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Buffer Initiative: It Will Help Protect Water & is Flexible Enough to Meet Farmer Needs

April 17, 2015
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Clean Water, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog, Water
CCRP, CRP, Dayton Buffer Initiative, erosion, filter strips, grazing, Land Stewardship Project, riparian, rivers, runoff, soil, streams, waterways

By George Boody Governor Mark Dayton announced in January his proposal to require an additional 125,000 acres of perennial vegetation along lakes, rivers and streams. There is a long history of utilizing…