Fiscal Year 2024 CSP Montana Enhancements, Bundles, and Supplemental Payments

On this page, find links to Fiscal Year 2024 CSP Enhancements, Bundles and Supplemental Payments available in Montana. Enhancements and Bundles listed here include Montana Supplements.

Enhancements available in Montana
Bundles available in Montana
Supplemental Activity Payments available in Montana

Enhancements

Enhancements allow a producer to address additional levels of conservation beyond what the minimum conservation practice standard requires. The following enhancements are available in Montana.

Enhancements

Brush management to improve wildlife habitat (E314A with Montana Supplement) (163.7 KB)

Herbaceous weed treatment to create desired plant communities consistent with ecological site (E315A with Montana Supplement) (414.84 KB)

Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects (E327A) (197.3 KB)

Establish Monarch butterfly habitat (E327B with Montana supplement) (231.78 KB)

Conservation crop rotation on recently converted CRP grass/legume cover (E328C) (242.42 KB)

Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife (E328D with Montana Supplement) (277.63 KB)

Soil health crop rotation (E328E with MT supplement) (241.93 KB)

Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter (E328F) (251.09 KB)

Crop rotation on recently converted CRP grass/legume cover for soil organic matter improvement (E328G with MT supplement) (238.67 KB)

Conservation crop rotation to reduce the concentration of salts (E328H) (184.26 KB)

Forage harvest to reduce water quality impacts by utilization of excess soil nutrients (E328I with MT supplement) (266.11 KB)

Improved crop rotation to provide benefits to pollinators (E328J with MT supplement) (225.53 KB)

Multiple crop types to benefit wildlife (E328K with MT supplement) (271.76 KB)

Leaving tall crop residue for wildlife (E328L with MT supplement) (220.33 KB)

Diversify crop rotation with canola or sunflower to provide benefits to pollinators (E328M with MT supplement) (405.05 KB)

Perennial grain crop conservation rotation (E328O with MT supplement) (173.04 KB)

Low Nitrogen Requirement Annual Crop Rotation (E328P) (661.5 KB)

No till to reduce soil erosion (E329A) (187.82 KB)

No till to reduce tillage induced particulate matter (E329B) (187.38 KB)

No till to increase plant-available moisture (E329C) (187.01 KB)

No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content (E329D) (188.26 KB)

No till to reduce energy (E329E) (214.18 KB)

No-till into green cover crops to improve soil organic matter (E329F with Montana Supplement) (260.33 KB)

Short-interval burns to promote a healthy herbaceous plant community (E338B) (284.6 KB)

Sequential patch burning (E338C) (187.26 KB)

Cover crop to reduce soil erosion (E340A with MT supplement) (265.85 KB)

Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content (E340B with MT supplement) (279.95 KB)

Use of multi-species cover crop to improve soil health (E340C with Montana Supplement) (271 KB)

Intensive orchard/vineyard floor cover cropping to increase soil health (E340D with MT supplement) (263.57 KB)

Use of soil health assessment to assist with development of cover crop mix (E340E with Montana Supplement) (401.98 KB)

Cover crop to minimize soil compaction (E340F with MT supplement) (225.85 KB)

Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients (E340G with MT supplement) (225.66 KB)

Cover crops to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles (E340H with MT supplement) (191.43 KB)

Using cover crops for biological strip till (E340I with MT supplement) (215.52 KB)

Cover crop to improve moisture use efficiency and reduce salts (E340J with Montana Supplement) (305.82 KB)

Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion (E345A) (188.61 KB)

Reduced tillage to reduce tillage induced particulate matter (E345B) (185.68 KB)

Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture (E345C) (188.78 KB)

Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content (E345D) (189.29 KB)

Reduced tillage to reduce energy use (E345E) (215.87 KB)

Silvopasture to improve wildlife habitat (E381A with MT supplement) (252.28 KB)

Incorporating wildlife-friendly fencing for connectivity of wildlife food resources (E382A with MT supplement) (309.76 KB)

Installing electrical fence offsets and wire for cross-fencing to improve grazing management (E382B) (204.39 KB)

Biochar production from woody residue (E384A) (188.31 KB)

Enhanced field borders to reduce soil erosion along the edge(s) of a field (E386A) (197.65 KB)

Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of a field (E386B) (195.7 KB)

Enhanced field borders to decrease particulate emissions along the edge(s) of a field (E386C) (195.41 KB)

Enhanced field borders to increase food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field (E386D) (196.31 KB)

Enhanced field borders to increase wildlife food and habitat along the edge(s) of a field (E386E) (265.56 KB)

Increase riparian herbaceous cover width for sediment and nutrient reduction (E390A with Montana Supplement) (283.21 KB)

Increase Riparian Herbaceous Cover Width to Enhance Wildlife Habitat (E390B with Montana Supplement) (308.26 KB)

Increase riparian forest buffer width for sediment and nutrient reduction (E391A with MT supplement) (226.45 KB)

Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction (E391B with MT supplement) (190.54 KB)

Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat (E391C with Montana Supplement) (355.29 KB)

Extend existing filter strip to reduce water quality impacts (E393A) (220.12 KB)

Enhance a grassed waterway (E412A with MT supplement) (265.77 KB)

Establish pollinator habitat (E420A with Montana Supplement) (668.98 KB)

Complete pumping plant evaluation for water savings (E449A with Montana Supplement) (311.17 KB)

Advanced Automated IWM – Year 2-5, soil moisture monitoring (E449C with Montana Supplement) (260.29 KB)

Advanced Automated IWM – Year 1, Equipment and soil moisture monitoring (E449D with Montana Supplement) (235.28 KB)

Intermediate IWM— Year 1, Equipment with Soil moisture monitoring (E449F with Montana Supplement) (309.28 KB)

Intermediate IWM— Years 2 -5, using soil moisture monitoring (E449H with Montana Supplement) (357.24 KB)

IWM - Year 1, Retrofit Equipment with Speed Control on Sprinkler Irrigation System (E449I with Montana Supplement) (372.58 KB)

Intermediate IWM – 20 Percent Reduced Water usage (E449J with Montana Supplement) (325.39 KB)

Manage livestock access to waterbodies to reduce nutrients or pathogens to surface water (E472A) (184.16 KB)

Mulching to improve soil health (E484A with MT supplement) (269.23 KB)

Reduce particulate matter emissions by using orchard or vineyard generated woody material as mulch (E484B) (178.44 KB)

Mulching with natural materials in specialty crops for weed control (E484C) (188.14 KB)

E484D September 2023 FY24 (249.94 KB)

Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape (E511A with MT supplement) (280.96 KB)

Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat cover, shelter or continuity (E511B with MT supplement) (439.77 KB)

Forage testing for improved harvesting methods and hay quality (E511C with Montana Supplement) (317.82 KB)

Forage harvest management to improve terrestrial habitat for wildlife and invertebrates (E511D with MT supplement) (228.69 KB)

Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce soil erosion (E512A) (361.34 KB)

Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health (E512B) (376.73 KB)

Cropland conversion to grass for soil organic matter improvement (E512C) (453.28 KB)

Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils (E512D) (374.56 KB)

Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect and/or Monarch habitat (E512I with MT supplement) (336.02 KB)

Establish wildlife corridors to provide habitat continuity or access to water (E512J) (360.08 KB)

Diversifying forage base with interseeding forbs and legumes to increase pasture quality (E512L with MT supplement) (302.58 KB)

Forage plantings that improve wildlife habitat cover and shelter or structure and composition (E512M with MT supplement) (290.34 KB)

Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity (E528A with Montana Supplement) (234.48 KB)

Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for wildlife (E528C) (241.76 KB)

Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food or cover and shelter for wildlife (E528D) (188.76 KB)

Improved grazing management for enhanced plant structure and composition for wildlife (E528E with Montana Supplement) (381.37 KB)

Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition (E528F with Montana Supplement) (242.9 KB)

Improved grazing management on pasture for plant productivity and health with monitoring activities (E528G) (324.54 KB)

Prescribed grazing to improve/maintain riparian and watershed function (E528H with MT supplement) (384.91 KB)

Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-surface or ground water from nutrients (E528I) (185.26 KB)

Prescribed grazing on pastureland that improves riparian and watershed function (E528J) (184.8 KB)

Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion (E528L) (183.28 KB)

Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion (E528M) (183.41 KB)

Improved grazing management through monitoring activities (E528N) (401.46 KB)

Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality (E528O with MT supplement) (164.17 KB)

Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in water (E528P with Montana Supplement) (306.45 KB)

Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health (E528Q with Montana Supplement) (266.51 KB)

Management Intensive Rotational Grazing (E528R with Montana Supplement) (235.12 KB)

Soil Health Improvements on Pasture (E528S) (369.98 KB)

Grazing to Reduce Wildfire Risks on Forests (E528T) (276.94 KB)

Contingency Planning for Resiliency (E528U) (578.67 KB)

Advanced Pumping Plant Automation (E533A) (228.19 KB)

Complete pumping plant evaluation for energy savings (E533B (338.31 KB)

Install variable frequency drive(s) on pump(s) (E533C) (372.21 KB)

Switch fuel source for pumps (E533D) (366.05 KB)

Range planting for increasing/maintaining organic matter (E550A) (385.75 KB)

Range planting for improving forage, browse, or cover for wildlife (E550B) (261.94 KB)

Enhanced Rain Gardens for Wildlife (E570A) (293.22 KB)

Stream crossing elimination (E578A) (264.55 KB)

Stream corridor bank stability improvement (E580A) (286.88 KB)

Stream corridor bank vegetation improvement (E580B) (286.7 KB)

Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses (E590A with Montana Supplement) (284.68 KB)

Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies (E590B with MT supplement) (209.24 KB)

Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture (E590C) (356.57 KB)

Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application (E595A with Montana Supplement) (336.44 KB)

Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques (E595B with Montana Supplement) (346.94 KB)

Eliminate the use of chemical treatments to control pests and to increase the presence of dung beetles (E595E with MT supplement (233.27 KB)

Improving soil organism habitat on agricultural land (E595F) (241.43 KB)

Reduce resistance risk by utilizing PAMS techniques (E595G with Montana Supplement) (317.08 KB)

Planting for carbon sequestration and storage (E612B withMT supplement) (289.59 KB)

Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities (E612C with MT supplement) (220.17 KB)

Adding food-producing trees/shrubs to an agroforestry system (E612D with MT supplement) (227.82 KB)

Cultural plantings (E612E with Montana Supplement) (294.2 KB)

Tree/shrub planting for wildlife habitat (E612G with MT supplement) (263.67 KB)

Restoration and Management of Declining Habitat (E643B with MT supplement) (226.76 KB)

Low-tech process-based restoration to enhance floodplain connectivity (E643D with Montana Supplement) (713.5 KB)

Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat (E645A with Montana Supplement) (284.1 KB)

Manage existing shrub thickets to provide adequate shelter for wildlife (E645B) (190.66 KB)

Edge feathering for wildlife cover (E645C) (184.89 KB)

Enhanced Wildlife Habitat Management for Upland Landscapes (E645D with Montana Supplement) (351.95 KB)

Maintaining and improving forest soil quality. (E666A) (265.04 KB)

Forest management to enhance understory vegetation (E666D) (193.45 KB)

E666E August 2019.pdf (198.03 KB)

Reduce forest stand density to create open stand structure (E666F) (184.04 KB)

Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to limit wildfire risk and improve habitat (E666G with MT supplement) (284.84 KB)

Increase on-site carbon storage (E666H) (321.86 KB)

Creating structural diversity with patch openings (E666K with Montana Supplement) (268.38 KB)

Snags, den trees, and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat (E666O with Montana Supplement) (250 KB)

Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species (E666P with Montana Supplement) (294.5 KB)

Bundles

CSP applicants who want to increase their conservation stewardship even further may consider “bundles” of enhancement activities. Some enhancements work together to provide increased conservation benefits when they are implemented as a group. Producers may consider adopting these enhancement groups or “bundles” on their operation. The following bundles are available in Montana.

Supplemental Activity Payments

Supplemental activity payments are also available to CSP participants who wish to further adopt resource conserving crop rotations, improve an existing resource conserving crop rotation and/or implement advanced grazing management enhancements on their land. The following are available in Montana.

Advanced Grazing Management (AGM May 2022) (PDF; 222.7 KB)
Resource Conserving Crop Rotation (E328A April 2021) (PDF; 258.8)
Improved Resource Conserving Crop Rotation (E328B July 2019) (PDF; 440.9 KB)

Additional Information

Conservation Stewardship Program - Montana

Information specific to the Conservation Stewardship Program in Montana

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NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program

Conservation Stewardship Program information that applies to all States.

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Soil Science

Conservation Technical Assistance

Regional Conservation Partnership Program

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)

Soil Science

Conservation Technical Assistance

Regional Conservation Partnership Program

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)

Fiscal Year 2024 CSP Montana Enhancements, Bundles, and Supplemental Payments

Enhancements

Bundles

Supplemental Activity Payments

Additional Information

Conservation Stewardship Program - Montana

NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program

Soil Science

Conservation Technical Assistance

Regional Conservation Partnership Program

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)

USDA Seeks Members for Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Pr...

USDA Conservation Efforts Support Pollinators, Agricultural Production Nationwide

Soil Science

Conservation Technical Assistance

Regional Conservation Partnership Program

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)

USDA Seeks Members for Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Pr...

USDA Conservation Efforts Support Pollinators, Agricultural Production Nationwide

Fiscal Year 2024 CSP Montana Enhancements, Bundles, and Supplemental Payments

Enhancements

Enhancements

Bundles

Bundles

Supplemental Activity Payments

Additional Information

Conservation Stewardship Program - Montana

NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program