Results for keyword: Conservation Reserve Program
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Not all government programs need cutting
The Conservation Reserve Program has encouraged millions of acres of idled farmland to be used as wildlife habitat, but now it may be plowed under by a budget-cutting Congress.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Oct 12, 2011 -
Farmland conservation program may be plowed under
The Conservation Reserve Program, which pays farmers to idle highly erodible cropland, is facing budget cuts and other challenges.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Sep 20, 2011 -
Two weeks in the West
Wind and solar energy projects ramp up across the West; Conservation Reserve Program ramps down; the West’s volcanic history; potatoes are good for you.
by Sarah Gilman, May 12, 2008






