The Conservation Reserve Program: A Tool for Public Participation in Biodiversity Management and Conservation

Authors

John D. Gerlach II, North Carolina State UniversityFollow

Volume

47

Issue

5

Abstract

This article introduces Extension professionals to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency. CRP allows agricultural landowners to receive rental and incentive payments for entering into resource-conserving land cover contracts of between 10 and 15 years in duration. CRP is a mutually beneficial manner in which the agricultural public can contribute to the maintenance and conservation of our nation's biodiversity. Extension professionals may find CRP helpful in improving the quality of crop acreages and pasturelands within a particular jurisdiction and reclaiming agricultural land lost to soil erosion or invasive cover species.

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Recommended Citation

Gerlach, J. D. (2009). The Conservation Reserve Program: A Tool for Public Participation in Biodiversity Management and Conservation. The Journal of Extension, 47(5), Article 26. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol47/iss5/26