AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT SOURCE SPECIAL
AREA LAND TREATMENT PROGRAM (AgNPS SALT)

Northcut AgNPS SALT Project:
The Northcut AgNPS SALT Project is located in Southeastern portion of Scott County and consists of 69,000 acres. The Northcut project is a seven year project that will end June 30th 2008. The budget for the project is $750,000.00. The majority o funding is allocated for cost-share practices such as field borders; filter strips, pivot renozzling, and nutrient/pest management that are designed protect underground water supplies.  

Ramsey Creek AgNPS SALT Project:
Ramsey Creek AgNPS SALT Project is located in the Northeastern portion of Scott County and consists of 22,606 acres. The Ramsey Creek project is a seven year project that will end June 30, 2012. The budget for the project is $583,419.00.  The majority of funding is allocated for cost-share practices such as planned grazing systems, permanent vegetative cover establishment, field borders and filter strips, use exclusion, and nutrient/pest management that are designed to address streambank sloughing, nutrients from fertilizer runoff, cropland erosion, and poorly managed grazing systems to improve water quality.

St. Johns Bayou AgNPS SALT Project:
St. Johns Bayou is in the process of approval and if final approval is given on May 24, 2007 the project will begin on July 1, 2007 and end June 30, 2014.

Please feel fee the call the SWCD office for more information concerning these watershed projects.

Approved Practices available through the Scott County SWCD

The Soil and Water Conservation Cost-Share Program is a state funded program that offers incentives that are designed to save soil through the erosion and sediment control. The first step in receiving technical and financial help is to contact the district office if there is an erosion problem. To qualify the landowner must have a USDA farm number, are experiencing an erosion problem, and be the legal owner. If these criteria’s are met there will be a conservation plan approved by NRCS and District Board of Supervisors. The cost-share application will then be approved and will reimburse the landowner up to 75% of the county average rate or the actual cost whichever is less. The landowner will be reimbursed after the practice is complete and meets NRCS standards and specifications.

Approved Practices available through the Scott County SWCD are:

DSL – 1           Permanent Vegetative Cover Establishment
DSL – 4           Terrace Systems
DSL – 44         Terrace Systems with Tile
DSL – 5           Diversions
DSL – 11         Permanent Vegetative Cover – Critical Areas
DSL – 15         No-Till Systems
DWC – 1         Water Impoundment Reservoirs
DWP – 1         Sediment Retention, Erosion, or Water Quality Control Structure
DWP – 3         Sod Waterways
DSP – 3           Planned Grazing Systems