The project will support the establishment of mixtures of perennial native grasses and forbs, such as Switchgrass, Big Bluestem, Illinois Bundleflower and Purple Prairie Clover. Additionally, the project will allow enrollment of existing suitable stands of native grasses, legumes and forbs; existing native grass stands can be located on expired Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields.

The approved specified boundary for Project Area Number 1 is a thirty-nine county area comprised of selected counties located in central and western Missouri and eastern Kansas. The target for enrollment in Project Area 1 for 2011 is 20,000 acres of cropland and other agricultural land with perennial biomass crops comprised of native grasses, legumes and forbs within the approved area surrounding the biomass conversion facility. When fully enrolled, this Project Area may have up to 50,000 acres, producing roughly 3 tons of biomass per acre per year, or a total of 150,000 tons per year from land enrolled in BCAP contracts.