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Conservation Reserve Program Training Courses Offered By Penn State Extension
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Conservation professionals working across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed are invited to a special training program on Conservation Reserve Planning for professionals on March 7 and 8 at the Lancaster County Farm and Home Center.
A national team of facilitators will be conducting the Lancaster workshop, including from University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, Montana State University, University of Georgia, and Penn State – along with experienced and skilled U.S. Natural Resource Conservation Service professionals.
Also involved in the program are conservation partners who are in formal agreements with NRCS to deliver the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to landowners, for example the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, will also be on hand at the workshop to provide additional training related to CREP.
This training workshop is designed to create a group of skilled conservation professionals working in partnership with farmers and landowners to develop quality CRP conservation plans that result in measurable impacts on land and water resource management.
Workshop goals include:
-- Understanding the purpose and intent of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
-- Determining eligibility of lands for CRP
-- Knowing how to find information for CRP plans
-- Effectively working with a landowner in developing a CRP plan
-- Becoming familiar with regionally specific conservation practices
-- Understanding how to implement a CRP plan
-- Working with NRCS and FSA to submit a quality CRP plan
The Conservation Reserve Program Readiness Initiative was created to help the Natural Resources Conservation Service accomplish the work involved with managing CRP enrollments, CRP plan development and implementation, and the follow up management of developed plans.
A national team of Extension staff, NRCS and FSA staff, and representatives from NRCS partner agencies and organizations has collaborated to develop a multi-faceted training program to meet the needs of the initiative.
Click Here for the full schedule of workshops available.
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2/20/2012 |
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