Grasslands, wetlands, and agriculture: the fate of land expiring from the Conservation Reserve Program in the Midwestern United States

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is the largest agricultural land-retirement program in the United States, providing many environmental benefits, including wildlife habitat and improved air, water, and soil quality. Since 2007, however, CRP area has declined by over 25% nationally with much of...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Philip E Morefield, Stephen D LeDuc, Christopher M Clark, Richard Iovanna
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Subjects:	Conservation Reserve Program land use change corn soy grasslands wetlands
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094005