EWG's climate- and nutrient-smart CSP practices list

Practice or enhancement code

Practice or enhancement name

E612133X1

Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings

E612D

Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings

E528O

Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality

E327A

Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects

E327137Z

Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects

E327136Z1

Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects

E327139Z

Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects

327

Conservation Cover

E328106Z3

Conservation crop rotation on recently converted CRP grass/legume cover for SOM improvement

E328101Z

Conservation crop rotation on recently converted CRP grass/legume cover for water erosion

E328102Z

Conservation crop rotation on recently converted CRP grass/legume cover for wind erosion

E328109Z

Conservation crop rotation to reduce the concentration of salts

E340107Z

Cover crop to minimize soil compaction

E340F

Cover crop to minimize soil compaction

E340A

Cover crop to reduce soil erosion

E340101Z

Cover crop to reduce water erosion

E340G

Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients

E340119Z

Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water

E340118Z

Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water

E340102Z

Cover crop to reduce wind erosion

E340134Z

Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles

E340H

Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles

E512C

Cropland conversion to grass for soil organic matter improvement

328

Conservation Crop Rotation

E512106Z1

Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement

340

Cover Crop

E512126Z

Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce sediment loading

E512A

Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce soil erosion

E512101Z1

Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce water erosion

E512102Z

Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce wind erosion

E612126Z

Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term improvement of water quality

E612A

Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term improvement of water quality

E612101Z

Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term water erosion control

E612102Z

Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term wind erosion control

E612133X2

Cultural plantings

E386137Z

Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field

E386136Z

Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field

E386139Z

Enhanced field border to provide wildlife habitat continuity along the edge(s) of a field

342

Critical Area Planting

E386128Z

Enhanced field borders to decrease particulate emissions along the edge(s) of the field

E386106Z

Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field

E386B

Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field

E386101Z

Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field

386

Field Border

E386102Z

Enhanced field borders to reduce wind induced erosion along the windward side(s) of a field

E327136Z2

Establish Monarch butterfly habitat

E327B

Establish Monarch butterfly habitat

E512139Z3

Establish Monarch butterfly habitat in pastures

E512I

Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect and/or monarch habitat

393

Filter Strip

412

Grassed Waterway

E512136Z1

Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat

E512139Z2

Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space)

E512138Z

Establish wildlife corridors to enhance access to water

E512139Z1

Establish wildlife corridors to provide habitat continuity

E512F

Establishing native grass or legumes in forage base to improve the plant community

E612132Z

Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities

E612C

Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities

E393118Z

Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess nutrients in surface water

E393122Z

Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess pathogens and chemicals in surface water

E393126Z

Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess sediment in surface water

E393A

Extend existing filter strip to reduce water quality impacts

E512101Z2

Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health

E512132Z1

Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production

422

Hedgerow Planting

E512B

Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health

E328I

Forage harvest to reduce water quality impacts by utilization of excess soil nutrients

E512106Z2

Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils

E512137Z

Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (cover and shelter)

E512133Z2

Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (structure and composition)

E512H

Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat cover and shelter or structure and composition

E512D

Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils

E528137Z1

Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of cover and shelter for wildlife

E528136Z1

Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food for wildlife

E528D

Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food or cover and shelter for wildlife

E528133Z2

Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife

E528136Z3

Grazing management that improves Monarch butterfly habitat

E528B

Grazing management that improves monarch butterfly habitat

E528104Z

Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion

E528M

Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion

E528I

Grazing management that protects sensitive areas -surface or ground water from nutrients

E528119Z

Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-ground water from nutrients

E528118Z2

Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-surface water from nutrients

590

Nutrient Management

E528P

Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in surface water

E328J

Improved crop rotation to provide benefits to pollinators

E328136Z2

Improved crop rotation to provide benefits to pollinators

E528E

Improved grazing management for enhanced plant structure and composition for wildlife

E528132Z3

Improved grazing management for plant productivity/health through monitoring

E528133Z3

Improved grazing management for plant structure and composition through monitoring activities

E528K

Improved grazing management for soil compaction on pasture through monitoring activities

E528107Z2

Improved grazing management for soil compaction on rangeland through monitoring activities

E528107Z1

Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities

E528101Z

Improved grazing management for water erosion through monitoring activities

E528102Z

Improved grazing management for wind erosion through monitoring activities

E528G

Improved grazing management on pasture for plant productivity and health with monitoring activities

E528134Z

Improved grazing management that reduces undesirable plant pest pressure through monitoring

E528N

Improved grazing management through monitoring activities

E528132Z1

Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring

E328B

Improved resource conserving crop rotation

E328106I

Improved resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement

E328107I

Improved resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction

E328101I

Improved resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion

E328102I

Improved resource conserving crop rotation to reduce wind erosion

E328134I

Improved resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure

E590A

Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses

E590C

Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture

E590119Z

Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater

E590118Z

Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water

E590130Z

Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs

E528140Z2

Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for livestock feed and forage

E528137Z2

Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing-cover/shelter

E528136Z2

Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for wildlife food

E528C

Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for wildlife.

E391118Z

Increase riparian forest buffer width for nutrient reduction

E391A

Increase riparian forest buffer width for sediment and nutrient reduction

E391136Z

Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat

E391126Z

Increase riparian forest buffer width to reduce sediment loading

E390118Z

Increase riparian herbaceous cover width for nutrient reduction

E390136Z

Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat

E390126Z

Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to reduce sediment loading

E391127Z

Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction

E391B

Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction

E340106Z3

Intensive cover cropping (orchard/vineyard floor) to increase soil health and SOM content

E340106Z1

Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content

E340B

Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content

E328D

Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife

E328137Z

Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter

512

Pasture and Hay Planting

E328136Z

Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources

E528140Z1

Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity

E528A

Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity

E528R

Management Intensive Rotational Grazing

E328106Z2

Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter

528

Prescribed Grazing

E328F

Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter

550

Range Planting

E512136Z2

Native grass or legumes in forage base to provide wildlife food

329

Residue and Tillage Management- No Till

E512140Z

Native grasses or legumes in forage base

E512G

Native grasses or legumes in forage base

E512133Z1

Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition

345

Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till

E512132Z2

Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health

E329106Z

No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content

E329D

No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content

E329102Z

No till system to reduce wind erosion

E329114Z

No till to increase plant-available moisture: irrigation water

E329115Z

No till to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management

E329144Z

No till to reduce energy

E329A

No till to reduce soil erosion

E329128Z

No till to reduce tillage induced particulate matter

E329101Z

No till to reduce water erosion

E612130Z

Planting for high carbon sequestration rate

E612B

Planting for high carbon sequestration rate

E528J

Prescribed grazing on pastureland that improves riparian and watershed function

E528105Z

Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion

E528L

Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion

E528127Z

Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian/watershed function-elevated water temperature

E528118Z1

Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients

E528126Z

Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-min sediment in surface water

E528122Z

Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-pathogens/chemicals

E550136Z

Range planting for improving forage- browse- or cover for wildlife

E550B

Range planting for improving forage- browse- or cover for wildlife

E550106Z

Range planting for increasing/maintaining organic matter

E590B

Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies

E590119X

Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p

E590118X

Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies

E345106Z

Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content

E345C

Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture

E345114Z

Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: irrigation water

391

Riparian Forest Buffer

E345115Z

Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management

E345D

Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content

E345144Z

Reduced tillage to reduce energy use

E345E

Reduced tillage to reduce energy use

E345A

Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion

E345128Z

Reduced tillage to reduce tillage induced particulate matter

390

Riparian Herbaceous Cover

E345B

Reduced tillage to reduce tillage induced particulate matter

E345101Z

Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion

E345102Z

Reduced tillage to reduce wind erosion

612

Tree/Shrub Establishment

E328A

Resource conserving crop rotation

E328106R

Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement

E328107R

Resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction

E328101R

Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion

E328102R

Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce wind erosion

E328134R

Resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure

E381137Z

Silvopasture for wildlife habitat (cover and shelter)

E381133Z

Silvopasture for wildlife habitat (structure and composition)

E381A

Silvopasture to improve wildlife habitat

E328106Z1

Soil health crop rotation

380

Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation

E528132Z2

Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health

E528F

Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health

E528133Z1

Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition.

E612133X3

Sugarbush management

E612137Z

Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover

E612136Z

Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food

E612G

Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food

E528Q

Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health

E340106Z2

Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter

E340C

Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter

E340106Z4

Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM

E340E

Use of soil health assessment to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health

E340I

Using cover crops for biological strip till