PF Honors Nation’s Landowners with Legacy Award for CRP’s 30th Anniversary

By Justin Stakes

Eight landowners committed to making a difference for farming and wildlife, expanding CRP program

Washington, DC -(AmmoLand.com)- Landowners throughout the Great Plains were honored today in the nation’s capital by Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture with the Legacy Award – accolades for their efforts to protect and conserve soil, water, and wildlife, as part of the Conservation Reserve Program’s (CRP) 30^th anniversary.

Meeting with policymakers while visiting D.C., each individual urged members of Congress to continue fighting for strong conservation programs.

“The landowners who have accompanied Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever to Capitol Hill represent a percentage of producers who have achieved equilibrium of conservation practices within a working landscape – they are feeding the world while protecting soil, water, and wildlife,” stated Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s vice president of government affairs. “Each individual is incredibly deserving of the Legacy Award, as are the legislators and committees who have worked tirelessly since 1985 to protect the nation’s environmental health through conservation programs and policies as part of the federal Farm Bill. The continuous CRP program, …Read the Rest

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