CRP Landowner Enrollment Workshops Taking Place in Missouri

   03.14.12

CRP Landowner Enrollment Workshops Taking Place in Missouri

In response to the recent announcement of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General Sign-up 43, multiple CRP Landowner Workshops will be held throughout the month of March to inform producers and conservationists about Conservation Reserve Program General Sign-Up 43. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from biologists how to improve the chances of their lands being accepted into the CRP Program. Information will also be presented informing producers on how conserving marginal lands through CRP can prove mutually beneficial for wildlife and agriculture production.

Follow this LINK for more information and updates to the CRP workshop schedule.

  • March 14th Missouri Dept. of Conservation NE Regional Office Kirksville, MO. Workshop begins at 6 P.M. For questions please contact Elsa Gallagher, Regional Wildlife Biologist Quail Forever/Pheasants Forever, at (573) 680-7115.
  • March 15th MU Bradford Research Farm Columbia, MO. Workshop begins at 6 P.M. For questions please contact Jason Sykes, Area Biologist, at (573) 769-3512 Ext.6.
  • March 16th USDA Service Center, 18450 Ridgeview Ln. Dexter, MO. Workshop begins at 1 p.m. For questions please contact Brandon Wirsig, Private Land Conservationist, at (573) 624-5939 Ext.136.
  • March 16th Memphis Fire Station, 104 N. Washington Memphis, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Craig Williamson, Private Land Conservationist, at (660) 216-1588 Ext.111.
  • March 20th Carrollton Public Library, 1 N. Folger St. Carrollton, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Andrew White, Farm Bill Biologist/Quail Forever, at (660) 619-1719.
  • March 20th Ketcham Community Center – Sugg Room, 1301 Main Street, Trenton MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Scott Roy at the Grundy Co. USDA office in Trenton, (660) 359-5685 Ext.114.
  • March 21st  Hal England Center, 801 Hickland, Princeton MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Scott Roy at the Grundy Co. USDA office in Trenton, (660) 359-5685 Ext.114.
  • March 22nd Litton Center, Hwy 190 Chillicothe, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Andrew White, Farm Bill Biologist/Quail Forever, at (660) 619-1719.
  • March 27th Litton Center, Hwy 190 Chillicothe, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Andrew White, Farm Bill Biologist/Quail Forever, at (660) 619-1719.
  • March 29th Linn County Career and Technical Center, Brookfield, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Andrew White, Farm Bill Biologist/Quail Forever, at (660) 619-1719.

For more information regarding Quail Forever in Missouri, please contact Elsa Gallagher at (573) 680-7115 / Email Elsa. For all other inquiries, please contact Rehan Nana, Quail Forever Public Relations Specialist, at (651) 209-4973 / Email Rehan.

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Pheasants Forever launched Quail Forever in August of 2005 to address the continuing loss of habitat suitable for quail and the subsequent quail population decline. Bobwhite population losses over the last 25 years range from 60 to 90 percent across the country. The reason for the quail population plunge is simple - massive losses of habitat suitable for quail. There are five major factors leading to the losses of quail habitat; intensified farming and forestry practices, succession of grassland ecosystems to forests, overwhelming presence of exotic grasses like fescue that choke out wildlife, and urban sprawl.

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