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**Enhancement Activities**

Grazing Management enhancements will manage grazing intensity, duration
and frequency to improve the functional status of ecological process
(water cycle, energy flow and nutrient cycle) and site integrity of
range lands while improving animal health.

## Defined - Managing the intensity, duration and frequency of grazing or browsing animals in order to control harvest of vegetation. {#defined---managing-the-intensity-duration-and-frequency-of-grazing-or-browsing-animals-in-order-to-control-harvest-of-vegetation. .Subsection-Heading}

## Purpose  {#purpose .Subsection-Heading}

## Improve or maintain the health and vigor of selected plant(s) to achieve a stable and desired plant community. {#improve-or-maintain-the-health-and-vigor-of-selected-plants-to-achieve-a-stable-and-desired-plant-community. .Subsection-Heading}

## Improve or maintain animal health and productivity. {#improve-or-maintain-animal-health-and-productivity. .Subsection-Heading}

## Reduce accelerated soil erosion and maintain or improve soil and water quality.  {#reduce-accelerated-soil-erosion-and-maintain-or-improve-soil-and-water-quality. .Subsection-Heading}

## Management Intensity Action Benefits  {#management-intensity-action-benefits .Subsection-Heading}

-   **Range/Pasture Intensive Grazing Systems -** Manipulate grazing
    intensity, duration and frequency and results in an observable or
    measurable improvement to the condition of one or more of the soil,
    water, air, plant, or animal resources, or provides for more
    efficient resource utilization and/or energy conservation.

-   **Grazed Range Land Health/Pasture Condition -** Gives an indication
    of the status of soil site stability, hydrologic function, and
    integrity of the biotic community.

-   **Native Grazed Range Land Management Program** **-** Designed to
    document long term changes in the health of the land as well as
    short term monitoring that is designed to check whether or not the
    management system is being followed.

-   **Manage and Improve Seeded Grasses** on expired CRP land, with no
    irrigation.

-   **Grazed Range Land Livestock Nutrition (Nutrition balance
    analysis-Nutbal) -** Improves livestock efficiencies through
    improved diet quality and good grazing management.

-   **Grazed Range Land Riparian Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
    Management Intensity -** Manages Noxious Woody Plants that are
    listed on the New Mexico Noxious Weed List in order to restore
    and/or maintain the natural plant community.

-   **Grazed Range Land Ecosystem Management Intensity -** Restores fire
    back into the Grazed Range Land ecosystem in order to restore and/or
    maintain the ecological process.

-   **Water Quality Management Intensity** **-**Restricts livestock
    access to streams, open water, and/or natural springs to improve
    water quality soil stability, hydrologic function and biotic
    integrity.

**Enhancement Payments can be earned on the following Activities:**

-   **Intensive Grazing Systems Range and Pasture Management Intensity**

-   **Grazed Range Land Health and/or Pasture Condition Management
    Intensity**

-   **Native Grazed Range Land Management Program**

-   **Manage and Improve Seeded Grasses on CRP Land Management
    Intensity**

-   **Grazed Range Land Livestock Nutrition Management Intensity**

-   **Grazed Range Land Riparian Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
    Management Intensity**

-   **Grazed Range Land Ecosystem Management Intensity**

-   **Water Quality Management Intensity**

For more details on these enhancement payments, see the following
information.

**CSP Enhancements Activity for Grazing Mgt.**

You can earn payments by participating in any of the following
activities:

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| *        | **Description**                                           |
| *Title** |                                                           |
+==========+===========================================================+
| *        | **[Definition:]{.underline}** Improve Grazed Range Land   |
| *EGM02** | health by annually implementing all appropriate           |
|          | management actions that address considerations identified |
| **A, B & | as a result from conducting an annual Grazed Range Land   |
| C**      | monitoring program on the operation. Three levels of      |
|          | management intensity are available and are compensated at |
| **Native | different rates.                                          |
| Grazed   |                                                           |
| Range    | **[Condition Where the Action Applies:]{.underline}**     |
| Land     | These actions apply to Grazed Range Land.                 |
| Ma       |                                                           |
| nagement | **[Management Intensity Actions:]{.underline}** Develop   |
| Program  | and implement an annual monitoring program as outlined in |
| Ma       | the "New Mexico Interagency Rangeland Monitoring          |
| nagement | Handbook". Each level of monitoring (A,B,C) are broken    |
| Int      | into sections: Range, Riparian, Erosion & Water Quality,  |
| ensity** | and Big Game. At a minimum, annual monitoring will be     |
|          | implemented as described in "New Mexico Interagency       |
|          | Rangeland Monitoring Handbook" on the entire ranching     |
|          | operation for Range and Erosion & Water Quality. The      |
|          | Riparian portion is required only if a riparian area      |
|          | exists within the operation boundaries. The Big Game      |
|          | portion is optional, but highly recommended for this      |
|          | enhancement activity. Three levels of monitoring          |
|          | intensity are available and are compensated at different  |
|          | rates.                                                    |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Documentation Needed:** Use applicable monitoring data  |
|          | sheets depending on monitoring program developed and      |
|          | implemented as per "New Mexico Interagency Rangeland      |
|          | Monitoring Handbook".                                     |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Operation and Maintenance:** All existing practices     |
|          | that qualified the fields must be maintained. Changes in  |
|          | monitoring program should be discussed with an NRCS       |
|          | Conservationist to insure that you will maintain          |
|          | eligibility. At a minimum, monitoring will be maintained  |
|          | as described in "New Mexico Interagency Rangeland         |
|          | Monitoring Handbook" for Range and Erosion & Water        |
|          | Quality. The above activities will be applied in addition |
|          | to the requirement in the NRCS Prescribed Grazing         |
|          | Standard and Specification 528.                           |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **(A) Monitoring Level 1 Payment Type:** \$/ranch/year    |
|          | (only one payment per year)                               |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **(B)** **Monitoring Level 2 Payment Type:**              |
|          | \$/ranch/year (only one payment per year)                 |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **(C)** **Monitoring Level 3 Payment Type:**              |
|          | \$/ranch/year (only one payment per year)                 |
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| **EGM05  | **[Definition:]{.underline}** An observable or measurable |
| A&B**    | improvement to the health, vigor and productivity of the  |
|          | plant and animal resources and/or more efficient resource |
| **I      | utilization and/or energy conservation by maintaining or  |
| ntensive | improving an intensive grazing system which manipulates   |
| Grazing  | grazing intensity, duration and frequency.                |
| Sy       |                                                           |
| stems,** | (a)The intensive grazing system must insure proper        |
|          | grazing use and 90% rest during the growing season        |
| **Range  | annually for each individual pasture in the management    |
| and      | system.                                                   |
| Pasture  |                                                           |
| Ma       | \(b\) The intensive grazing system must insure proper     |
| nagement | grazing use and 80% rest during the growing season        |
| Int      | annually for each individual pasture in the management    |
| ensity** | system.                                                   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **[Condition Where the Action Applies:]{.underline}**     |
|          | These actions apply to range and pastureland.             |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **[Management Intensity Actions:]{.underline}** Utilize a |
|          | high intensive grazing system to manage and improve plant |
|          | and animal resources in order to assure proper grazing    |
|          | use and specified percent rest annually during the        |
|          | growing season for each individual pasture in the         |
|          | management system. Examples of intensive grazing systems  |
|          | would include High Intensity Low Frequency (HILF),        |
|          | Holistic Resource Management and Short Duration Grazing.  |
|          | The presence of production areas (such as corrals,        |
|          | holding pens, shipping traps, and small special use       |
|          | pastures) does not disqualify the operation for this      |
|          | enhancement. However, these production areas are not      |
|          | eligible for stewardship payments, existing practice      |
|          | payments or this enhancement. Production areas must be    |
|          | adequately treated so there are no readily observable     |
|          | signs of erosion or point contamination sources.          |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Documentation Needed:** Similarity Index Worksheet      |
|          | (528 1) and/or Rangeland Health Assessment, Grazing Lands |
|          | Inventory Summary Worksheet (528 2), Livestock, Forage    |
|          | and Feed Worksheet (528 3), Trend Worksheet (528 4),      |
|          | Proper Grazing Use Worksheet (528 5), Prescribed Grazing  |
|          | Schedule Job Sheet 528 6 or Forward Planning Chart. On    |
|          | pasture land Prescribed Grazing Pasture Management Job    |
|          | Sheet (528 7) or Forward Planning Chart and Pasture       |
|          | Condition Score Sheet. Other formats that contain the     |
|          | necessary information may also be used upon approval of   |
|          | the NRCS Conservationist. Hard copy and/or computer       |
|          | generated grazing system software such as GSAT can be     |
|          | used to document proper use and intensive grazing system. |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Operation and Maintenance:** All existing practices     |
|          | that qualified the fields must be maintained. Significant |
|          | changes in management and/or climatic variations (i.e.    |
|          | wet years, drought, and hail) that influence the grazing  |
|          | system should be discussed with an NRCS Conservationist   |
|          | to insure that you will maintain eligibility.             |
|          |                                                           |
|          | \(a\) All pastures must be rested ninety percent (90%) of |
|          | the growing season to maintain eligibility.               |
|          |                                                           |
|          | \(b\) All pastures must be rested eighty percent (80%) of |
|          | the growing season to maintain eligibility.               |
|          |                                                           |
|          | The above activities will be applied in addition to the   |
|          | requirement in the NRCS Prescribed Grazing Standard and   |
|          | Specification 528.                                        |
|          |                                                           |
|          | (a) **[Payment Type:]{.underline}** \$/Acre/Year          |
|          |                                                           |
|          | (b) **[Payment Type:]{.underline}** \$/Acre/Year          |
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| **EGM05  | **[Definition:]{.underline}** Manage and improve seeded   |
| C**      | grasses in expired CRP land, with no irrigation and       |
|          | annual use of forage harvest management, prescribed       |
| **Manage | grazing and/or prescribed fire. **[Condition Where the    |
| and      | Action Applies]{.underline}:** These actions apply to     |
| Improve  | cropland (expired CRP land ONLY) that is being used as    |
| Seeded   | Grazed Range land or managed Pasture land.                |
| Grass    |                                                           |
| Ma       | **[Management Intensity Actions:]{.underline}** Manage    |
| nagement | and improve expired CRP land in grasslands, with no       |
| Int      | irrigation. Currently irrigated land can be submitted if  |
| ensity** | irrigation is discontinued and a grass cover is           |
|          | maintained. A healthy grass stand must be managed         |
|          | annually by forage harvest management, prescribed grazing |
|          | and/or prescribed fire.                                   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Documentation**: Job sheets for Forage Harvest          |
|          | Management (511), Prescribed Grazing (528), and/or        |
|          | Prescribed Burning (338) as appropriate. Producer         |
|          | certification that the land is not and will not be        |
|          | irrigated, and that a cover has and will be maintained.   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Operation and Maintenance:** Maintain grass cover to    |
|          | control wind erosion, control noxious weeds, and prevent  |
|          | spread of other weeds. All existing practices that        |
|          | qualified the fields must be maintained. Changes in       |
|          | livestock feed and forage should be discussed with an     |
|          | NRCS Conservationist to insure that you will maintain     |
|          | eligibility. The above activities will be applied in      |
|          | addition to the requirement in the NRCS Forage Harvest    |
|          | Management (511) and/or prescribed burning (338) as       |
|          | appropriate. An Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and      |
|          | Nutrient Management plan Standard and Specification as    |
|          | appropriate.                                              |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Payment Type:** \$/Acre/year                            |
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| *        | **[Definition]{.underline}**: Adjust grazing management   |
| *EGM06** | to improve the balance of forage and feed quality and     |
|          | quantity with animal needs by annually applying all       |
| **Grazed | appropriate recommendations that result from the NUTBAL   |
| Range    | assessment program. NUTBAL is nutritional monitoring,     |
| Land     | using fecal sample analysis, of free-ranging livestock    |
| L        | that allows livestock producers the opportunity to assess |
| ivestock | the value of diet forage as well as the animals           |
| N        | well-being and determine the animals' demand on the       |
| utrition | forage resource. Nutrition monitoring will improve        |
| Ma       | livestock efficiencies through improved diet quality and  |
| nagement | good grazing management.                                  |
| Int      |                                                           |
| ensity** | **[Condition Where the Action Applies]{.underline}:**     |
|          | These actions apply to Grazed Range Land.                 |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **[Management Intensity Actions]{.underline}**: Submit    |
|          | monthly samples through the [Automated NIRS/NUTBAL        |
|          | System](http://cnrit.tamu.edu/autosystem).   Access the   |
|          | NUTBAL software via the internet.  Access Nutbal reports  |
|          | that describe how the animals are performing and what     |
|          | would be the most cost effective feed solution.  Make     |
|          | adjustments in animal numbers and/or feed and forage      |
|          | through consultation with the Grazingland Animal          |
|          | Nutrition Lab, also known as the GAN Lab and/or NRCS      |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Documentation Needed:** GAN Lab Standard Report and     |
|          | Adviser Report at least 12 times per year.                |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Operation and Maintenance:** All existing practices     |
|          | that qualified the fields must be maintained. Changes in  |
|          | livestock feed and forage should be discussed with an     |
|          | NRCS Conservationist to insure that you will maintain     |
|          | eligibility. The above activities will be applied in      |
|          | addition to the requirement in the NRCS Prescribed        |
|          | Grazing Standard and Specification 528.                   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **[Payment Type:]{.underline}** \$900.00/ranch /year      |
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| **EGM12  | **Definition:** Improve water quality, soil stability,    |
| A&B**    | hydrologic function and biotic integrity of riparian      |
|          | areas, streams, open water, and/or natural springs by     |
| **Open   | providing alternate watering sources outside the area     |
| Water    | [and]{.underline} restricting all livestock access to     |
| Quality  | hardened areas with fence or natural topography, or by    |
| Ma       | implementing intensive herding techniques. Two levels of  |
| nagement | management intensity are available and are compensated at |
| Int      | different rates.                                          |
| ensity** |                                                           |
|          | **Condition Where the Action Applies**: These actions     |
|          | apply to Grazed Range Land and/or pastureland where       |
|          | access to ponds, springs, and streams are restricted to   |
|          | hardened areas with fence, natural topography or          |
|          | intensive herding [and]{.underline} separate/alternate,   |
|          | artificial water sources for livestock are located        |
|          |                                                           |
|          | \(a\) over a ½ mile apart, but no more than 1 mile apart. |
|          |                                                           |
|          | \(b\) ½ mile apart or less.                               |
|          |                                                           |
|          | These alternate watering facilities may not include dirt  |
|          | tanks or surface waters such as streams.                  |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Management Intensity Actions:**                         |
|          |                                                           |
|          | Livestock access to all naturally occurring open water is |
|          | restricted by a combination of intensive herding and/or   |
|          | fencing. Alternate livestock watering facilities are      |
|          | maintained and improved away from ponds, springs and      |
|          | streams with the entire pond, spring and/or stream being  |
|          | fenced out and/or access is restricted to naturally       |
|          | (bedrock) and/or artificially hardened (gravel etc.)      |
|          | sites by fencing, or site location. All artificial water  |
|          | tanks will have a controlled point of overflow and the    |
|          | overflow area is fenced to exclude all livestock from the |
|          | moist soil area.                                          |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Documentation Needed**: USGS maps or other              |
|          | documentation of stream and/or spring. Documentation of   |
|          | alternate watering facilities and hardened site access to |
|          | streams, open water bodies and/or natural spring.         |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Operation and Maintenance**: All existing practices     |
|          | that provide for restricted access and alternate water    |
|          | must be maintained. All existing practices that qualified |
|          | the fields must be maintained. Management changes and/or  |
|          | climatic variations (i.e. wet years, drought, and hail)   |
|          | that influence changes in stocking rates should be        |
|          | discussed with an NRCS Conservationist to insure that you |
|          | will maintain eligibility. As a minimum feed and forage   |
|          | must be in balance with livestock and wildlife numbers    |
|          | and proper grazing use must be maintained throughout the  |
|          | year to maintain eligibility. The above activities will   |
|          | be applied in addition to the requirement in the NRCS     |
|          | Prescribed Grazing Standard and Specification.            |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **(a) Payment Type**: \$/Ranch/Year (Single payment,      |
|          | regardless of number of pastures, etc.)                   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **(b) Payment Type**: \$/Ranch/Year (Single payment,      |
|          | regardless of number of pastures, etc.)                   |
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| *        | **[Definition:]{.underline}** Manage and improve soil,    |
| *EGM14** | water and animal resources by annually implementing all   |
|          | appropriate corrective management actions that result     |
| **Grazed | from conducting a Grazed Range Land Health Assessment for |
| Range    | native Grazed Range Lands with all attributes none to     |
| Land     | slight or slight to moderate for soil stability,          |
| Health   | hydrologic function and plant community integrity and/or  |
| and or   | Pasture Condition Score for introduced pastures of 40 or  |
| Pasture  | better.                                                   |
| C        |                                                           |
| ondition | **[Condition Where the Action Applies:]{.underline}**     |
| Ma       | These actions apply to range and pastureland.             |
| nagement |                                                           |
| Int      | **[Management Intensity Actions:]{.underline}** Grazed    |
| ensity** | Range Land Health Assessments will be developed following |
|          | guidelines as per Rangeland Health Protocols for CSP.     |
|          | Pasture condition scoring will be developed according to  |
|          | NRCS Guide to Pasture Condition Scoring. The client will, |
|          | at least annually, complete a rangeland health assessment |
|          | and/or pasture condition scoring on each field and        |
|          | implement all appropriate corrective management actions   |
|          | that result from conducting a Rangeland Health Assessment |
|          | for native Grazed Range Lands with all attributes none to |
|          | slight or slight to moderate for soil stability,          |
|          | hydrologic function and plant community integrity and/or  |
|          | Pasture Condition Score for introduced pastures of 40 or  |
|          | better. **Documentation Needed:** Evaluation Sheet(s) for |
|          | Rangeland Health, Functional/Structural Groups Sheet(s),  |
|          | and Pasture Condition Score Sheet(s) will be completed    |
|          | and provided to NRCS on at least an annual basis for each |
|          | field.                                                    |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Operation and Maintenance:** All existing practices     |
|          | that qualified the fields must be maintained. Any         |
|          | misunderstanding of Rangeland Health and/or pasture       |
|          | condition concepts must be corrected and discussed with   |
|          | an NRCS Conservationist to insure they maintain           |
|          | eligibility. The above activities will be applied in      |
|          | addition to the requirement in the NRCS Prescribed        |
|          | Grazing Standard and Specification 528.                   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **[Payment Type:]{.underline}** \$/ranch/year (only one   |
|          | payment per year)                                         |
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| *        | **[Definition:]{.underline}** Improve the ecological      |
| *EGM16** | processes associated with the natural plant community of  |
|          | the Grazed Range Land ecosystem by managing fire.         |
| **Grazed |                                                           |
| Range    | **[Condition Where the Action Applies]{.underline}:**     |
| Land     | These actions apply to Grazed Range Land.                 |
| E        |                                                           |
| cosystem | **[Management Intensity Actions:]{.underline}** Knowledge |
| Ma       | of the natural fire regime in order to restore the        |
| nagement | natural fire cycle through the use of prescribed burning  |
| Int      | on those sites where fire has been suppressed and taken   |
| ensity** | out of the natural ecology of the site. The objective of  |
|          | the prescribed burn must be to restore and/or maintain    |
|          | the functional status of ecological process (water cycle, |
|          | energy flow and nutrient cycle) and site integrity. An    |
|          | annual Grazed Range Land health assessment as well as an  |
|          | annual monitoring program must also be implemented in     |
|          | order to assess the ecological process and implement a    |
|          | fire regime that meets the objectives of this             |
|          | enhancement.                                              |
|          |                                                           |
|          | Prescribed fire must have been used on the operation in   |
|          | the last 10 years and the groundwork of fire scheduling   |
|          | must be planned and/or implemented annually in order to   |
|          | restore the natural fire regime of the Grazed Range Land  |
|          | ecosystem. A Grazed Range Land Health and Monitoring      |
|          | Program must also be in place or developed and            |
|          | implemented annually during contract period. An important |
|          | component of this enhancement is the annual planning and  |
|          | preparation for burning. This would include installing    |
|          | and maintaining fire breaks and the evaluation of fuel    |
|          | loads and other base activities.                          |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Documentation Needed:** Prescribed Burning Plan (338    |
|          | Job Sheet), Grazed Range Land Health Assessments, Range   |
|          | Monitoring Data sheets from the NM Interagency Rangeland  |
|          | Monitoring Handbook, Prescribed Grazing Schedule Job      |
|          | Sheet 528 6. Hard Copy and/or computer generated grazing  |
|          | land inventory software such as GSAT can be used to       |
|          | document feed, forage, livestock and wildlife resource    |
|          | balance and proper use.                                   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Operation and Maintenance:** All existing practices     |
|          | that qualified the fields must be maintained. Management  |
|          | changes and/or climatic variations (i.e. wet years,       |
|          | drought, and hail) that influence changes in stocking     |
|          | rates should be discussed with an NRCS Conservationist to |
|          | insure that you will maintain eligibility. As a minimum   |
|          | feed and forage must be in balance with livestock and     |
|          | wildlife numbers and proper grazing use must be           |
|          | maintained throughout the year to maintain eligibility.   |
|          | The above activities will be applied in addition to the   |
|          | requirement in the NRCS Prescribed Burning and Prescribed |
|          | Grazing Standard and Specification.                       |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Payment Type:** \$/Acre/year                            |
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| *        | **[Definition]{.underline}**: Improve or maintain         |
| *EGM29** | riparian ecosystem by annually monitoring and treating    |
|          | Salt cedar and/or Russian olive through an Integrated     |
| **Grazed | Pest Management (IPM) annual plan that maintains 95%      |
| Range    | control of these New Mexico Listed Noxious Woody plants   |
| Land     | within the planning area.                                 |
| Riparian |                                                           |
| In       | **[Condition Where the Action Applies]{.underline}**:     |
| tegrated | These actions apply to Grazed Range Land riparian areas.  |
| Pest     |                                                           |
| Ma       | **[Management Intensity Actions:]{.underline}** Implement |
| nagement | an IPM annual plan that **controls at least 95%** of the  |
| (IPM)    | salt cedar and Russian olive within the area. IPM is a    |
| Ma       | sustainable approach to brush management that combines    |
| nagement | the use off prevention, avoidance, monitoring and         |
| Int      | suppression strategies, to maintain brush invasion below  |
| ensity** | economically damaging levels, to minimize herbicide       |
|          | resistance, and to minimize harmful effects of brush      |
|          | management on human health and environmental resources.   |
|          | IPM suppression systems include biological controls,      |
|          | cultural controls and the judicious use of chemical       |
|          | controls.                                                 |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Documentation Needed:** IPM Plan, Brush Management Job  |
|          | Sheet 314, Windows Pesticide Screening Tool (WIN-PST),    |
|          | Prescribed Grazing Schedule Job Sheet 528 6. Hard copy    |
|          | and/or computer generated grazing land inventory software |
|          | such as GSAT can be used to document feed, forage,        |
|          | livestock and wildlife resource balance and proper use.   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Operation and Maintenance:** All existing practices     |
|          | that qualified the fields must be maintained. Follow-up   |
|          | and maintenance treatment that strives to eliminate       |
|          | re-invasion from occurring must be implemented.           |
|          | Management changes and/or climatic variations (i.e. wet   |
|          | years, drought, and hail) that influence changes in       |
|          | stocking rates should be discussed with an NRCS           |
|          | Conservationist to insure that you will maintain          |
|          | eligibility. As a minimum feed and forage must be in      |
|          | balance with livestock and wildlife numbers and proper    |
|          | grazing use must be maintained throughout the year to     |
|          | maintain eligibility. The above activities will be        |
|          | applied in addition to the requirement in the NRCS Brush  |
|          | Management and Prescribed Grazing Standard and            |
|          | Specification.                                            |
|          |                                                           |
|          | **Payment:** \$/acre/year (pay on only riparian acres) To |
|          | be calculated as 10 acres per each ¼ mile of qualifying   |
|          | stream.                                                   |
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**CSP Enhancements earnings are subject to payment caps. Your actual
payment will depend on your CSP Tier level and the number of acres
enrolled.**

**Applicants must comply with all applicable State and Federal laws and
regulations including, but not limited to those regarding Cultural
Resources, Threatened and Endangered Species, Clean Air Act, Clean Water
Act, etc.**