COLORADO 2008 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM (EQIP)

ELIGIBLE CONSERVATION PRACTICES\
FOR REGULAR EQIP (INCLUDING SALINITY)

+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| **PRACTICE NAME**                      | ### P    | **PRAC | **PAY  |
|                                        | RACTICE  | TICE** | MENT** |
+========================================+==========+========+========+
|                                        | **UNIT   | **     | **RATE |
|                                        | [2       | CODE** | [4/]{. |
|                                        | /]{.unde |        | underl |
|                                        | rline}** |        | ine}** |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Above Ground Multi-Outlet Pipeline     | Feet     | 431    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Access Road                            | Feet     | 560    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Agrichemical Mixing Facility           | Number   | 702    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Amendments for the Treatment of        | Ani Unt  | 591    | PR     |
| Agricultural Waste                     |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) Erosion   | Acres    | 450    | PR     |
| Control **[1/]{.underline}**           |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Brush Management                       | Acres    | 314    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Channel Stabilization                  | Feet     | 584    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Closure of Waste Impoundments          | Number   | 360    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Conservation Cover                     | Acres    | 327    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Conservation Crop Rotation             | Acres    | 328    | PR     |
| **[1/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Conservation Power Plant               | Number   | 716    | PR     |
| **[5/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Contour Buffer Strips                  | Acres    | 332    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Contour Farming **[1/]{.underline}     | Acres    | 330    | PR     |
| [3/]{.underline}**                     |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Cover Crop **[1/]{.underline}**        | Acres    | 340    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Critical Area Planting                 | Acres    | 342    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Cross Wind Trap Strips                 | Acres    | 589C   | PR     |
| **[1/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Dam, Diversion                         | Number   | 348    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Dam, Floodwater Retarding              | Number   | 402    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Deep Tillage                           | Acres    | 324    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Dike                                   | Feet     | 356    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Diversion                              | Feet     | 362    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Fencing                                | Feet     | 382    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Field Border                           | Feet     | 386    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Filter Strip                           | Acres    | 393    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Firebreak                              | Feet     | 394    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Fish Passage                           | Number   | 396    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Forest Site Preparation                | Acres    | 490    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Forest Stand Improvement               | Acres    | 666    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Grade Stabilization Structure          | Number   | 410    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Grassed Waterway                       | Acres    | 412    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment      | Acres    | 548    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Heavy Use Area Protection              | Acres    | 561    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Herbaceous Wind Barriers               | Feet     | 603    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Canal or Lateral            | Feet     | 320    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Field Ditch                 | Feet     | 388    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Land Leveling               | Acres    | 464    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Regulating Reservoir        | Acft     | 552    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Storage Reservoir           | Number   | 436    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation System, Micro Irrigation    | Acres    | 441    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation System, Sprinkler           | Number   | 442    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation System, Surface and         | Number   | 443    | PR     |
| Subsurface                             |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance, Aluminum  | Feet     | 430AA  | PR     |
| Tubing Pipeline                        |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance,           | Feet     | 428A   | PR     |
| Non-reinforced Concrete Ditch and      |          |        |        |
| Canal Lining                           |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance, Flexible  | Feet     | 428B   | PR     |
| Membrane Ditch & Canal Lining          |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance,           | Feet     | 428C   | PR     |
| Galvanized Steel Ditch & Canal Lining  |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance,           | Feet     | 430DD  | PR     |
| High-Pressure Underground Plastic      |          |        |        |
| Pipeline                               |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance, Low       | Feet     | 430EE  | PR     |
| Pressure, Underground,                 |          |        |        |
|                                        |          |        |        |
| Plastic Pipeline                       |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance,           | Feet     | 430CC  | PR     |
| Non-reinforced Concrete Pipeline       |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Water Conveyance, Steel     | Feet     | 430FF  | PR     |
| Pipeline                               |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Irrigation Water Management            | Acres    | 449    | PR     |
| **[1/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Land Clearing                          | Acres    | 460    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Land Reconstruction, Abandoned Mined   | Acres    | 543    | PR     |
| Land                                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Land Smoothing                         | Acres    | 466    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Manure Transfer                        | No       | 634    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Mulching                               | Acres    | 484    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Nutrient Management                    | Acres    | 590    | PR     |
| **[1/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Obstruction Removal                    | Acres    | 500    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Open Channel                           | Feet     | 582    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pasture and Hayland Planting           | Acres    | 512    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pest Management **[1/]{.underline}**   | Acres    | 595    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pipeline (Livestock)                   | Feet     | 516    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pond                                   | Number   | 378    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pond Sealing or Lining, Compacted Clay | Number   | 521D   | PR     |
| Treatment                              |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pond Sealing or Lining, Bentonite      | Number   | 521C   | PR     |
| Sealant                                |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pond Sealing or Lining, Flexible       | Number   | 521A   | PR     |
| Membrane                               |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pond Sealing or Lining, Soil           | Number   | 521B   | PR     |
| Dispersant                             |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Prescribed Burning                     | Acres    | 338    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Prescribed Grazing                     | Acres    | 528    | PR     |
| **[1/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pumping Plant for Water Control        | Number   | 533    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Range Planting                         | Acres    | 550    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Residue Management, Mulch Till         | Acres    | 345    | PR     |
| **[1/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Residue Management, No Till/Strip      | Acres    | 329    | PR     |
| Till/Direct Seed **[1/]{.underline}**  |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Residue Management, Ridge Till         | Acres    | 346    | PR     |
| **[1/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Riparian Forest Buffer                 | Acres    | 391    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Riparian Herbaceous Cover              | Acres    | 390    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Roof Runoff Structure                  | Number   | 558    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Sediment Basin                         | Number   | 350    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Spring Development                     | Number   | 574    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Stream Crossing                        | Number   | 578    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Stream Habitat Improvement and         | Feet     | 395    | PR     |
| Management                             |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Streambank and Shoreline Protection    | Feet     | 580    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Stripcropping **[1/]{.underline}**     | Acres    | 585    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Structure for Water Control            | Number   | 587    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Subsurface Drain **[3/]{.underline}**  | Feet     | 606    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Surface Drainage, Field Ditch          | Feet     | 607    | PR     |
| **[3/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Terrace                                | Feet     | 600    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Tree/Shrub Establishment               | Acres    | 612    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Tree/Shrub Pruning                     | Acres    | 660    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Underground Outlet                     | No       | 620    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Upland Wildlife Habitat Management     | Acres    | 645    | PR     |
| **[1/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Waste Storage Facility                 | Number   | 313    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Waste Treatment Lagoon                 | Number   | 359    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Waste Utilization                      | Ac       | 633    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Wastewater Treatment Strip             | Acres    | 635    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Water and Sediment Control Basin       | Number   | 638    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Water Well                             | Number   | 642    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Watering Facility                      | Number   | 614    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Well Decommissioning                   | Number   | 351    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management    | Acres    | 644    | PR     |
| **[1/]{.underline}**                   |          |        |        |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Windbreak Renovation                   | Acres    | 650    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment    | Feet     | 380    | PR     |
+----------------------------------------+----------+--------+--------+

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

**[2/]{.underline}** Scenarios 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 but practice is reported in feet.

**[3/]{.underline}** For use only to facilitate Irrigation Water
Management and improved irrigation efficiency work for water\\

Quality purposes.

**[4/]{.underline}** Conservation practices will not be cost-shared in
the traditional sense. Practice payments will be based on published flat
rate Payment Schedules and individual practice payment rates. These
financial assistance payments will no longer be called "cost-share
payments" but will be referred to as "conservation practice

payment rates".

**[5/]{.underline}** Introduction of new practice, \$10,000 cap per
contract.

## Incentive Practices -- EQIP:

## All practices will be paid for at a practice rate. A practice may be paid for up to 3 years, except for Prescribed Grazing and Strip Cropping which may be paid 1 year only. There is a \$10,000 cumulative limit per eligible recipient per practice. There is no limit to the number of different Incentive Practices for which a participant can receive payment. Payment is not authorized for a practice that a participant has already adopted on a portion of the contracted farm or ranch.

**PRACTICES APPROVED FOR INCENTIVE PAYMENTS AND APPROVED RATES**

**FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008**

# 

  ------------------ --------------------------------------------- --------
  **PRACTICE NAME**  **DESCRIPTION**                               **UNIT
                                                                   PYMT**

  Anionic            For in furrow use only, Not for use in ditch  10
  Polyacrylamide     systems.                                      
  (PAM) Erosion                                                    
  Control                                                          

  Conservation Crop  Adopting a continuous No Till/Strip           5
  Rotation           Till/Direct Seed or Ridge Till crop rotation. 

  Contour Farming    Cross Slope Planting.                         5

  Cross Wind Trap    Cross Wind Trap Strips.                       5
  Strips                                                           

  Irrigation Water   Irrigation Water Management.                  5
  Management                                                       

  Nutrient           Nutrient Management.                          5
  Management                                                       

  Pest Management    Pest Management.                              15

  Prescribed Grazing Prescribed Grazing (1 year incentive          6
                     payment).                                     

  Residue and        Systems that reduce wind and water erosion to 5
  Tillage            less than or equal to \"T\" - **Rio Grande &  
  Management, Mulch  San Juan Watersheds** **ONLY.**               
  Till                                                             

  Residue and        Systems that reduce wind and water erosion to 10
  Tillage            less than or equal to \"T\" only.             
  Management,                                                      
  No-Till/Strip                                                    
  Till/Direct Seed                                                 

  Residue and        No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed systems        15
  Tillage            associated with Furrow Irrigation on cropland 
  Management,        under an annual crop rotation.                
  No-Till/Strip                                                    
  Till/Direct Seed                                                 

  Residue and        Ridge Till systems associated with Furrow     15
  Tillage            Irrigation on cropland under an annual crop   
  Management, Ridge  rotation.                                     
  Till                                                             

  Residue and        Systems that reduce wind and water erosion to 7
  Tillage            less than or equal to \"T\".                  
  Management, Ridge                                                
  Till                                                             

  Stripcropping      Stripcropping (1 year incentive payment).     15

  Upland Wildlife    Critical habitat management for State Species 10.00
  Habitat Management of Concern, Candidate or listed T&E species.  
                     Planned by certified wildlife planner or      
                     concurrence by biologist.                     

  Upland Wildlife    Upland Wildlife Habitat Management.           3
  Habitat Management                                               

  Upland Wildlife    Pheasants - Wildlife issues sign-up only - 15 10.00
  Habitat Management inch wheat residue, no tillage until after    
                     July 1st following year.                      

  Wetland Wildlife   Critical habitat management for State Species 10.00
  Habitat Management of Concern, Candidate or listed T&E species.  
                     Planned by certified wildlife planner or      
                     concurrence by biologist.                     
  ------------------ --------------------------------------------- --------

EQIP ELIGIBLE CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND PAYMENT RATES\
FOR ELIBILE LAND GROUND AND SURFACE WATER PRIORITY

HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER (OGALLALA)

+---------------------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
| **PRACTICE NAME**               | ### P    | **P       | **         |
|                                 | RACTICE  | RACTICE** | PAYEMENT** |
+=================================+==========+===========+============+
|                                 | **UNIT** | **CODE**  | **RATE**   |
+---------------------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
| Conservation Crop Rotation      | Acres    | 328       | PR         |
| **[1/2/]{.underline}**          |          |           |            |
+---------------------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
| Prescribed Grazing              | Acres    | 528       | PR         |
| **[1/2/]{.underline}**          |          |           |            |
+---------------------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
| Upland Wildlife Habitat         | Acres    | 645       | PR         |
| Management                      |          |           |            |
| **[1/2/]{.underline}**          |          |           |            |
+---------------------------------+----------+-----------+------------+

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

**[2/]{.underline}** These practices are for use in conjunction with the
Land Use Conversion Incentive Practice to facilitate

use after area is converted from irrigation.

## 

## Incentive Practices -- High Plains -- Ground & Surface Water (GSW) Priority:

To be eligible for the Land Use Conversion practices, land must have
been irrigated two of the past five years and a well test conducted by a
Colorado Certified Well Tester after August 1, 2007, 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
four years, incentive payment allowed for three consecutive years,
unless otherwise noted below, and maximum contract amount includes the
practice payments and other cost share practices needed to facilitate
conversion.

**[TEMPORARY CONVERSION (three years):]{.underline}** To be eligible,
the applicant must provide a well capacity test no more than six months
old, must have a conservation plan that controls wind and water erosion
to "T" on converted acres, land must have been irrigated two of the past
five 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 (five years):]{.underline}** To be eligible, the
applicant must provide a well capacity test no more than six months old,
must have a conservation plan that controls wind and water erosion to
"T" on converted acres, land must have been irrigated two of the past
five 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]{.underline}:** To be eligible, the applicant
> must provide a well capacity test no more than six months old, must
> have a conservation plan that controls wind and water erosion to "T"
> on converted acres, land must have been irrigated two of the past five
> 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 2008**

+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| **PRACTICE NAME** | **DESCRIPTION**                            | **U |
|                   |                                            | NIT |
|                   |                                            | PYM |
|                   |                                            | T** |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| Conservation Crop | HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - TEMPORARY CONVERSION | 50  |
| Rotation          | (3 years) - Land use will be converted to  | .00 |
|                   | Non-Irrigated cropland.                    |     |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| Conservation Crop | HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - LONG TERM CONVERSION | 75  |
| Rotation          | (5 years) - Land will be converted to      | .00 |
|                   | Non-irrigated cropland --                  |     |
|                   |                                            |     |
|                   | Well must be rendered unusable.            |     |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| Conservation Crop | HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - PERMANENT            | 130 |
| Rotation          | CONVERSION - Land will be converted to     | .00 |
|                   | Non-irrigated cropland - Well permit must  |     |
|                   | be surrender to State of Colorado.         |     |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| Prescribed        | HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - TEMPORARY CONVERSION | 50  |
| Grazing           | (3 years) - Land will be converted to      | .00 |
|                   | perennial vegetation and managed for       |     |
|                   | livestock.                                 |     |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| Prescribed        | HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - LONG TERM CONVERSION | 75  |
| Grazing           | (5 years) - Land will be converted to      | .00 |
|                   | perennial vegetation and managed for       |     |
|                   | livestock - Well must be rendered          |     |
|                   | unusable.                                  |     |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| Prescribed        | HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - PERMANENT            | 130 |
| Grazing           | CONVERSION - Land will be converted to     | .00 |
|                   | perennial vegetation and managed for       |     |
|                   | livestock - Well permit must be surrender  |     |
|                   | to State of Colorado.                      |     |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| Upland Wildlife   | HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - TEMPORARY CONVERSION | 50  |
| Habitat           | (3 years) - Land will be converted to      | .00 |
| Management        | perennial vegetation and managed for       |     |
|                   | wildlife use.                              |     |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| Upland Wildlife   | HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - LONG TERM CONVERSION | 75  |
| Habitat           | (5 years) - Land will be converted to      | .00 |
| Management        | perennial vegetation and managed for       |     |
|                   | wildlife use - Well must be rendered       |     |
|                   | unusable.                                  |     |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+-----+
| Upland Wildlife   | HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - PERMANENT            | 130 |
| Habitat           | CONVERSION - Land will be converted to     | .00 |
| Management        | 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}

EQIP ELIGIBLE CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND PAYMENT RATES\
FOR GROUND AND SURFACE WATER PRIORITY

LOWER SOUTH PLATTE WATERSHED

+----------------------------------+----------+--------+--------------+
| **PRACTICE NAME**                | ### P    | **PRAC | **PAYMENT**  |
|                                  | RACTICE  | TICE** |              |
+----------------------------------+----------+--------+--------------+
|                                  | **UNIT** | **     | **RATE**     |
|                                  |          | CODE** |              |
+----------------------------------+----------+--------+--------------+
| Conservation Crop Rotation       | Acres    | 328    | **PR**       |
| **[1/2/]{.underline}**           |          |        |              |
+----------------------------------+----------+--------+--------------+
| Prescribed Grazing               | Acres    | 528    | **PR**       |
| **[1/2/]{.underline}**           |          |        |              |
+----------------------------------+----------+--------+--------------+
| Upland Wildlife Habitat          | Acres    | 645    | **PR**       |
| Management                       |          |        |              |
| **[1/2/]{.underline}**           |          |        |              |
+----------------------------------+----------+--------+--------------+

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

**[2/]{.underline}** These practices are for use in conjunction with the
Land Use Conversion Incentive Practice to facilitate use

after area is converted from irrigation

## Incentive -- Lower South Platte -- Ground & Surface Water Priority:

To be eligible for the Land Use Conversion practices, land must have
been irrigated two of the past five years and a well test conducted by a
Colorado Certified Well Tester after August 1, 2007, 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
four years, incentive payment allowed for three consecutive years,
unless otherwise noted below, and maximum contract amount includes the
total incentive and cost share payments.

> **PRACTICES APPROVED FOR INCENTIVE PAYMENTS AND APPROVED RATES**
>
> **FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008**

  ------------------- -------------------------------------------- --------
  **PRACTICE NAME**   **DESCRIPTION**                              **UNIT
                                                                   PYMT**

  Conservation Crop   GSWC - LOWER SOUTH PLATTE - TEMPORARY        50.00
  Rotation            CONVERSION (4 years) - Land use will be      
                      converted to non irrigated cropland.         

  Prescribed Grazing  GSWC - LOWER SOUTH PLATTE - TEMPORARY        50.00
                      CONVERSION (4 years) - Land use will be      
                      converted to perennial vegetation and        
                      managed for livestock use.                   

  Prescribed Grazing  GSWC - LOWER SOUTH PLATTE - LONG TERM        75.00
                      CONVERSION (10 years) - Land use will be     
                      converted to perennial vegetation and        
                      managed for livestock use.                   

  Prescribed Grazing  GSWC - LOWER SOUTH PLATTE - PERMANENT        100.00
                      CONVERSION - Land use will be converted to   
                      perennial vegetation and managed for         
                      livestock use.                               

  Upland Wildlife     GSWC - LOWER SOUTH PLATTE - TEMPORARY        50.00
  Habitat Management  CONVERSION (4 years) - Land use will be      
                      converted to perennial vegetation and        
                      managed for wildlife use.                    

  Upland Wildlife     GSWC - LOWER SOUTH PLATTE - LONG TERM        75.00
  Habitat Management  CONVERSION (10 years) - Land use will be     
                      converted to perennial vegetation and        
                      managed for wildlife use.                    

  Upland Wildlife     GSWC - LOWER SOUTH PLATTE - PERMANENT        100.00
  Habitat Management  CONVERSION - Land use will be converted to   
                      perennial vegetation and managed for         
                      wildlife use.                                
  ------------------- -------------------------------------------- --------

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

EQIP ELIGIBLE CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND PAYMENT RATES\
GROUND AND SURFACE WATER PRIORITY PORTION OF RIO GRANDE WATERSHED ONLY

+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+
| **PRACTICE NAME**                    | #      | **PR     | **P      |
|                                      | ## PRA | ACTICE** | AYMENT** |
|                                      | CTICE  |          |          |
+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+
|                                      | **     | **CODE** | **RATE** |
|                                      | UNIT** |          |          |
+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+
| Conservation Crop Rotation           | Acres  | 328      | PR       |
| **[1/2/]{.underline}**               |        |          |          |
+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+
| Irrigation System                    | Number | 442      | PR       |
| **[3/]{.underline}**                 |        |          |          |
+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+
| Prescribed Grazing                   | Acres  | 528      | PR       |
| **[1/2/]{.underline}**               |        |          |          |
+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+
| Pumping Plant for Water Control      | Number | 533      | PR       |
| **[4/]{.underline}**                 |        |          |          |
+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+
| Upland Wildlife Habitat Management   | Acres  | 645      | PR       |
| **[1/2/]{.underline}**               |        |          |          |
+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+

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

**[2/]{.underline}** These practices are for use in conjunction with the
Land Use Conversion Incentive Practice to facilitate use

after area is converted from irrigation.

**[3/]{.underline}** Available for installation of re-nozzle packages
that improve the efficiency and uniformity of irrigation water

application.

**[4/]{.underline}** Available only for re-bowling of wells to improve
the efficiency of the irrigation system.

## Incentive Payment Practices -- Rio Grande GSW Priority:

To be eligible for the Land Use Conversion incentives, footnote 2 below,
the applicant 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. Contract must be a minimum of 4 years, incentive
payment allowed for 3 consecutive years unless otherwise noted. The
maximum incentive payments allowed for the irrigation conversion will be
\$75,000 per contract.

For the actual cropland acreage idled in order to reduce consumptive
use. Limited irrigation will be required to grow cover for erosion
control and soil quality. Irrigation will not be continued past the
dates shown. The following options are available:

> **[Annual Set Aside "No Harvest" - \$40.00 per acre:]{.underline}**
> **(A)** planted to small grain for cover only, with no harvest; and no
> irrigation continuing past May 30 (6 to 8 inches);or **(B)** fall
> planted into an erosion controlling winter cover crop of rye,
> triticale, or winter wheat and no irrigation continuing past May 30 (6
> to 8 inches); or **(C)** planted to sorghum, canola, mustards in late
> May and irrigated through July 31 as an erosion controlling cover with
> total irrigation estimated at 6 - 8 inches. No harvest of forage
> allowed and tillage not permitted until April 1 of the following
> spring.
>
> **[Annual Set Aside "Limited Harvest" - \$15.00 per
> acre:]{.underline}** Forage may be harvested by baling or by grazing,
> but adequate stubble (3 inch stubble height with a minimum of 1500
> lbs/ ac small grain equivalent) will remain on the surface until April
> 1 of the following spring. Cropland idled for the following year would
> have to be planted to a winter cover.
>
> **[Annual Set Aside "Crane Habitat" - \$50.00 per acre:]{.underline}**
> Acreage will be planted to small grain and allowed to make grain for a
> winter food source. Irrigation will not continue past May 30
> (approximately 8 to 10 inches). Grain produced will be left on the
> soil surface and no tillage will be allowed prior to April 1 of the
> following year.
>
> **[Permanent Conversion - \$120.00 per acre]{.underline}**: For
> conversion of irrigated cropland to permanent conservation cover or
> rangeland. Vegetation will be established under practice 327
> Conservation Cover or 550 Range Planting. Short term irrigation will
> be allowed for establishment with no long term irrigation allowed.
> Payments will continue for 3 years for a total of \$360.00 per acre.
>
> **[Temporary Conversion (5 years) - \$75.00 per acre:]{.underline}**
> For conversion of irrigated cropland to perennial vegetation.
> Establishment of perennial vegetation not eligible for cost share
> under (327) Conservation Cover or (550) Range Seeding. Shot term
> irrigation will be allowed for establishment with no long term
> irrigation allowed.
>
> **PRACTICES APPROVED FOR INCENTIVE PAYMENTS AND APPROVED RATES**
>
> **FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008**

  ----------------------- ---------------------------------------- --------
  **PAYMENT NAME**        **DESCRIPTION**                          **UNIT
                                                                   PYMT**

  Conservation Crop       Ground & Surface Water portion of RIO    3.00
  Rotation                GRANDE, adopting a more water conserving 
                          crop rotation.                           

  Conservation Crop       Ground & Surface Water portion of RIO    15.00
  Rotation                GRANDE **- Annual Set Aside** - Limited  
                          Harvest - Reduce consumptive use on      
                          idled cropland acres.                    

  Conservation Crop       Ground & Surface Water portion of RIO    40.00
  Rotation                GRANDE - **Annual Set Aside** - No       
                          Harvest - Reduce consumptive use on      
                          idled cropland acres.                    

  Conservation Crop       Ground & Surface Water portion of RIO    50.00
  Rotation                GRANDE - **Annual Set Aside** - Crane    
                          Habitat - Reduce consumptive use on      
                          idled cropland acres.                    

  Conservation Crop       Ground & Surface Water portion of RIO    75.00
  Rotation                GRANDE -- 5 year conversions of          
                          irrigated cropland to perennial          
                          vegetation.                              

  Prescribed Grazing      Ground & Surface Water portion of RIO    120.00
                          GRANDE - Permanent Conversion of         
                          irrigated cropland to permanent          
                          conservation cover on lands managed for  
                          livestock use.                           

  Upland Wildlife Habitat Ground & Surface Water portion of RIO    120.00
  Management              GRANDE - Permanent Conversion of         
                          irrigated cropland to permanent          
                          conservation cover on lands managed for  
                          wildlife use.                            
  ----------------------- ---------------------------------------- --------

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

> **COLORADO FY2008 ELIGIBLE EQIP CONSERVATION PRACTICES\
> AND COST SHARE RATES FOR INVASIVE PLANT ISSUE**

  -------------------- -------------- ------------------- -----------------
  **PRACTICE NAME**    **PRACTICE     **PRACTICE CODE**   **PAYMENT RATE**
                       UNIT**                             

  Brush Management     Acre           314                 PR

  Prescribed Burning   Acre           338                 PR

  Cover Crop           Acre           340                 PR

  Critical Area        Acre           342                 PR
  Planting                                                

  Fence **3/**         Feet           382                 PR

  Mulching             Acre           484                 PR

  Pasture & Hayland    Acre           512                 PR
  Planting **3/**                                         

  Pest Management      Acre           595                 PR
  **1/**                                                  

  Pipeline **3/**      Feet           516                 PR

  Prescribed Grazing   Acre           528                 PR
  **2/**                                                  

  Pumping Plant **3/** Each           533                 PR

  Range Planting       Acre           550                 PR
  **3/**                                                  

  Spring Development   Each           574                 PR
  **3/**                                                  

  Watering Facility    Number         614                 PR
  **3/**                                                  

  Water Well **3/**    Number         642                 PR
  -------------------- -------------- ------------------- -----------------

**1/** Incentive Practice

**2/** Incentive Payment Practice, Only 1 year of payment is allowed as
this practice has a 5 year life span. The

practice must be applied for 5 years.

**3/** Practice needs to be an essential practice identified in IPM that
will help suppress or radicate target species

within the contracted treatment area.

## Incentive Payment Practices -- Invasive Species Issue:

## Incentive payments are made for a maximum of 3 years. An eligible recipient may only receive incentive payments for any given incentive practice once and are not eligible to receive incentive payments for the same practice in future contracts. All practices must meet Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Standards. There is a \$10,000 cumulative limit per eligible recipient per practice. There is no limit to the number of incentive practices for which payment may be made for an eligible recipient provided it is needed and feasible to address the resource concern planned for. Payment is not authorized for a practice that a participant has already adopted on a portion of the contracted farm or ranch.

**COST SHARE CONTRACT LIMITS (CAPS) -- FY 2008:**

-   **[Salinity Control Contracts --]{.underline}**\
    No contract or practice limits other than the program limit of
    \$450,000 per contract. No cost share funding will be allowed for
    practice cost exceeding \$150 per ton of salt reduced.

-   **[General EQIP Contracts --\
    ]{.underline}**USDA cost share assistance will not exceed \$400 per
    acre for irrigation systems for the following watersheds: Lower
    Arkansas River, Lower South Platte River, Republican River, Upper
    Arkansas River, Upper South Platte River, and the Rio Grande.\
    \
    The system cost will not include the irrigation delivery system cost
    from the water source to the tract or farm ownership boundary.\
    \
    Tribal enterprise contracts with Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute
    tribes are not subject to contract caps. No specific practice
    limits.**\
    **

    -   **Colorado River Watershed --**

        -   \$125,000 contract limitation for projects funded under
            Water Quality/Animal Waste issue

        -   No specific practice limits

        -   \$100,000 contract limits for all other issues

        -   No specific practice limits

    -   **Gunnison-Dolores River Watershed --**

        -   No contract or practice limits other than the program limit
            of \$450,000 per contract, except for projects funded under
            the Water Quality/animal Waste issue

        -   \$150,000 contract limitation for projects funded under
            Water Quality/Animal Waste issue

        -   No specific practice limits

    -   **Lower Arkansas River Watershed --**

        -   \$100,000 per contract for all issues

        -   No specific practice limits**\
            **

    -   **Lower South Platte River Watershed --**

        -   \$35,000 per contract for Wildlife issue,

        -   \$10,000 per contract for Agroforestry issue

        -   \$100,000 per contract for all other issues

        -   No specific practice limits

    -   **North Platte-White-Yampa River Watershed --**

        -   \$100,000 cap per contract for all issues except Wildlife
            issue

        -   \$25,000 cap per contract for Wildlife issue

        -   No specific practice limits

    -   **Republican River Watershed --**

        -   \$50,000 per contract for Wildlife issue

        -   \$70,000 per contract for Soil Erosion and Agroforestry
            issue

        -   \$100,000 per contract for all other issues

        -   No specific practice limits

    -   **Rio Grande River Watershed --**

        -   No contract limitation except for Acequia/Vara Strip
            projects under Water Quality/Quantity issue

        -   No specific practice limits

        -   \$12,500 contract limit for Acequia/Vara Strip projects
            funded under Water Quality/Quantity

        -   No specific practice limits

    -   **San Juan River Watershed --**

        -   \$100,000 per contract for all issues

        -   Tribal enterprise contracts with Southern Ute and Ute
            Mountain Ute tribes are not subject to the contract cap

        -   No specific practice limits

    -   **Upper Arkansas River Watershed --**

        -   \$100,000 per contract for all issues

        -   No specific practice limits

    -   **Upper South Platte River Watershed --**

        -   \$100,000 per contract for all issues

        -   No specific practice limits

**PRACTICES FY 2008:**

-   **[Incentive Practices]{.underline}**

    -   All practices will be paid at a payment rate.

    -   There is a \$10,000 cumulative limit per eligible recipient per
        practice. There is no limit to the number of different Incentive
        Practices for which a participant can receive payment. Payment
        is not authorized for a practice that a participant has already
        adopted on a portion of the contracted farm or ranch.

    -   Incentives practices may be paid for up to 3 years, except for
        Prescribed Grazing and Strip Cropping, which may be paid 1 year
        only.

    -   \(528\) Prescribed Grazing; only one year of payment is allowed
        as this practice has a 5 year life span. This practice must be
        applied for 5 years.

    -   \(645\) Upland Wildlife Habitat Management -- Pheasants.

    -   Wildlife issue sign-ups ONLY. This practice is only for areas
        where pheasants are likely to occur as determined by NRCS or
        Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) wildlife biologists. This
        is a special wheat residue management practice specifically for
        Pheasant habitat improvement, not erosion control or water
        quality/quantity. Producers may NOT receive both the regular
        Residue Management Incentive and the Pheasant incentive.
        Producers may NOT receive both the Pheasant incentive and the
        regular Wildlife Habitat Management incentive on the same
        acres. (645) Upland Wildlife Habitat Management to be
        implemented following CO WSM-6 -- Wildlife Species Model
        Ring-Necked Pheasant Colorado. To quality wheat stubble must be
        at least 15 inches tall after harvest and not tillage is allowed
        before July 1 the following year. No long residue herbicide
        application is allowed. (\*Spot spraying with contact herbicides
        for mustard and listed noxious Weed control is allowed at any
        time.)