| Dunklin County Soil and Water Conservation District Programs |
| Missouri loses about 71 million tons of soil each year. The loss of topsoil affects all Missourians. Soil erosion also creates other environmental problems. Soil from the land often washes into rivers and streams. Chemicals also can wash into the water with the soil. Soil conservation decreases the amount of soil washed into streams, improving water quality and the health of the environment. Missouri citizens support soil conservation efforts. They voted for a one-tenth-of-one-percent sales tax in 1984, 1988, 1996 and 2006. This Parks and Soils Sales Tax finance all SWCP program activities. It provides the following services: |
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State Cost Share
Funds are available to landowners to pay up to 75 percent of the cost of putting soil conservation practices on the land.
- DWP-1 Sediment retention, erosion, or water control structure (drop pipes)
- DSL-1 Permanent vegetative cover establishment
- DSL-2 Permanent vegetative cover improvement
- DSL-4 Terrace systems
- DSL-11 Permanent vegetative cover, critical areas
- DSL-15 No till systems
- DWC-1 Water impoundment reservoirs (ponds)
- DWP-3 Sod waterways
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Loan Interest Share
This program refunds a portion of the annual interest costs on bank loans for erosion
control practices and conservation equipment such as no-till drills and planters.
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SALT PROGRAM
Special Area Land Treatment (SALT) program is a watershed –based program in which soil and water conservation districts direct technical and financial assistance
to landowners within prioritized watersheds for reduction of agricultural nonpoint
source pollution. Various forms of financial and technical assistance are available
to landowners for implementation of water quality practices and incentives.
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Fiscal year 2004 Conservation Security Program Signup…..Jeff and Treasure Todd
Roger Hansen, NRCS Danny Blankenship, Board of Supervisors, SWCD
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NRCS PROGRAMS
The Dunklin County NRCS field office have been busy for the past few years with the new farm program CSP (Conservation Security Program), EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentive Program), WRP (Wetland Reserve Program) and CRP (Conservation Reserve Program). For more information on these programs visit USDA-NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE.
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