Chase County FSA Accepting CRP Offers for Migratory Bird, Butterfly and Pollinator Initiative

Chase County Farm Service Agency (FSA) currently is accepting Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contract offers under the Kansas-Nebraska CRP Migratory Bird, Butterfly, and Pollinator State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) project. Sign-up began earlier this year and will be on-going until the acres are filled. In Nebraska there are 10,000 acres available for enrollment.
    The Migratory Bird SAFE project is designed to improve habitat by restoring playas for migrating and wintering waterfowl, shorebirds and water birds. Playas are round, shallow depressions that often fill with water after spring rainstorms or fill from underlying aquifers.
    The minimum enrollment per offer is two acres, and the maximum enrollment per offer is 160 acres. The process for enrollment will be by competitive bid, and the offers will be reviewed periodically, ranked, and contracts offered.

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