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April 3, 2021
Kicking off this week’s Outdoor News Radio, Host and Managing Editor/President Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman discuss (one last time) DNR efforts to redirect the state Critical Habitat match. They also discuss the final funding of the third phase of the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. Then, Dr. Elizabeth Maloney from the Minnesota Lyme Association joins Rob to discuss an annual rite of spring: deer ticks and the spread of Lyme’s disease. Stan Tekiela jumps back into the discussion for the second week in a row to talk about spring migration, then Rob and Tim Lesmeister wrap up the broadcast with a host of topics, including a new ruling in the Trump bump stock ban and tips for ice-out crappie fishing.
Farm, Garden & Outdoors calendar published April 3, 2021
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2021 wetland restoration: The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources has announced a conservation easement sign-up period through April 7. The goal is to generate wetland credits in specific Wetland Bank Service Areas throughout the state for the Local Government Road Wetland Replacement Program. The program was formed to ensure road reconstruction and other road maintenance projects provide wetland mitigation for affected wetlands. Renville County is in a bank service area that is in need of generating credits. The Board of Water and Soil Resources will be paying a predetermined amount for cropland and non-cropland. It looking for marginal cropland that has significant drainage infrastructure that can be restored and have a
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Water quality a priority for 2021
Beth Scheckelhoff, Ag Educator OSU-Extension Monday, February 1, 2021 12:00 AM OSU Extension We
have heard a lot about improving water quality in the Lake Erie Basin
over the past few years. This topic continues to be a focus for the Ohio
Department of Agriculture, our local Soil and Water Conservation
Districts, and OSU Extension.
The H2Ohio program through the Ohio
Department of Agriculture currently has two Lake Erie CREP water quality
incentive programs open for application through the end of the month.
CREP stands for Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program and is a USDA
Farm Bill program that offers financial compensation to landowners and