Cost-Share Practice
Permanent Vegetative Cover
Critical Areas
CRITICAL AREA PLANTING…
planting grass or other vegetation to protect a badly
eroding
area from soil erosion.
How it works:
Grass, legumes, trees or
shrubs are established in small, isolated areas of excessive erosion. The
vegetation provides surface cover to stop the raindrop splash and slow water
flow.
How it helps:
- It reduces soil erosion.
- A vegetated area improves water
quality by reducing the amount of sediment, nutrients and chemicals running off
farmland.
- Protects areas such as dams,
terrace backslopes or gullied areas when vegetation may be difficult to
establish.
- Vegetation can be planted to
provide small areas of nesting cover for birds and small animals.
Excerpts from “Conservation
Choices”, a USDA – NRCS publication.
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Livingston County Soil and Water Conservation District
1100 Morton Parkway, Chillicothe, MO 64601
PHONE: 660-646-5687 *** FAX: 660-646-4894
