"We have far more wildlife on our farm now that we've enrolled marginal farm ground into the CRP -- grassland songbirds, pheasants, quail, and deer to name just a few," says agricultural producer Shawn O'Connor.

O'Connor's farm had spots along the creek where ditches were washing into the creek. He decided to enroll small parcels of land into CRP in those areas as Riparian Buffers. Field edges were planted to grass as CRP Filter Strips. As for results, observed O'Connor, "Those ditches that were washing healed up." The CRP buffer practices helped stop both erosion and chemical runoff into the creek.

"CRP seems to me like a great program for both wildlife and to help clean up the air and water," said O'Connor.

Sean O'Connor devoted whole fields to CRP Permanent Introduced Grasses and Legumes and also installed Filter Strips and Riparian Buffers next to his working farmland.