ANNAPOLIS, MD The
Conservation Reserve Prograip
(CRP) continues to provide excel
lent opportunities to landowners
interested in the restoration of the
Chesapeake Bay. The February
1989 signup allows for the first
time the enrollment of some
cropped wetlands. Harvest is typi
cally restricted on these areas due
to excessive wetness during the
growing season. By enrolling
these lands and converting them to
natural vegetation, landowners
can receive payments for helping
reverse the trend of wetland loss in
recent decades.
“On average, crop yields are
lower on fanned wetlands than
they are on better drained areas,”
said Pearlie S. Reed, state conser
vationist of the Soil Conservation
Service in Maryland. “This is a
good opportunity for farmers to
take these areas out of production
and improve wildlife habitat on
their farms.”
The Agricultutal Stabilization
and Conservation Service (ASCS)
in addition to making annual rent-
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al payments to program partici
pants, pays half die cost of estab
lishing cover and restoring wet
land values in enrolled fields.
Ron Lambertson. director of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s
Northeast Region is also a strong
supporter of this program, which
he sees not only for its value to
farmers, but for its high potential
to enhance wetland reasources.
“With recent wedand losses in
Maryland averaging 1,000 acres
per year, protection and restora
tion of farmed wetlands through
CRP offers an excellent opportun
ity to preserve and maintain wet
land values. I hope farmers
throughout Maryland can lake
advantage of this opportunity to
help themselves as well as our pre
cious wedand resources that are so
vital to the health of the Chesa
peake Bay.”
Cropland subject to scour ero
sion is also now eligible for the
CRP! Eligibility requires that the
land be scoured with erosion
caused by out-of-streambank
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Originally, highly credible crop
fields were enrolled to reduce soil
loss on these fragile lands by
establishing permanent cover.
More recently strips of cropland
adjacent to streams, wetlands, and
other water bodies became eligi
ble for enrollment, effectively
reducing the amount of nutrients
and pollutants entering surface
waters.
Maryland will again offer an
additional $2O per acre for certain
land enrolled in the federal CRP
which also is in the Chesapeake
Bay Critical Area or meets federal
requirements as a vegetated filter
strip. “We are pleased that
response to our program has been
so good,” said Wayne A. Cawley,
Maryland Secretary of Agricul
ture. “Maryland farmers enrolled
more than 1,300 acres in the
Maryland CRP this summer. The
acreage totals do not fully repre
sent the value of this land which is
located in sensitive resource areas
as buffer strips along waterways
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and in the 1,000 foot Chesapeake
Bay Critical Area,” noted Cawley.
“It’s an additional program that
farmers can use to improve water
quality.”
“I believe the CRP has contri
buted significantly to the cleanup
of the Chesapeake Bay,” said
James C. Richardson, Director of
the Maryland ASCS. “In the last
signup alone, we ranked sixth in
the nation in filter strip signup and
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Council awards a $5OO scholar
ship to a high school graduate
enrolling in the College of Human
Resources at the University of
Delaware. This year, those eligi
ble have been expanded to include
people enrolling in college direct
ly from high school as well as peo
ple who have been out of high
school for awhile. If you are inter
ested in applying for the scholar
ship, please call the New Castle
County Cooperative Extension
office at 451-1239 for information
to be sent to you. Deadline for
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this is equivalent to more than 100
miles of protected shoreline of the
Chesapeake Bay.”
The eighth CRP signup period
will be Feb. 6-24. Almost 10,000
acres have been enrolled in the
Maryland CRP from bids submit
ted during the first seven signups.
For more information, contact
your local ASCS, SCS, or soil
conservation district office.
applying is February 1. This scho
larship is open to all without
regard to race, color, sex, handi
cap, age or national origin.
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