Conservation Forage Program News Today

There’s still time to apply for the North Dakota Conservation Forage Program (CFP) with Audubon Dakota.

CFP will improve forage availability and quality, wildlife habitat, and soil health by establishing grasslands and integrating grazing and haying on private lands. Enrolled landowners are expected to maintain the enrolled grasslands for a 10-year term.

Thursday, October 28, 2021 - The Conservation Forage Program works with North Dakota producers to establish grasslands on marginal cropland. The goal is to improve forage availability and quality, while at the same time benefiting grassland birds and native wildlife. Joining us from Audubon Dakota to explain how it works are Joshua Lefers, Audubon’s working lands program manager; and communications coordinator Amanda Booher. ~~~ We have a clip from the next Great American Folk Show with Simone...

Open enrollment for private landowners Mike Anderson © Provided by Minot-Bsmrck-Dcknsn(Wlstn) KFYR-TV Meadowlark BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - The North Dakota Conservation Forage Program has an open enrollment for private landowners through August 6th. Audubon Dakota received a grant of 6.9 million through the Outdoor Heritage Fund to restore 25,000 acres back to grasslands. “So the goal of the Conservation Forage Program is to restore marginal croplands back to grasslands in or...

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“The ability to provide establishment payments is the critical element that really makes the Conservation Forage Program work for landowners who are interested in keeping their lands working to produce food, for the world and for wildlife,” Marshall Johnson, executive director of Audubon Dakota, said in a statement. “We know North Dakota landowners love their land, and so do birds. By acknowledging and investing in the financial commitment of converting marginal lands to grassland, this p...

The Audubon Dakota North Dakota Conservation Forage Program will have open enrollment and a program webinar.