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Farm Assessment Program
A Water Quality Protection Plan is voluntarily prepared by farm families to raise awareness of the environment on their farm.

This program provides non-regulatory one-on-one help to farmers to identify environmental risks on their farms.

  1. Completing the Farm Assessment
  2. Developing an Action Plan
  3. Providing Technical Assistance
  4. Implementation
  5. Follow-up

 3 hours to complete assessment

Survey
  1. Farmstead & Fields
  2. Livestock inventory
  3. Drinking water sources
Farm Walk
  1. View identified issues from survey
  2. Photos to document before and after (by permission only)
  3. Discuss possible solutions
Action Plan
  1. Identifies issues and possible solutions
  2. Implementation timeline
  3. Possible costs and funding sources

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