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    July 22, 2013
    Converting expiring CRP acres to grazing could benefit all
    BROOKINGS -- When the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was initially launched in the 1985 Farm Bill, its goals were primarily soil erosion control and improved water quality. Over time, the program has created an unprecedented positive impact on habitat for many game and non-game...
    outdoors / news / stateJuly 22, 2013 - 7:26pm
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    May 24, 2013
    Prairie project under way at Indian Village
    One thousand years ago, the landscape to the south and west of the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village consisted of prairie land, while the east and north were part of a floodplain. The prairie is long gone, replaced by a golf course and housing developments. But the Indian Village...
    life / news / localMay 24, 2013 - 7:17pm
    April 1, 2013
    Tiling critic dumped from watershed task force
    PIERRE -- The 2013 appointments are in place for the Legislature's watershed task force. Like so much of water politics in South Dakota, there is some controversy attached. The chairman of the state Board of Water and Natural Resources, Brad Johnson of Watertown, didn't receive a...
    outdoors / news / stateApril 1, 2013 - 8:06pm
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    February 18, 2013
    USDA to begin 4-week general CRP signup May 20
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture will open a four-week general signup for the Conservation Reserve Program on May 20. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement Saturday at the National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic in Minneapolis. He says...
    outdoors / newsFebruary 18, 2013 - 6:57am
    January 15, 2013
    OPINION: Take responsibility for destruction of pheasant habitat
    The disappearance of pheasant habitat in South Dakota disturbs the editorial writers of The Daily Republic -- and it should -- but they're reluctant to place responsibility for rectifying the situation on the growers who cash in on high commodity prices by planting their crops fence-row...
    outdoors / opinion / columns / huntingJanuary 15, 2013 - 11:11pm
    December 18, 2012
    The Nature Conservancy sells ranch in Custer County
    CUSTER (AP) -- The Nature Conservancy says it has sold a 1,125-acre ranch in Custer County to a private buyer with safeguards to ensure the land remains in native prairie and maintains its ranching tradition. The Lame Johnny Creek Ranch is nestled between Custer State Park and Wind...
    news / stateDecember 18, 2012 - 1:30pm
    August 11, 2012
    USDA sets sign-up date for erodible land plan
    HURON -- USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Craig Schaunaman has announced that FSA is accepting Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) offers under the Highly Erodible Land Initiative (HELI). South Dakota was allocated 9,600 acres under this initiative. Signup...
    newsAugust 11, 2012 - 3:57pm
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    May 31, 2012
    Noem introduces sodsaver provision for farm bill
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Reps. Kristi Noem and Rep. Tim Walz introduced legislation Thursday to encourage good land stewardship practices and preserve habitats. Noem, a South Dakota Republican, and Walz, a Minnesota Democrat, want to protect habitat for pheasants, ducks and other wildlife...
    outdoors / news / politics / huntingMay 31, 2012 - 9:44pm
    March 19, 2012
    South Dakota landowners may apply for USDA federal conservation program
    SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Agricultural producers and landowners in South Dakota can submit their bids to enroll eligible land in the federal Conservation Reserve Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency will accept CRP offers nationwide until April 6. ...
    news / stateMarch 19, 2012 - 10:37am
    March 8, 2012
    South Dakota conservation suffering amid ag boom, officials say
    High prices for farm commodities have farmers smiling, but those profits are having a negative impact on South Dakota's natural resources. ...
    news / local / stateMarch 8, 2012 - 6:41am
    March 7, 2012
    Meeting on natural resources plan set for Wednesday in Mitchell
    A meeting tonight in Mitchell is designed to gather information on revising a state conservation plan. The meeting will be from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Highland Conference Center. Bill Smith, conservation program administrator for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture,...
    outdoors / news / stateMarch 7, 2012 - 6:59am
    February 9, 2012
    House nixes 30-year limit on conservation easements
    PIERRE -- The state House of Representatives argued a long time Wednesday about perpetuity. Specifically, House members debated whether landowners in South Dakota should continue to be allowed to engage in perpetual conservation easements on their properties with the federal...
    news / outdoorsFebruary 9, 2012 - 9:53am
    January 24, 2012
    Gov re-appoints 3 to State Conservation Commission
    PIERRE (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard has re-appointed three individuals to the State Conservation Commission. David Fischbach of Faith, Alan Vedvei of Lake Preston, and Thomas Glover of Burke will serve terms that expire on Jan. 1, 2015. Fischbach serves as the Area III representative...
    outdoors / news / stateJanuary 24, 2012 - 8:49am
    January 13, 2012
    Winter-wheat acres rise on Great Plains rebound
    CHICAGO -- U.S. winter-wheat acreage rose for a second straight year, climbing more than analysts expected, as farmers in the Great Plains boosted planting on ground left bare from last year's drought. About 41.947 million acres were seeded from September through November, up 3.2...
    newsJanuary 13, 2012 - 9:30am
    January 6, 2012
    Conservation workshop set for Wednesday
    WESSINGTON SPRINGS -- Jerauld County Conservation District Workshop will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Springs Inn, Wessington Springs. Registration begins at 10 a.m. with the sessions beginning at 10:15 a.m. Topics covered include Cost Sharing Available with Ben...
    lifeJanuary 6, 2012 - 3:58pm
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