Water Quality Program for Agriculture (2000-2012, aggregated data)
Program
Water Quality Implementation
Lead Implementer
Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Funders
Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Private Party
Other Organizations
Ada Conservation District, Balanced Rock Conservation District, Benewah Conservation District, Bonner Conservation District, Boundary Conservation District, Bruneau River Conservation District, Butte Conservation District, Camas Soil Conservation District, Canyon Conservation District, Caribou Conservation District, Clark Conservation District, Clearwater Conservation District, Custer Conservation District, East Cassia Conservation District, Elmore Conservation District, Gem Conservation District, Gooding Conservation District, Idaho County Conservation District, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Kootenai Shoshone Conservation District, Latah Conservation District, Lemhi Conservation District, Lewis Conservation District, Nez Perce Conservation District, North Side Conservation District, Oneida Conservation District, Owyhee Conservation District, Payette Conservation District, Portneuf Conservation District, Snake River Conservation District, Squaw Creek Conservation District, Teton Conservation District, Twin Falls Conservation District, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Valley Conservation District, Weiser River Conservation District, West Cassia Conservation District, Wood River Conservation District, Yellowstone Conservation District
Project Primary Contact
Chuck Pentzer (cpentzer@swc.idaho.gov)
Project Stage
Completed
Duration
2000 - 2012
Natural Resource Projects & Practices
Water Quality Implementation
The Idaho Water Quality Program for Agriculture (WQPA) is a cost-share program under IC 22-2733 offering financial incentives to protect and enhance water quality and fish and wildlife habitat. WQPA was funded by the state's General Fund between 2000 and 2012. The final projects were completed within several years of that. There were 1,698 individual projects accomplished under the WQPA between 2000 and 2012.
State funds in the amount of $13,449,070 were distributed over the life of the Program. Partner matching funds are estimated, but unknown due to reporting discrepancies.
State funds in the amount of $13,449,070 were distributed over the life of the Program. Partner matching funds are estimated, but unknown due to reporting discrepancies.
Key Accomplishments
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (acres): 17,213.00 acres
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (acres) (327 - Conservation Cover): 1,872.00 acres
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (acres) (330 - Contour Farming): 8,199.00 acres
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (acres) (342 - Critical Area Planting): 24.00 acres
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (acres) (412 - Grassed Waterway): 2.00 acres
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (acres) (561 - Heavy Use Protection): 14.00 acres
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (acres) (Conservation Crop Rotation): 1,254.00 acres
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (acres) (Deep Tillage): 5,848.00 acres
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft): 93,791.00 lf
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft) (410 - Grade Stabilization Structure): 1,378.00 lf
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft) (412 - Grassed Waterway): 4,906.00 lf
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft) (575 - Animal Trails and Walkways): 17,165.00 lf
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft) (600 - Terraces): 7,515.00 lf
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft) (620 - Underground Outlet): 37,053.00 lf
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft) (Subsurface Drainage): 22,863.00 lf
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft) (Surface Drainage, Field Ditch): 2,911.00 lf
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.): 600
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) (342 - Critical Area Planting): 4
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) (350 - Sediment Basin): 50
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) (560 - Access Road): 1
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) (575 - Animal Trails and Walkways): 4
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) (620 - Underground Outlet): 15
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) (638 - Water and Sediment Control Basin): 524
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) (Seep): 2
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) (Cropland): 595
- Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) (Range/Pastureland): 5
- Forest Management (acres): 212.00 acres
- Forest Management (acres) (Forest Stand Improvement): 25.00 acres
- Forest Management (acres) (Tree / Shrub Plantings): 187.00 acres
- Groundwater Protection Practices (number): 1
- Groundwater Protection Practices (number) (Well Decommissioning): 1
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (acres): 15,574.00 acres
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (acres) (Sprinklers): 13,882.00 acres
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (acres) (Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM)): 892.00 acres
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (acres) (Surface and Subsurface): 251.00 acres
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (acres) (Irrigation Water Management): 534.00 acres
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (acres) (Land Smoothing): 15.00 acres
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (linear feet): 646,099.00 lf
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (linear feet) (Control): 4,300.00 lf
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (linear feet) (Conveyance): 641,799.00 lf
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (linear feet) (Pipeline): 641,799.00 lf
- Irrigated Conservation Practice (linear feet) (Tailwater Recovery): 4,300.00 lf
- Irrigated Conservation Practices (cubic yards): 177 cubic yards
- Irrigated Conservation Practices (cubic yards) (Land Leveling): 177 cubic yards
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (acres): 317.00 acres
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (acres) (634 - Manure Transfer): 104.00 acres
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (acres) (Use Exclusion): 212.00 acres
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (acres) (Waste Management ): 1.00 acres
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (feet): 940,435.00 ft
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (feet) (382 - Fence): 620,252.00 ft
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (feet) (516 - Pipeline): 281,323.00 ft
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (feet) (560 - Access Road): 35,216.00 ft
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (feet) (642 - Well): 3,644.00 ft
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (no): 383
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (no) (533 - Pumping Plant for Water Control): 153
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (no) (558 - Roof Runoff Structure): 1
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (no) (578 - Stream Crossing): 5
- Livestock (AFO/CAFO) Improvements (no) (587 - Structure for Water Control): 224
- Nutrient Management Practices (acres): 55,953.00 acres
- Nutrient Management Practices (acres) (Soil Sampling/Tests): 39,093.00 acres
- Nutrient Management Practices (acres) (Precision Nutrient Management): 16,860.00 acres
- Nutrient Management Practices (number): 240
- Nutrient Management Practices (number) (Soil Sampling/Tests): 239
- Nutrient Management Practices (number) (Precision Applications): 1
- Pest Management (acres): 1,204.00 acres
- Pest Management (acres) (595 - Pest Management): 1,204.00 acres
- Pest Management (number): 2
- Range, Pasture, Grazing Practices (acres): 8,375.00 acres
- Range, Pasture, Grazing Practices (acres) (314 - Brush Management): 1,120.00 acres
- Range, Pasture, Grazing Practices (acres) (528 - Prescribed Grazing): 40.00 acres
- Range, Pasture, Grazing Practices (acres) (512 - Pasture and Hay Planting): 6,141.00 acres
- Range, Pasture, Grazing Practices (acres) (550 - Range Plantings): 1,074.00 acres
- Residue Management Equipment (number): 2
- Residue Management Equipment (number) (New): 2
- Riparian Improvements (acres): 115.00 acres
- Riparian Improvements (acres) (322 - Channel Vegetation): 1.00 acres
- Riparian Improvements (acres) (393 - Filter Strip): 6.00 acres
- Riparian Improvements (acres) (Riparian Forest Buffer): 108.00 acres
- Riparian Improvements (number): 1
- Riparian Improvements (number) (Wetland Restoration): 1
- Sediment Load Reduction - Cropland - life of practice: 25,123,047.00 tons
- Sediment Load Reduction - Riparian - per life of practice: 799,020.00 tons
- Sediment Load Reduction - Timber - Per life of practice: 4,208.00 tons
- Sediment Loan Reduction - Livestock - per life of practice: 1,945,083.00 tons
- Soil Health Practices (acres): 30,344.00 acres
- Soil Health Practices (acres) (329 - Direct Seed / No-Till): 30,344.00 acres
- Stream Improvements (linear feet): 30,467.00 lf
- Stream Improvements (linear feet) (322 - Channel Vegetation): 4,630.00 lf
- Stream Improvements (linear feet) (580/5844 - Stream Channel Stabilization and Protection): 18,178.00 lf
- Stream Improvements (linear feet) (561 - Heavy Use Protection): 7,659.00 lf
- Stream Improvements (number): 40
- Stream Improvements (number) (Fish Passage): 4
- Stream Improvements (number) (Fish Stream Improvements): 1
- Stream Improvements (number) (Stream Channel Stabilization Structures): 35
- Water Quantity Improvement Practices (linear feet): 15,072.00 lf
- Water Quantity Improvement Practices (linear feet) (Control): 15,072.00 lf
- Water Quantity Improvement Practices (linear feet) (362 - Diversion): 12,153.00 lf
- Water Quantity Improvement Practices (linear feet) (356 - Dike): 2,919.00 lf
Project Themes
- Agricultural Lands
- Forests
- Habitat and Species
- Healthy Watersheds
- Rangelands
- Soils
- Water
WQPA funded instream restoration around the state.
Credit: ISWCC Staff