The Eastern New Mexico News - Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is signing people up for the new Conservation Stewardship Program until Sept. 30.

A major change in the program is the method of payments. CSP is offering two possible types of payments — annual and supplemental.

Eligible lands include cropland, grassland, prairie, improved pastureland, rangeland, non-industrial private forest land and agricultural land under the jurisdiction of an American Indian tribe.

CSP information: www.nrcs.usda.gov/new_csp/

New Mexico conservation program information: visit http://www.nm.nrcs.usda.gov or call the NRCS office at 356-4465.