Conservation Reserve Program

One of my favorite programs with the U.S. government is the Conservation Reserve Program which is so beneficial to all you Sportsmen out there. It is one of the world’s largest voluntary conservation programs with an established track record of preserving topsoil, sequestering carbon, reducing nitrogen runoff and providing healthy habitat for wildlife. Spokesperson for the National Resave Conservation Service, Mindi Rambo is here to talk about an FSA initiative.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced an initiative to quantify the climate benefits of Conservation Reserve Program contracts. This multi-year effort will enable USDA to better target CRP toward climate outcomes and improve existing models and conservation planning tools while supporting USDA’s goal of putting American agriculture, forestry and the outdoors at the center of climate-smart solutions to address climate change.

 

“CRP is a powerful tool for implementing voluntary, measurable conservation outcomes to mitigate the impacts of climate change,” said FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux. “Nearly 21 million acres currently enrolled in the program prevent the equivalent of more than 12 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. Further quantifying program benefits will allow us to better target CRP to achieve continued climate wins across environmentally sensitive lands while strengthening our modeling and conservation planning resources for all producers.”