The Conservation Reserve Program
Good For Birds of Many Feathers
by
Harold A. Kantrud, Rolf R. Koford, Douglas H. Johnson, and Michael D. Schwartz
Originally published in:
North Dakota Outdoors
(August, 1993)
Official Publication of the
State Game and Fish Department
100 North Bismarck Expressway
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501-5095
This resource is based on the following source (Northern Prairie Publication 0863):
Kantrud, Harold A., Rolf R. Koford, Douglas H. Johnson, and Michael D. Schwartz. 1993. The Conservation Reserve Program - Good for birds of many feathers. North Dakota Outdoors 56(2):14-17.This resource should be cited as:
Kantrud, Harold A., Rolf R. Koford, Douglas H. Johnson, and Michael D. Schwartz. 1993. The Conservation Reserve Program - Good for birds of many feathers. North Dakota Outdoors 56(2):14-17. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/crp/index.htm (Version 16JUL97).
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Ducks and Other Game Birds Favor CRP
- Nongame Birds Use CRP, Too
- What Does the Future Hold?
- Table 1 -- Population trends of birds that breed in cropland or CRP fields
The Authors are all biologists at Northern Prairie Science Center, Jamestown, ND.
Cover photo by Harold Umber.
All other photos by Craig Bihrle.
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