State Funded Cost-Share Program
The Conservation Cost Share Program provides financial assistance, through cost-share payments to landowners to apply soil and water conservation practices on the land. The purpose of this program is to improve water quality and control soil erosion across the state.
TCCD Cost-Share Program
In Tulsa County, the Board of Directors began the Cost-Share Program in 1999. Practices approved for Tulsa County by the Board of Directors include:
Critical
Area
Treatment - planting vegetation on highly erodible or
critically erodible areas to stabilize soil, and reduce damage from
sediment and runoff downstreamPasture Planting and Nutrient Management - establishing native or introduced forage species (plants) to reduce soil erosion by wind and/or water
Pond Construction - to maintain or improve water quality
Freeze Proof Tank and Fence
- installation of tank or
trough, with needed devices for water and waste water disposal
installed to provide drinking water for livestock at selected locations
that will protect vegetative cover through proper distribution of
grazing, or through better grassland management for erosion
control. Another purpose on some sites is to reduce or eliminate
the need for livestock to be in streams, which reduces livestock waste
there.
Brush
Management:
Removal, reduction, or manipulation of non-herbaceous plants such as
eastern red cedar, Ashe juniper, redberry juniper, oneseed juniper, and
rocky mountain red cedar
Nutrient
Management: Managing the
amount, form, placement, and timing of applications of plant nutrients.
Range Planting:
Establishing adapted plants by seeding on native grazing land to
prevent excessive soil and water loss and improve water quality.
Watering
Facility: A trough or tank,
with needed devices for water control and water disposal installed to
provide drinking water for livestock.
Filter Strip:
A strip or area of herbaceous vegetation situated between cropland,
grazing land, or dised land (including forestland) and
environmentally sensitive areas.
Farm Bill Assistance Programs through USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service in cooperation with the Conservation District:
E
mergency Watershed
Protection Program (EWP):
The EWP program helps protect lives and property threatened by natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires. The program is administered by the USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), which provides technical and financial assistance to preserve life and property threatened by excessive erosion and flooding.
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP):
The WHIP program is voluntary for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat primarily on private land. Through WHIP USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service provides both technical assistance and up to 75% cost-share assistance to establish and improve fish and wildlife habitat.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP):
EQIP is a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible national goals. EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land.
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP):
CRP provides technical and financial assistance to eligible farmers and ranchers to address soil, water, and related natural resource concerns on their lands in an environmentally beneficial and cost-effective manner.
Wetlands Reserve Program
(WRP):
WRP is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property. The USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial support to help landowners an opportunity to establish long-term conservation and wildlife practices and protection.
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP):
GRP is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect and restore grasslands. The program uses permanent and 30-year easements and 30-year rental agreements. GRP lands must have an NRCS-approved conservation plan, which may allow grazing and haying or mowing after the nesting and chick-rearing season. Restoration costs are cost-shared up to 75%.