MARSHALL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

We provide technical assistance, as well as cost share funding for several conservation practices.

To apply for assistance, call or stop by the office, or apply on line.

Shaping and seeding a natural drainageway to prevent gullies from forming.

Short earthen dams built across a drainageway; used where terraces are impractical.  Usually part of a terrace system.

Establishing trees in areas adapted to woodlands.

Structures used to prevent or control gully erosion in areas of concentrated water flow.

Earthen embankments around a hillside that stop water flow and store it or guide it safely off a field

Grassed Waterways

Grade Stabilization Structure

Tree Plantings

Water and Sediment Control Basins

Terraces

Cost Share Programs

Rows of trees and shrubs that protect areas from wind and provide food and cover for wildlife.

Windbreaks

Establishing grass or legume for pasture or harvesting hay.

Pasture and Hayland planting

Using grassland efficiently, considering food, water and herd size.

Planned grazing systems

Bands of grass or trees that filter runoff and other contaminants before they reach water bodies or sources.

Filter Strips

Bands of grass in a contoured field, similar to stripcropping.

Contour buffer strips

Protecting the soil from erosion by limiting tillage to leave last year’s crop residue on the soil surface.  Includes no-till, mulch till, and ridge till.

Residue management            

*Photos courtesy of  USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.