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Learn about the benefits of conservation practices directly from the farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners applying them with our 90-second video series. Explore the different types of conservation practices and pick a video to watch below.
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Stream Crossing
Stream Crossing
1 minute
A stream crossing is a stabilized area, or a structure constructed across a stream to provide a travel way for people, livestock, equipment, or vehicles.
Windbreak Renovation:
Windbreak Renovation:
2 minutes
The windbreak renovation conservation practice is the replacement, or removal of selected trees, shrubs, or rows within an existing windbreak.
Videos by Category
Livestock
Access Control
Access Control
1 minute
Access control is a temporary or permanent exclusion of animals, people, vehicles, and/or equipment from an area to benefit natural resources.
Heavy Use Area Protection
Heavy Use Area Protection
1 minute
Heavy Use Area Protection is a way to stabilize a ground surface that is frequently and intensively used by people, animals, or vehicles.
Crops
Range Planting:
Range Planting:
2 minutes
Range planting is the establishment of grass and legumes to reduce soil erosion and improve production.
Conservation Cover:
Conservation Cover:
2 minutes
Conservation cover establishes permanent protective cover on land that that will not be used for forage production.
Forest
Riparian Forest Buffer
Riparian Forest Buffer
1 minute
A riparian forest buffer is an area of trees or shrubs located adjacent to a body of water, providing a level of protection or enhancement.
Firebreak
Firebreak
2 minutes
Firebreak is designed to prevent the progress of forest fires and provide access to inner areas of the forest to fight such fires.
Soil Health
Mulching:
Mulching:
2 minutes
The mulching conservation practice applies plant residues or other suitable materials to the land surface to achieve one or a combination of purposes.
Field Borders
Field Borders
1 minute
Field borders are strips of permanent vegetation, such as grasses, legumes, forbs, or shrubs, that are established on one or more sides of a field.
Water Quality
Restoration and Management
Restoration and Management
2 minutes
This practice reestablishes and/or renovates unique or diminishing native terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Two-Stage Ditch
Two-Stage Ditch
1 minute
Two-stage ditches are drainage ditches that have been modified by adding floodplain benches within the overall channel. These benches mimic a natural floodplain zone.
Water Quantity
Wetland Reserve Easements
Wetland Reserve Easements
2 minutes
Wetland Reserve Easements help private and tribal landowners protect, restore, and enhance wetlands which have been previously degraded due to agricultural uses.
Structure for Water Control
Structure for Water Control
1 minute
A structure for water control conveys water, controls the direction or rate of flow, maintains a desired water surface elevation, or measures water.
Wildlife
Grassland Easement
Grassland Easement
2 minutes
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program helps landowners protect, restore, and enhance wetlands, grasslands, and working agriculture operations through conservation easements.
Watering Facility
Watering Facility
2 minutes
A watering facility is installed to provide a location for livestock to drink water. George McClelland of Petaluma, CA, uses this practice to support the grazing plan on his organic dairy farm.