Mankato, Minn. An event recognizing the first 100,000 acres in the Minnesota River Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) will be held June 25 in Mankato.

The celebration will include a site dedication near Mankato at 4
p.m. and include featured speaker Gov. Jesse Ventura. At 5:30 there
will be a dinner and program at the Mankato Midwest Wireless Civic
Center. The cost of the dinner is $20. To attend, call MaryJo
Anderson at (651) 297-4290.

The Minnesota River CREP combines the USDA Conservation Reserve
Program with the state’s Reinvest in Minnesota Reserve (RIM)
program to retire marginal cropland. CREP matches 2.3 federal
dollars to each state dollar appropriated for RIM Reserve
easements.