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Construction to Completion:
EQIP Grade Stabilization Project - 2006
Benefits:
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| Blue herons inhabit conservation areas, including rural drainage ditches and farm ponds. | Aesthetic Value | Canada geese enjoy this small lake, a conservation area resting in the heart of prime farmland. |
Management:
CRP - native prairie grasses with fire break
border of cool season grasses
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| Illinois –
prescribed burning in early spring recreates natural prairie fires. |
Truck in the
foreground indicates the relative size of this prescribed burning. |
Iowa – grass
waterway subsequent to its prescribed burning.
May 2003 Planting Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Windbreak
Pond Management Workshop
in cooperation with local
Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD)
University of Illinois Extension
and the
Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
Vision:
NRCS Art by Scott Patton, 1999 Image Courtesy USDA-NRCS
Artist depiction of numerous improvements that can be made to
restored wetlands and enhance the wetlands for benefits to wildlife.
Use of this image is not to infer/imply endorsement by USDA-NRCS.
All images (c) 2006 Moore & Warner unless otherwise noted.
