MN CREP easement links tracts of public land, augments habitat
Voluntary program fit Cottonwood County farmer’s goals of retiring and permanently protecting marginal cropland, creating a haven for wildlife.
Minnesota Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Agricultural land conservation potential on display in state’s first MN CREP easement
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — Seeded with a pollinator-friendly mix and signed with white placards, the state’s first recorded Minnesota Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (MN CREP) easement borders a public ditch that runs through Robert and Cathy VanderLinden’s Redwood County corn field. It’s a conservation milestone for Minnesota, marked on June 18 with a short ceremony
Minnesota CREP enrollees: It’s about creating wildlife habitat
“You have to look at what’s the best use of the land for the long-term.”
