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Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Outreach


The Capital RC&D is helping to "spread the word" about this new opportunity for landowners (with crop, pasture and forest areas) who are good stewards and want to potentially add additional "conservation practices."​
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, improved pastureland, nonindustrial private forest lands, 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 is not like any other conservation program. It provides comprehensive conservation assistance to whole farms and working lands to resolve particular resource concerns in a given location. It offers farmers the opportunity to augment the foundation of their good current conservation efforts by earning payments for maintaining them, expanding them, and adding new conservation activities—even while they work their lands for production. CSP is for working farms, built on the belief that we must enhance natural resource and environmental protection at the same time we produce profitable food, fiber and energy.
​–From Farmer’s Guide to Conservation Stewardship Program.

Additional Information 

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To see if you are eligible and to sign up: 
http://www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/CSP/index.html
OR… call the Capital RC&D office and we can point you in the right direction!

​If you would like the Capital RC&D to consider a community project,
please fill out the attached form and send it to the RC&D office for consideration.
Project Proposal Form
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • What is Capital RC&D?
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Info & Directions
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Press
  • Projects
    • Carbon Monitoring
    • Conservation Podcast
    • Grazing Support >
      • Grazing Advisors
      • Grazing Education
      • Grazing Resources
    • Tillage and Cover Crop Survey
    • NRCS Technical Assistance
    • Employee Wellness
    • Previous Projects >
      • Agroforestry >
        • Northeast / Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry >
          • NEMA About Us
          • NEMA Webinars
          • NEMA Resources
          • NEMA Contact US
      • C-Saw Program
      • Claremont Gardens
      • CREP
      • CSP Outreach
      • High Tunnel >
        • High Tunnel Video Library
        • High Tunnel Webinars
        • Financial Assistance
        • Building / Maintaining / Modifying
        • Crop Production and Disease Management
        • High Tunnel Vendors
        • High Tunnel FAQ's
        • Other Resources
      • Local Food Initiative >
        • Growing Green
        • SNAP
        • South Central Food Systems Alliance
      • No-till & Soil Health >
        • Life in the Soil
        • Park the Plow
      • On-farm Composting
      • South Mountain Forests
      • South Mountain GeoTrail
  • Events
    • Farmers Market Forum
  • Links
  • Educational Resources
  • Board Member Materials