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Farm News: Mississippi River Projects Get FundingcommentsPosted: 11.30.2010
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White has announced Wisconsin will receive $391,000 to put conservation practices in place along the Mississippi River.
In total, the Agency will fund conservation projects in 41 eligible watersheds in 12 states that will help landowners and producers within the Mississippi River Basin voluntarily implement conservation and management practices that prevent, control and trap nutrient runoff from agricultural land. Under the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI), NRCS will provide up to $43 million in financial assistance through conservation programs to support more than 70 existing projects in the following states: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin. In Wisconsin there be four watershed areas in two counties that will work on the conservation projects. The areas include, the Pheasant Branch and Waunakee Marsh/Six Mile Creek watersheds in Dane County, and the Delavan Lake and Jackson Creek watersheds in Walworth County. In 2011, NRCS will offer an opportunity for additional partners to submit proposals for new watershed projects in the Sugar, Pecatonica, and Upper Rock Watersheds of the Mississippi River Basin in Wisconsin.
The MRBI will assist NRCS and its conservation partners in expanding their capacity to improve water quality and treat other natural resource concerns throughout the Mississippi River basin. In addition to avoiding, controlling and trapping nutrient runoff, participating farmers and landowners voluntarily implement conservation practices that improve wildlife habitat; restore wetlands; and maintain agricultural productivity. These conservation practices are carried out in a site-specific manner to create a system that addresses natural resource concerns and fits within the operational needs of the farm.
Key conservation practices include nutrient management, conservation crop rotation and residue and tillage management. Farmers and landowners can also use other conservation practices such as restoring wetlands, planting trees along streams to filter nutrients out of water draining off the farm, and drainage water management. Participants can also use financial assistance to install edge-of-field monitoring systems in specific locations within the selected watersheds.
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