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2005 Conservation Security Program (CSP)

 

General Program Information

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CSP is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to promote the conservation and improvement of soil, water, air, energy, plant and animal life, and other conservation purposes on private working lands. Working lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pasture, and range land, as well as forested land that is an incidental part of an agriculture operation.

 

The following documents have been archived. You can request a copy by e-mailing paula.hingson@il.usda.gov.

Illinois
Kishwaukee Watershed - Basic Requirements (PDF, 244 KB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - Applying Step by Step   (PDF, 249 KB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - Requirements for Tiers   (PDF, 172 KB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - Plant Resource Concern   (PDF, 4.7MB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - Soil Resource Concern  (PDF, 3.1MB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - Wildlife Resource Concern (PDF, 1.3MB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - Pasture Basic Requirements (PDF, 358 KB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - Cost Limits (PDF, 219 KB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - Enhancement Practice List (PDF, 288KB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - New Practice List (PDF, 167KB)
Kishwaukee Watershed - Riparian Corridor (PDF, 175KB)

 

Selected Watershed for 2004

Kishwawkee River Watershed
The Kishwaukee Watershed encompasses portions of Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, Ogle, McHenry, and Winnebago Counties in Illinois and Walworth County in Wisconsin.
The Kishwaukee Watershed - click on image for larger photo.
Click on map for larger JPG image (243kb)
Printable PDF of Map
(1.59Mb)

 

Land Cover/Use

Land Use Cover Total Acres
Cropland 609,600
Pasture 40,100
Forest 32,800
Developed 75,200
Water 6,500
Other 25,900
Total 790,100

Data Source: 1997 NRI

 

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