Nearly 3 million acres enrolled in Conservation Reserve Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has accepted 2.8 million acres of private land into the Conservation Reserve Program in 2021. The program allows landowners to ...
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USFS to spend $285 million in infrastructure projects
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Monday that the Biden administration will spend $285 million on over 500 infrastructure projects in national forests ...
Could more private land conservation reverse bird declines?
Throughout rural Illinois, more than 140,000 acres of farmland have been conserved for wildlife. That’s about as much as one-third the acreage of public land in ...
JWM: CRP critical for prairie-chickens — but not by itself
On the plains of western Kansas, Conservation Reserve Program lands, where crops have been replaced by native grasses, have proved crucial to lesser ...
Conservation Reserve Program Celebrates 30 Years
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), one of the most successful private land conservation programs in American history, celebrated its 30th anniversary this ...
TWS Member: Nebraska Pheasants Decline Despite Conservation Program
Despite the implementation of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a Farm Bill funded program to improve soil and restore perennial grass cover, pheasants ...