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<br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Technical Guide <br />Soil Conservation Service Section IV <br />Colorado All Field Offices <br />STANDARD AND SPECIFICATIONS <br />CONSERVATION COVER (Acre) 327 <br />STANDARD <br />Definition• <br />Establishing and -sintaining perennial vegetative cover to protect <br />soil and water resources on land retired from agricultural <br />production. <br />Purpose• <br />To reduce soil erosion and sedimentation, improve water quality, <br />and create or enhance cildlife habitat. <br />Conditions where Practice Applies: <br />On land retired or set aside from agricultural production, <br />including land entered into retirement programs. This practice <br />does not apply to plantings for forage production or to critical <br />• area plantings. <br />Planning Considerations <br />Select adapted species appropriate for the land use objectives and <br />habitat needs of target wildlife species. <br />Planning Considerations for Water Quantity and Quality: <br />Quantity <br />1. Consider the effects on water quantity due to increased <br />water infiltration, reduced runoff and reduced <br />evaporation which in turn enhances plant growth. In <br />some situations deep percolation may increase and in <br />turn raise water tables and enhance long term stream <br />flow to downstream users. In snowfall areas increased <br />snow catch can provide additional soil moisture and <br />benefit stream flow. <br /> <br />TGN #258 (Page 1 of 3) SCS Colorado, Sanuary 1991 <br />