Habitat Conservation
Assistance Network
Proactive Conservation for Working Lands

What is the Conservation Stewardship Program? The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is a voluntary farming and ranching conservation program that encourages the natural resource management of soil, water, animals (livestock and wildlife), plants, air and energy use, in a comprehensive manner, from application through the life of a funded contract.

Agricultural producers enrolling their operations in CSP must 1) maintain the existing base level of conservation stewardship, as determined by NRCS at the time of program application, through the life of the contract, and 2) agree to improve upon the existing conservation activities by implementing additional conservation activities offered through CSP.

Private agricultural lands, tribal lands, and non-industrial private forest land use types may be enrolled into CSP, including cropland, pastureland, rangeland, Associated Agricultural lands, and Farmstead lands. 

Listed as:

• USDA - NRCS Programs