Conservation Plan Folder Check Sheet

u.s. department of agriculture nv-CPA-08

natural resources conservation service Oct 2005 (Rev.)

Conservation Plan folder check sheet

Locations for documents Filed in the 6-Part Cooperator Case File folder

Landowner/Operator: / Field Office:
PartOne Resource Maps and Inventory Data
______/ Business/Client Information
_____ / Objectives, Resource Setting, and Benchmark NV-CPA-53
_____ / Landowner Release Forms: NV-EVC-02; Utility check, realtor release, etc. (Use Part 3 of folder for Permits)
Conservation Plan Map (file large maps separately, if referenced)
_____ / ●Title Blockincluding N Arrow and Plan Map Legend
_____ / ●Operating Unit Field boundaries, physical features, etc
_____ / ●Proposed practices and installed practices
_____ / ●Ecological Sites with Similarity Index delineated (overlay OK)
_____ / ●Ecological Site legend
_____ / ● Forage Suitability Group delineations(overlay OK ) - Forage Suitability Groups under development
_____ / ●Forage Suitability Group legend
_____ / Ecological Site descriptions
_____ / Forage Suitability Group descriptions - Forage Suitability Groups under development
_____ / Location Map (USGS quad)
Soils Map
_____ / ●Title block including N Arrow
_____ / ●Operating unit boundary delineated
_____ / ●Soil map unit delineations with Map Unit symbols superimposed
_____ / ●Soil map unit legend
_____ / Soil Descriptions -non-technical soil interpretations
_____ / Wetland Delineations and Hydric Soils Delineations
Inventory Worksheets - All land uses recognized in plan must be included
_____ / ●Inventory worksheets/data/maps (as needed for each land use)
_____ / ●Cultural Resources worksheet NV-EVC-01
_____ / ●Resource Inventory Checklist/Environmental Evaluation NV-CPA-52
_____ / ●RUSLE2 and WEQ Worksheets (non-HEL)
_____ / ●OtherInventory Documents - (Biological Evaluations; wildlife habitat inventories; SHE;
WHEG; stream inventories - Proper Functioning Condition (PFC)
Parttwo Record of Cooperator's Decisions
Cooperator's Record of Decisions (Conservation Plan)
______/ ●Title block properly completed
______/ ●Land use and schedule of planned practices
______/ ●HEL designation by field
______/ ●Conservation plan updated with applied practices
______/ ●Conservation plan signed by Certified Planner
Supplemental Plans(as required by specific planned practices)
______/ ●Nutrient Management plan
______/ ●Pest Management plan
______/ ●Planned grazing system
______/ ●Other (i.e., CNMP)
_____ / Alternative RMS Development (If a "Progressive Plan", at least 1 alternative RMS required)
Evaluation of Alternative(s) - alternative practice(s) or RMS
_____ / ●Site Specific Practice Effects Worksheet (SPEW) optional – not required
_____ / ●Cost Estimates/Economic Analysis (Nevada forms to be developed)
_____ / Conservation Plan Folder Check Sheet NV-CPA-08
Partthree Conservation Assistance Notes
_____ / Conservation assistance notes (Copy of notes maintained in Customer Service Toolkit folder)
______/ Trip Reports From Requested Specialists
_____ / Correspondence
Permits/Clearances
______/ ●404 Permit (Army Corps of Engineers)
______/ ●NDEP
______/ ●Rights of Way/Irrigation District easements
______/ T&E Consultation/Biological Assessments
______/ Cultural ResourcesConsultation - Tribes/SHPO
______/ Program Person Determinations
______/ Conservation District Cooperator Agreement
Partfour Archived Documents
No Farm Bill Program documents are filed in the 6-part case file. Cost-share program documents are filed in the appropriate contract folders.
_____ / Previous Conservation Plans (by date) with support map
_____ / Original Food Security Act Compliance Plan (HELC) if required
_____ / ●AD-1026; NRCS-CPA-(026, -027, -038); NV-CPA-005
_____ / ●FSA Tract map with determinations plotted
_____ / ●USLE and/or WEQ Worksheets (for HEL purposes only)
_____ / Miscellaneous Forms
Partfive Practice Specifications and Documentation
No Farm Bill Program documents are filed in the 6-part case file. Cost-share program documents are filed in the appropriate contract folders.
_____ / Irrigation Evaluation Worksheet (IWM) includes FIRIS
_____ / Practice Standards and SpecificationsList only the practice codes for Nevada specifications that are referenced in the conservation plan thereby indicating that copies of practice standards and specifications have been provided to the cooperator. Do not file practice specifications unless developed for a site-specific condition (see Job Sheets below).
_____ / Job SheetsFile original Job Sheets (site-specific practice specifications) for non-engineering practices. List practice codes for job sheets below indicating that a copy has been provided to cooperator.
_____ / Practice Documentation WorksheetsFile original worksheets for all practices referenced in the conservation plan. List practice codes for filed worksheets indicating that a copy has been provided to cooperator.
_____ / Operations and Management Worksheets For non-engineering practices that do not have O&M plans included with practice specifications. List practice codes for O&M plans indicating that a copy has been provided to cooperator.
_____ / Miscellaneous Forms
Partsix Engineering Support Data
Engineering DocumentsAn additional folder may be needed to accommodate all material – reference to the new folder.
_____ / ●Preliminary Designs and Cost Estimates
_____ / ●Practice Final Designs and Drawings
_____ / ●Engineering Practice Specification(s)
_____ / ●Practice Operations and Maintenance Plan(s)
_____ / Monitoring and Evaluation Data

required documentation by land use

hay

Hayland Condition Scoresheet (NV-ECS-16a)

Forage Harvest Management Practice Documentation Worksheet (NV-CPA-511)

Hay Planting Practice Documentation Worksheet (NV-CPA-512) (if appropriate)

Additional Conservation Practice Documentation Worksheets(as listed in conservation plan)

If hay aftermath is grazed(and livestock owned by client)

(NV-CPA-528[e]) Prescribed Grazing Practice Documentation Worksheet

(NRCS-Range-414) Proper Grazing Use

(NV-ECS-03) Ranch Organization Worksheet

(NV-ECS-04) Ranch Planning Summary Worksheet

If hay aftermath is grazed(and grazed livestock not owned by client)

(NV-CPA-528[e])

(NRCS-Range-414)

HEL Determination (AD-1026, NRCS-CPA-026)(if required)

WEQ and USLE HELC Worksheets– if required

WEQ evaluation(non-HEL)

RUSLE2 evaluation (including Soil Conditioning Index)

Soil/Pesticide Screening Tool WIN-PST

Nutrient Management Screening Tool

Irrigation Evaluation Worksheets (IWM), include FIRIS

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Guide (WHEG for Hayland)– if appropriate

Species Habitat Evaluation (SHE)– if appropriate

Riparian Proper Functioning Condition Checklist [if appropriate – refer to NV-CPA-528(c)]