This project is to reduce sedimentation by introducing, developing & maintaining a successful no-till farming program for Gordon Wildman. This farm is located in the Bell Plain area of Garfield County in an 18-20 inch rainfall area. The soil type is AtD (Athena silt loan on a 7 to 25% slope). This project will demonstrate that a long term no-till program is effective, efficient & economically feasible in reducing erosion. The project will consist of the no-till seeding of a fields totaling 120.1 acres of cropland. This project will cover a period of five years with the same fields being seeded using a no-till farming system. An annual payment of $29 per acre per year will be made to Mr. Wildman to help offset the initial costs of implementing the program & reduce part of the financial risk that he will be taking. Numerous documents show that no-till is next to grass in reducing erosion. This practice can reduce erosion by 95% over intensive tillage systems currently being used by a majority of the farmers in Garfield County. A reduction in erosion from the cropland will lead to less sedimentation of the stream. An ongoing monitoring program will correlate this no-till program to sediment reduction. Crop rotations, input costs, & yields will be monitored by Mr. Wildman and the district. This project will be used as a tool to show others that a no-till program can be adopted by farmers & will prove to be economically beneficial and at the same time will reduce erosion.