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Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
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The federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary program that compensates landowners who agree to adopt certain conservation practices instead of actively farming their land. Participants establish long-term vegetative covers that reduce soil erosion, improve water quality, and enhance or create wildlife habitat on environmentally sensitive cropland or, in some cases, on marginal pastureland.Support Type:
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Rental payments not to exceed $50,000/yr. CRP encourages wetland restoration by offering 25% of incurred costs in addition to 50% cost-share provided to establish approved cover.Funding Range:
Range of funding from ~$50 to $50,000, avg. $4,000.Restoration Activity:
Streamside buffers, filter strips, grassed waterways, contour grass strips, salt-tolerant vegetation, and shallow water areas for wildlife.Eligibility:
Landowners; land must have been in commodity crops for two out of the last five most recent years.<< Back to WRA Directory
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Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Exploring the Use of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells to Remove Sulfide While Harvesting Energy from Oyster Aquaculture Biodeposits
Oyster aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry in Maryland’s Chesapeake waters which stimulates economic activity and may provide a host of ecosystem benefits. A potential concern associated with the intensification of the oyster aquaculture is the local production and accumulation of oyster biodeposits, which can lead to a porewater sulfide accumulation and declining bioturbation, symptoms of declining ecosystem function. Sulfide is naturally removed from the seafloor by the interactions between bioturbating infauna and sulfide oxidizing bacteria.
Chesapeake Quarterly Magazine
A Growing Industry: Advancing Oyster Aquaculture in Maryland
