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

HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER (OGALLALA)

+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| **PRACTICE NAME**                 | ###        | **PR     | **COST   |
|                                   |  PRACTICE  | ACTICE** | SHARE**  |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
|                                   | **UNIT     | **CODE** | **RATE   |
|                                   | [1/]{.un   |          | %**      |
|                                   | derline}** |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM)      | Acres      | 450      | Flat     |
| Erosion Control                   |            |          | Rate     |
| **[2/]{.underline}**              |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Conservation Crop Rotation,       | Acres      | 328      | Flat     |
| **[2/]{.underline}                |            |          | Rate     |
| [3/]{.underline}**                |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Conservation Power Plant **4/**   | Number     | 716      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Cover Crop **[2/]{.underline}**   | Acres      | 340      | Flat     |
|                                   |            |          | Rate     |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Dam, Diversion                    | Number     | 348      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Diversion                         | Feet       | 362      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Fencing **[3/]{.underline}**      | 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    | Number     | 443      | 50       |
| Subsurface Drip Irrigation        |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance,      | Feet       | 430DD    | 50       |
| High-Pressure Underground Plastic |            |          |          |
| Pipeline                          |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance, Low  | Feet       | 430EE    | 50       |
| Pressure, Underground, Plastic    |            |          |          |
| Pipeline                          |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance,      | Feet       | 430HH    | 50       |
| Rigid Gated Pipeline              |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance,      | Feet       | 430FF    | 50       |
| Steel Pipeline                    |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Irrigation Water Management       | Acres      | 449      | Flat     |
| **[2/]{.underline}**              |            |          | Rate     |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Obstruction Removal               | Acres      | 500      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Nutrient Management               | Acres      | 590      | Flat     |
| **[2/]{.underline}**              |            |          | Rate     |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Pest Management                   | Acres      | 595      | Flat     |
| **[2/]{.underline}**              |            |          | Rate     |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Pipeline (Livestock)              | Feet       | 516      | 50       |
| **[3/]{.underline}**              |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Pond Sealing or Lining, Flexible  | Number     | 521A     | 50       |
| Membrane                          |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Prescribed Grazing                | Acres      | 528      | Flat     |
| **[2/]{.underline}**              |            |          | Rate     |
| **[3/]{.underline}**              |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Pumping Plant for Water Control   | Number     | 533      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Range Seeding                     | Acres      | 550      | 50       |
| **[3/]{.underline}**              |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Residue Management, No Till/Strip | Acres      | 329      | Flat     |
| Till/Direct                       |            |          | Rate     |
| Seed**[2/]{.underline}**          |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Residue Management, Ridge Till    | Acres      | 346      | Flat     |
| **[2/]{.underline}**              |            |          | Rate     |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Riparian Forest Buffer            | Acres      | 391      | 50       |
| **[3/]{.underline}**              |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Spring Development                | Number     | 574      | 50       |
| **[3/]{.underline}**              |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Stripcropping **[2/]{.underline}  | Acres      | 585      | Flat     |
| [3/]{.underline}**                |            |          | Rate     |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Structure for Water Control       | Number     | 587      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Surface Drainage, Field Ditch     | Feet       | 607      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Terrace                           | Feet       | 600      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Tree and Shrub Planting           | Acres      | 612      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Upland Wildlife Habitat           | Acres      | 645      | Flat     |
| Management **[2/]{.underline}     |            |          | Rate     |
| [3/]{.underline}**                |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Water and Sediment Control Basin  | Number     | 638      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Water Well (Livestock)            | Number     | 642      | 50       |
| **[3/]{.underline}**              |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Watering Facility                 | Number     | 614      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Wetland Creation                  | Acres      | 658      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Wetland Restoration               | Acres      | 657      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Wetland Wildlife Habitat          | Acres      | 644      | Flat     |
| Management **[2/]{.underline}     |            |          | Rate     |
| [3/]{.underline}**                |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| **PRACTICE NAME**                 | ###        | **PR     | **COST   |
|                                   |  PRACTICE  | ACTICE** | SHARE**  |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
|                                   | **UNIT     | **CODE** | **RATE   |
|                                   | [1/]{.un   |          | %**      |
|                                   | derline}** |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Windbreak Renovation              | Acres      | 650      | 50       |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Windbreak/Shelterbelt             | Feet       | 380      | 50       |
| Establishment                     |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
|                                   |            |          |          |
+-----------------------------------+------------+----------+----------+

**[1/]{.underline}** Some components of a practice may be cost shared at
a different unit. For example, earthwork for a\
Dike, 356, is cost shared by the cubic yard.

**[2/]{.underline}** Incentive Payment Practices, SEE BELOW FOR UNIT
COSTS.

**[3/]{.underline}** These practices are for use in conjunction with the
Land Use Conversion Incentive Practice to facilitate\
use after area is converted to grass.

**4/** Introduction of new practice, \$10,000 cap per contract.

## 

## 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   | Adopting a continuous No         | 5   |
|     | Rotation            | Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed or   | .00 |
|     |                     | Ridge Till crop rotation         |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Conservation Crop   | GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER -     | 50  |
|     | Rotation            | TEMPORARY CONVERSION (3 years) - | .00 |
|     |                     | Land use will be converted to    |     |
|     |                     | Non-Irrigated cropland           |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Conservation Crop   | GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER -     | 75  |
|     | Rotation            | LONG TERM CONVERSION (5 years) - | .00 |
|     |                     | Land will be converted to        |     |
|     |                     | Non-irrigated cropland --        |     |
|     |                     |                                  |     |
|     |                     | Well must be rendered unusable.  |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Conservation Crop   | GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER -     | 130 |
|     | Rotation            | PERMANENT CONVERSION - Land will | .00 |
|     |                     | be converted to Non-irrigated    |     |
|     |                     | cropland - Well permit must be   |     |
|     |                     | surrender to State of Colorado   |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Residue and Tillage | Systems that reduce wind and     | 10  |
|     | Management,         | water erosion to less than or    | .00 |
|     | No-Till/Strip       | equal to \"T\" only              |     |
|     | Till/Direct Seed    |                                  |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Residue and Tillage | No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed   | 15  |
|     | Management,         | systems associated with Furrow   | .00 |
|     | No-Till/Strip       | Irrigation on cropland under an  |     |
|     | Till/Direct Seed    | annual crop rotation             |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Cover Crop          | Cover Crop                       | 10  |
|     |                     |                                  | .00 |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Residue and Tillage | Ridge Till systems associated    | 15  |
|     | Management, Ridge   | with Furrow Irrigation on        | .00 |
|     | Till                | cropland under an annual crop    |     |
|     |                     | rotation                         |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Residue and Tillage | Systems that reduce wind and     | 7   |
|     | Management, Ridge   | water erosion to less than or    | .00 |
|     | Till                | equal to \"T\"                   |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Irrigation Water    | Irrigation Water Management      | 5   |
|     | Management          |                                  | .00 |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Anionic             | For in furrow use only, Not for  | 10  |
|     | Polyacrylamide      | use in ditch systems             | .00 |
|     | (PAM) Erosion       |                                  |     |
|     | Control             |                                  |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Prescribed Grazing  | GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER -     | 50  |
|     |                     | TEMPORARY CONVERSION (3 years) - | .00 |
|     |                     | Land will be converted to        |     |
|     |                     | perennial vegetation and managed |     |
|     |                     | for livestock                    |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Prescribed Grazing  | GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER -     | 75  |
|     |                     | LONG TERM CONVERSION (5 years) - | .00 |
|     |                     | Land will be converted to        |     |
|     |                     | perennial vegetation and managed |     |
|     |                     | for livestock - Well must be     |     |
|     |                     | rendered unusable.               |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Prescribed Grazing  | GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER -     | 130 |
|     |                     | PERMANENT CONVERSION - Land will | .00 |
|     |                     | be converted to perennial        |     |
|     |                     | vegetation and managed for       |     |
|     |                     | livestock - Well permit must be  |     |
|     |                     | surrender to State of Colorado   |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Stripcropping       | Stripcropping (1 year incentive  | 15  |
|     |                     | payment)                         | .00 |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Nutrient Management | Nutrient Management              | 5   |
|     |                     |                                  | .00 |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Pest Management     | Pest Management                  | 15  |
|     |                     |                                  | .00 |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Upland Wildlife     | GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER -     | 50  |
|     | Habitat Management  | TEMPORARY CONVERSION (3 years) - | .00 |
|     |                     | Land will be converted to        |     |
|     |                     | perennial vegetation and managed |     |
|     |                     | for wildlife use                 |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Upland Wildlife     | GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER -     | 75  |
|     | Habitat Management  | LONG TERM CONVERSION (5 years) - | .00 |
|     |                     | Land will be converted to        |     |
|     |                     | perennial vegetation and managed |     |
|     |                     | for wildlife use - Well must be  |     |
|     |                     | rendered unusable.               |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+
|     | Upland Wildlife     | GSWC - HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER -     | 130 |
|     | Habitat Management  | PERMANENT CONVERSION - Land will | .00 |
|     |                     | be converted to perennial        |     |
|     |                     | vegetation and managed for       |     |
|     |                     | wildlife use - Well permit must  |     |
|     |                     | be surrender to State of         |     |
|     |                     | Colorado                         |     |
+-----+---------------------+----------------------------------+-----+

For additional information contact your local [USDA Field Service
Center]{.underline}