Idaho Bulletin 450-6-1

October 5, 2005

SUBJECT:  TCH - Conservation Practice Job Sheets

TO:  All Employees, NRCS, Idaho

Purpose.  To distribute information on new practice job sheets

Expiration Date.  September 30, 2006

Several conservation practices offered in FY 06 through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) will only be available if selected as part of a “Suite of Practices” that incorporate the use and implementation of management practices for a conservation systems approach.  Those management practices required for contracts include Irrigation Water Management (449), Prescribed Grazing (528), and Nutrient Management (590).

Each of these management related practices requires the preparation of a plan to be developed and signed by the contract participant and the District Conservationist prior to practice implementation. It is recognized that many times, due to time constraints and program deadlines, irrigation water management (IWM), nutrient management, and prescribed grazing plans are not developed when they should be. In an effort to inform the participant of the associated requirements of the practice, job sheets have been developed which will briefly outline them and tell the producer a plan will be developed prior to practice implementation.

Each applicable job sheet will be reviewed with the producer at the time of contract development.  The participant and assisting conservationist will sign the job sheet which will then be placed in the long-term contract six-part folder. All plans associated with these management practices must be developed prior to practice implementation.  Even though these job sheets are being transmitted for field office use, it is strongly encouraged that NRCS staffs develop IWM, nutrient management, and prescribed grazing plans during the contract development and delivery phase.

Questions related on the usage of the conservation practice job sheets should be directed to Mark Weatherstone, Assistant State Conservationist (Technical Services) at (208) 378-5720.

/s/                                           
RICHARD SIMS                                         
State Conservationist               

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