The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a $146 million Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) agreement with Pennsylvania to improve water conditions in the Ohio watershed. Sign-up for the Pennsylvania CREP will begin Apr. 19, 2004, and continues until enrollment goals are attained or through Dec. 31, 2007, whichever comes first.

For more information, visit the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) web site at: www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/creppa04.htm or contact your local FSA or county conservation district office. (from POWER’s Watershed Weekly)

6/1/2004