This 5 year no-till project is to introduce, develop & maintain a successful no-till farming program for Ernie Kimble. This farm is located on Sweeney Gulch on the eastern side of the Pataha Watershed in an 18-20 inch rainfall. The soil is a Atc (Athena Spofford silt loam) on 0 to 15% slope. Sweeney Gulch drains into the Pataha Creek at the base of the Alpowa Grade on the west side. The 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 several fields totaling 187.8 acres of cropland. This project will cover a period of 5 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. Kimble 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. Kimble & the district. This project will be used as a tool to show others that a no-till program can be adopted.