant for Water Control	Number	533	50
Range Seeding 3/	Acres	550	50
Residue Management, No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed2/	Acres	329	Flat Rate
Residue Management, Ridge Till 2/	Acres	346