Since it was established in the 1985 farm bill, the Conservation Reserve Program has been one of the most popular conservation programs ever designed. It has been strongly supported by farmers, ranchers, conservationists, and the general public.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has documented an impressive list of benefits from CRP over the last 25 years. Over that time period soil erosion was reduced by 450 million tons annually, 2 million acres of wetland and buffers were restored, 48 million metric tons of carbon dioxide were removed from the atmosphere, and 170,000 miles of stream banks were protected.
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