USDA pushing for full Wetlands Reserve Program enrollment
Ducks Unlimited supports efforts to boost conservation
WASHINGTON – Oct. 26, 2009 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture aims to have the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) enrolled to its fully authorized acreage by 2012, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Ducks Unlimited has a history of working with landowners to put WRP projects on their land, including more than 250,000 acres in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley.
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