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7/10/2019 Indiana Conservation Partnership Webinar July 9, 2019 ICP A TRULY UNIQUE APPROACH TO CONSERVATION The Partnership is comprised of eight Indiana agencies and organizations who share a common goal of promoting conservation.

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Indiana Conservation Partnership Webinar

ICP ‐A TRULY UNIQUE APPROACH TO CONSERVATION

July 9, 2019

The Partnership is comprised of eight Indiana agencies and organizations who share a common goal of promoting conservation.

  • Indiana State Soil Conservation Board
  • Indiana State Department of Agriculture – Division of Soil

Conservation

  • Indiana’s 92 Soil and Water Conservation Districts
  • Indiana Department of Environmental Management
  • Indiana Department of Natural Resources
  • Purdue Extension
  • USDA Farm Service Agency
  • USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
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2018 Accomplishments

Jordan Seger Indiana State Department of Agriculture

Find this information online

  • Financial information by county and program: in.gov/isda/icpreports/
  • Search “Indiana Conservation Accomplishments”
  • Search “Indiana Nutrient Reduction Strategy”
  • View maps and background data specific to counties, watersheds, etc.
  • Indiana is the only state in the country that shares, compiles, and reports

all assisted conservation information + the only state that performs a comprehensive cover crop and tillage transect

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Financial information by county and program: in.gov/isda/icpreports/

2018 Statewide Total = $102,119,622

Top 10

County, 2018 Newly Completed Practices

  • 1. Washington, 833
  • 2. Allen, 728
  • 3. Adams, 689
  • 4. Whitley, 680
  • 5. Decatur, 663
  • 6. Greene, 662
  • 7. Harrison, 633
  • 8. Posey, 630
  • 9. Kosciusko, 628

10.Noble, 608

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Total Practices (State wide): 22,338 Total Practices (Top 10 counties): 6,754 Top 10 counties % of workload: 30% Total Practices (Bottom 10 counties): 443 Bottom 10 counties % of workload: 2% Each Top 10 county installed more practices than the Bottom 10 combined

Top 10

County, 2018 Newly Completed Practices

  • 1. Washington, 833
  • 2. Allen, 728
  • 3. Adams, 689
  • 4. Whitley, 680
  • 5. Decatur, 663
  • 6. Greene, 662
  • 7. Harrison, 633
  • 8. Posey, 630
  • 9. Kosciusko, 628

10.Noble, 608

Completed Practices by Conservation Delivery Team

Completed practices, % of Statewide workload

NW 15% Rensselaer 2,032 9% Lebanon 1,443 6% NE 30% Albion 4,164 19% Huntington 2,553 11% SW 29% Greencastle 3,010 13% Princeton 3,552 16% SE 25% Greensburg 2,355 11% Salem 3,229 14%

Total completed practices include engineering and agronomic practices % rounded up

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Significant Waterbodies

Drinking water sources, recreation areas

  • Eagle Creek Reservoir
  • Geist Reservoir
  • Mississippi River Basin
  • Morse Reservoir
  • Patoka‐White River

Basin

  • Wabash River Basin
  • Western Lake Erie

Basin (pictured)

in.gov/isda/2991.htm

Trends

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Congressional Districts

in.gov/isda/2991.htm

Cover Crop and Tillage Transects

in.gov/isda/2383.htm

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Watershed Story Maps

in.gov/isda/2991.htm

  • Watersheds selected based on

IDEM water quality monitoring program

  • Mobile device friendly platform

Indiana's Sediment and Nutrient Load Reductions - Interactive Map

in.gov/isda/2991.htm Or search “Indiana nutrient load reduction interactive map”

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Indiana Conservation Partnership Webinar

ICP ‐A TRULY UNIQUE APPROACH TO CONSERVATION

July 9, 2019

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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

INDIANA NRCS

Field Staffing Plan Updates

Jerry Raynor, State Conservationist July 9, 2019

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

PLANNING TEAM LEADERS

  • 8 supervisory district conservationists, titled Planning Team Leaders
  • GS‐12
  • Supervised by area conservationists
  • Member of the area leadership team
  • Located at Conservation Planning Team office
  • Southeast: Salem, Greensburg
  • Southwest: Princeton, Greencastle
  • Northwest: Lebanon, Rensselaer
  • Northeast: Huntington, Albion
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

State Conservationist Area Conservationist Area Staff CDT Leaders (2) CDT Staff Planning Team Leaders (2) District Conservationists (8‐12) Soil Conservationist (0‐1) State Office Leadership Team

(possible on case by case basis)

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

BENEFITS

  • Potential career ladder for district conservationists
  • Opportunity for employees to gain significant supervisory experience
  • Reduced number of employees for area conservationist to supervise to align with

recommended national ratio (1:10)

  • Improved communications among partners and employees
  • Employees would have more engagement with their supervisors
  • Potential higher retention rate of employees
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE

  • Positions have been advertised and panels have been received
  • Next will come evaluation of candidates and interviews
  • Target starting date: October 1

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

OTHER CHANGES

  • Field Office Support Specialists
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Indiana Conservation Partnership Webinar

ICP ‐A TRULY UNIQUE APPROACH TO CONSERVATION

July 9, 2019

ICP Training & Certification Program

Laura Fribley, ISDA

Photo: Laura Fribley

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Program Overview Training Survey Upcoming Trainings

Focus

Photo: Mark Kepler

Team Members

  • FSA:

Susan Hovermale, Jason Kishton

  • IASWCD: Amy Work, Paula Baldwin
  • IDEA:

Erica Burkemper-Fischer

  • IDEM:

Josh Brosmer

  • IDNR:

Doug Nusbaum, Zack Smith

  • ISDA:

Laura Fribley, Lindsey Bluhm

  • NRCS:

Stephen Ball; Jill Reinhart- ICP Partners liaison

  • Purdue: Corey Gerber
  • SSCB:

Bob Eddleman

  • SWCD:

Vickie Smith, Whitney McGrew

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Highlighted Past Trainings

  • Raingarden (beginner, intermediate)
  • Nutrient Management (basic, advanced)
  • Conservation Selling Skills
  • Tree & Shrub ID (in-person, webinar)
  • Grazing Management & Pasture Plant ID
  • Cropland Weed ID
  • Pollinator
  • Invasive Species
  • Herbaceous Plant ID Webinar
  • Wetland Training

https://www.bsu.edu/academics/centersandinstitutes/f seec/education/workshops/wetlands

  • Conservation in the City
  • Stormwater Certifications

Sponsoring & Promoting Trainings

Photo: https://www.bsu.edu/academics/centersandinstitutes/fseec/education/workshops/wetlands

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  • In-kind ICP Expertise
  • Registration Fees
  • 205j Grant
  • SSCB Grant
  • Sustainable Agriculture and

Research Education

Funding

Photo: ISDA

2017 Training Needs Survey

  • Online survey
  • Name, agency, county & quadrant of state you work
  • How information is used
  • Reports to individual agencies
  • Statewide summaries http://icp.iaswcd.org/wp-

content/uploads/2018/01/ICP-IDI-2017-Results-Summary.pdf

  • Special requests
  • Program planning by ICP Training & Certification Team
  • Participation (agencies, quadrants)
  • Plans for data in 2020
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2017 Training Needs Survey Top Requests

  • 1. Invasive Species (plants)
  • 2. Weed ID*
  • 3. Pollinators
  • 4. GIS ArcView*, Tree & Shrub ID* (tie)
  • 5. Conservation Planning*
  • 6. Soil Testing & Interpreting Results*, Wetland Plant ID* (tie)
  • 7. Cover Crop
  • 8. Backyard Conservation/Wildlife
  • 9. Invasive Species (animals)
  • 10. Pasture & Range Forage ID
  • 11. Rain Gardens
  • 12. How to Talk to Producers- “Selling Conservation”

* Also a top request in 2015, 2014, 2011

  • Pollinator/beneficial insect habitat needs,

how to plan pollinator habitat, planting/maintaining habitat, and field

  • bservations
  • July 16, Vincennes

https://icp-pollinator-training-2019- southwest.eventbrite.com

  • August 22, Fort Wayne

https://icp-pollinator-training-2019- northeast.eventbrite.com

2019 Pollinator Trainings for ICP Employees

Photo: Brenda Gettinger

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  • Why soil sample, soil sampling process, soil analysis, soil nutrient

interpretations/recommendations, & environmental considerations

  • Save the date:
  • September 17, Tipton County, Tipton County Fairgrounds Extension Office
  • September 18, Jennings County, Southeast Purdue Ag Center
  • September 19, Whitley County, Northeast Purdue Ag Center
  • September 24, LaPorte County, Pinney Purdue Ag Center
  • September 25, Knox County, Southwest Purdue Ag Center
  • September 26, Hendricks County, Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds Complex

2019 Soil Testing & Interpretation Results for ICP Employees

Questions? Suggestions?

  • Laura Fribley, 812-595-5641,

lfribley@isda.in.gov

  • Your agency’s team member
  • Website:

http://wordpress.iaswcd.org/icp/trai ning/

Photo: Laura Fribley

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Indiana Conservation Partnership Webinar

ICP ‐A TRULY UNIQUE APPROACH TO CONSERVATION

July 9, 2019

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Indiana Conservation Partnership Webinar

ICP ‐A TRULY UNIQUE APPROACH TO CONSERVATION

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USDA Announces Opening Of CRP Continuous Signup 52

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SIGNUP 52 Non–CREP Offers

Signup Period for non- CREP Re-enrolls

Offers to re-enroll land, including offers that include both re-enrolled and new land, producers may submit

  • ffers for non-CREP continuous

SU 52 beginning June 3, 2019, through August 23, 2019.

Signup Period for non- CREP New Land

Offers to enroll new land (land not currently enrolled in CRP), producers may submit offers for non-CREP continuous SU 52 beginning June 3, 2019, through August 23, 2019.

Soil Rental Rates & Incentives for non-CREP

SRR’s for SU 52 non-CREP offers and contracts will be paid at a rate equal to 90% of the rates in effect

  • n September 28, 2018. Rates for

non-CREP will be capped at $300 per acre. Signing Incentive Payment (SIP), Practice Incentive Payment (PIP), and the 10 or 20% rental rate incentive are not authorized for non-CREP continuous practices for SU 52.

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Eligible Practices for Non-CREP SU 52

Practice

CP8A Grass Waterway CP9 Shallow Water Area for Wildlife CP15A Contour Grass Strips CP21 Filter Strips CP21B Denitrifying Bioreactor on Filter Strips CP21S Saturated Filter Strips CP22 Riparian Buffer CP22B Denitrifying Bioreactor on Filter Strips CP22S Saturated Riparian Buffer CP23 Wetland Restoration on Floodplain CP23A Wetland Restoration, Non-Floodplain

Practice

CP27 Farmable Wetlands Pilot Wetland CP28 Farmable Wetlands Pilot Buffer CP30 Marginal Pastureland Wetland Buffer CP37 Duck Nesting Habitat CP39 FWP Constructed Wetland CP40 FWP Aquaculture Wetland Restoration CP41 FWP Flooded Prairie Wetland

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Cost-Share Rates & Mid Contract Management

For practice installation, cost-share rates in effect on September 28, 2018, will be used for all SU 52 non-CREP offers and contracts. Mid Contract Management is required per policy in 2-CRP. However, cost-share payments are not authorized for any management activities for SU 52 contracts.

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What about CREP?

What if my expiring practice is not on the list of eligible practices?

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CREP

  • Offers to re-enroll land, including offers that include both re-enrolled

and new land, plus any offer to enroll new land (land not currently enrolled in CRP), producers may submit offers for SU 52 through approved CREP Agreements beginning June 3, 2019 through August 23, 2019.

  • Terms and conditions found in Indiana’s applicable CREP

Agreement in effect on September 28, 2018 will apply to offers under CREP

  • Soil rental rates in effect on September 28, 2018 will be used. $300

per acre cap does not apply to CREP offers.

  • SIP and PIP are authorized for CREP SU52 offers on new land (land

not currently enrolled in CRP). 40% rental rate incentive is authorized for SU52 CREP offers.

  • Cost-share rates in effect on September 28, 2018, will be used for

practice installation. MCM is required per 2-CRP. However, cost- share payments are not authorized for any MCM activities.

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Eligible Practices for SU 52 CREP Offers (Indiana)

  • CP2

Permanent Native Grasses

  • CP3A

Hardwood Tree Planting

  • CP4D

Permanent Wildlife Habitat

  • CP21

Filter Strip

  • CP22

Riparian Buffer

  • CP23

Wetland Restoration

  • CP23A

Wetland Restoration Non-Floodplain

  • CP31

Bottomland Timer Establishment on Wetlands

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Expiring Practices Not on The Eligible Practice List

1-Year Contract Extension Option

Participants may submit requests to extend the expiration date of certain general and continuous expiring CRP contracts by filing a CRP-1F Addendum beginning June 3, 2019 through August 23, 2019. Eligible participants may extend the expiration date for all or a portion of the acreage under applicable CRP contracts expiring September 30, 2019. However, no new acreage may be added. 1-year extensions are not available if the extension causes the CRP contract to exceed 15 years. If the expiring CRP contract is eligible to be re-enrolled under SU52 eligible practices, the 1-year extension is not permitted to be used.

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Important Dates

  • June 3, 2019 – USDA began accepting offers for Continuous SU52
  • ffers for re-enrollment of certain practices, offers for new land (land

not currently enrolled in CRP), CREP offers for re-enrollment, CREP

  • ffers for new land (land not currently enrolled in CRP), and requests

for 1-year extensions.

  • August 23, 2019 – Deadline for producers to submit valid signed
  • ffers for re-enrollment of certain practices, offers for new land (land

not currently enrolled in CRP), CREP offers for re-enrollment, CREP

  • ffers for new land (land not currently enrolled in CRP), and requests

for 1-year extensions.

  • September 13, 2019 – Deadline for NRCS to complete all

conservation plans and return to FSA.

  • September 30, 2019 – Deadline for FSA (COC or CED) to approve

CRP-1’s and load approval in COLS.

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THANK YOU

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Contact Info

http://icp.iaswcd.org/

All partnering organizations are equal opportunity providers, employers and lenders.

Indiana Conservation Partnership Webinar