Subject: Wildlife Watering Facility Options

A wildlife watering facility provides drinking water for wildlife by the construction, improvement, or modification of watering places for wildlife. In determining if a wildlife watering facility is needed, it must be determined if there is already a watering facility on site and if so, does it meet the needs of the targeted species.

For CRP, adequate water will exist for pheasants, quail, and prairie chicken at the rate of one source for each 160 acres.

There is also a potential that this practice may impact wetlands, waters of the United States, or Kansas Division of Water Resources jurisdictional areas. A determination of no adverse impact should be obtained before the practice is implemented (following the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) conservation planning policy).

Attached are wildlife watering facility design options that meet Kansas NRCS Practice Standard 648, Wildlife Watering Facility. Note: Attachment 3 is an example of wildlife watering facility options in Texas. The notes to non cost-share facilities and cost shareable facilities are not applicable to Kansas.

/s/

HAROLD L. KLAEGE
State Conservationist

DIST: A, F, S, NPR, FSA (3), Benfer, T. Conway, Kuiper, Rice, Schroeder (KDWP)

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Attachment 1 (PDF; 75 KB)
Attachment 2 (PDF; 115 KB)
Attachment 3 (PDF; 557 KB)