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Beaver Watershed 

Beaver Watershed                                                        Wyoming

October, 2005

Description of Watershed

The total estimated area in the watershed is 1,064,194 acres. Seventy percent of this watershed is located in Weston County, Wyoming; 29% is located in Custer and Fall River Counties in South Dakota. The watershed also extends into small portions of Crook and Niobrara counties in Wyoming and Pennington County, South Dakota

The land uses in this watershed consist of rangeland, forest, and hayland/pastureland. The watershed includes the Black Hills and foot slopes and the Northern High Plains.  

There are approximately 110 farms and ranches in the watershed.  Primary crops include winter wheat, spring grains, corn, beans, beets, and alfalfa hay.  Rangeland covers 420,786 acres of the watershed. Ranches are mostly cow/calf and some yearling operations.

Land Cover/Use

Land Use

Wyoming Acres

South Dakota Acres

Total Acres

Rangeland

525,156  74,980  600,136 
Forestland 172,752  226,453  406,388 

Irrigated Crop & Hayland

33,881  33,881 

Non Irrigated Cropland

20,163

6865 

 20,163 

Other

3626

318 

3626 

Total

755,578

308,616

1,064,194 


Map of the Beaver Watershed

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Counties in Watershed

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Adobe Acrobat Reader Document  Beaver Fact Sheet
Adobe Acrobat Reader Document  Beaver Watershed Resource Data Sheet

Payment Information

Applicants must address water quality and soil quality concerns as program eligibility criteria and enrollment will be targeted to those demonstrating the highest levels of stewardship.  CPS payment limitations will be based on three "tiers" that represent increasing levels of resource treatment.  Payments rise with increased levels of treatment.

CSP contract payments include the following components:  
 
1.  An annual component for the existing base level of  conservation treatment.  (All contracts will have stewardship payments.)
2.  An annual payment for maintaining existing conservation practices.  It will be calculated to equal 25% of the contract's annual Stewardship Payment.  (All contracts will have an existing practice component.)
3. An enhancement component for exceptional conservation effort and additional activities that provide increased resource benefits beyond the prescribed level.  (Most contracts will have an enhancement component.)  

Click on the link below to view the Beaver Watershed CSP payment rates:

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Adobe Acrobat Reader Document  Beaver CSP Payment Rates
 Adobe Acrobat Reader Document  Enhancement Activity Worksheets  

 

Local Program Contact - Wyoming

Keith Culver
District Conservationist, Newcastle, WY
Phone: 307 746-3264
Email: keith.culver@wy.usda.gov  

Local Program Contact - South Dakota

Mike Stirling
Rangeland Management Specialist
Phone: 605 343-1643  ext. 129
Email: michael.stirling@wy.usda.gov

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