This picturesque farm is located in the town of Bridgewater, Maine, in Southern Aroostook County. Landowners Keith and Kathleen McKeen have participated in CRP since purchasing the farm in 1987. ...
In June 2005, a 50-year rain event struck Bruce Roope's farm. In only 30 minutes, 1½ inches of rain fell. But this time, Roope's property was prepared to handle the deluge. Through CRP, he had rebuilt a 700-foot waterway that was nonfunctioning when he purchased the Maine farm. The repaired waterway allows even heavy rainfall to move efficiently into the local Aroostook River, a...
