Agricultural producers and private landowners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) can now sign up for the popular program until Feb. 12, 2021. The competitive program, administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provides annual rental payments for land devoted to conservation
Year-end bill also contains numerous provisions for habitat and access, conservation group says
“This sweeping legislation addresses many issues that are top of mind for hunters and anglers, including investments in habitat and access,” said Whit Fosburgh, president and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
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The sweeping legislative package includes numerous conservation provisions that invest in climate solutions, sustainably manage water resources, restore habitat, combat chronic wasting disease and strengthen access for hunters and anglers. (Photo courtesy of Ducks Unlimited)
A sweeping legislative package to keep the government running and invest in COVID relief has become law following the president’s signature of the legislation. Tucked throughout the bill are numerous conservation provisions that invest in climate solutions, sustainably manage water resources, restore
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Years ago, the wetland on the corner of Leo Koppelmanâs Cleveland Township farm site was a meadow. Here, he stands at the site of a 2.5-acre wetland restoration before work began. The Le Sueur County SWCD project, which finished in summer 2020 and draws from a BWSR Clean Water Fund grant, directs water from neighborsâ upland fields through the wetland. The water is now treated before it enters Middle Jefferson Lake. (Photo by Ann Wessel, BWSR)
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Le Sueur County SWCD Manager Mike Schultz, right, visits with Cleveland Township landowner Leo Koppelman on his Cleveland Township farm, where a 2.5-acre wetland restoration is among the SWCDâs phosphorus reduction projects within the German-Jefferson chain of lakes watershed. A Clean Water Fund grant from BWSR is in play. (Photo by Ann Wessel, BWSR)
The Heath presents a classic Christmas tale
This Christmas Eve, The Heath will present a radio play adaptation of Charles Dickensâ classic A Christmas Carol streaming live online at 7:30 p.m.
This presentation represents the first of many online experiences that are to come in the 2021 calendar; many of which will be announced during the telling of this Christmas tale.
Settle in with your closest family and friends to relive Ebenezer Scroogeâs haunting Christmas adventure on the very night he experienced it. Brought to you through the lens of an audio and visual stream built in the aesthetic of 1930s radio dramas inspired by the likes of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore.