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CRP provides multiple environmental benefits. Environmental services examined in these studies include multiple benefits from land being enrolled the CRP. Services examined include reduced nutrient and sediment runoff from fields, improved water quality from reduced runoff, enhanced wildlife habitat, better hydrologic function, and increased carbon sequestration.

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Contributions to Wildlife Habitat, Management Issues, Challenges and Policy Choices—An Annotated Bibliography (.PDF, 16 MB)

Ecosystem Services Derived from Wetland Conservation Practices in the United States Prairie Pothole Region with an Emphasis on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Reserve and Wetlands Reserve Programs (.PDF, 4 MB)

Estimating Water Quality, Air Quality, and Soil Carbon Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program (.PDF, 18 MB)

A National Survey of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Participants on Environmental Effects, Wildlife Issues, and Vegetation Management on Program Lands (.PDF, 785 KB)

Conservation Reserve Program - Planting for the Future: Proceedings (.PDF, 14 MB)

Stakeholder Opinions Regarding Management of Conservation Reserve Program Lands to Address Environmental and Wildlife Issues (.PDF, 30 KB)


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