OT: Returning Farmland to Wetlands

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Hi Nancy,

 

> Morning Butch,

> I think this is a great idea. Great for the wildlife and the birds.

 

Yep .. that it is. And for the farmers who now own land they can't

depend on for crops. Seems to me its better than canalizing .. that

river changes its course when it wants to .. it needs no help. ;-)

 

Its a big area for sure http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/index.html

 

> Bird watching is another thing I like to do.

 

And me .. especially birds of prey.

 

> Just know if I lived there, I couldn't handle all the flooding.

> Smiles Nancy

 

Yep .. tough it is ... I've seen some of it .. tough.

 

Roll muddy river, roll on muddy river, roll on.

I've got a notion you'll go to the ocean, alone.

'Cause I've got a baby in Tennessee

Who's long been a-waitin' for a-little old me.

So roll muddy river, roll on muddy river, roll on

 

I love you but just call it fate.

You and I are gonna separate.

You'll be here but she won't wait.

So roll muddy river roll on.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch

 

> UNION, Neb. -- Persistent flooding of their corn and soybean fields led

> Robert and Verneel Noerrlinger to return 535 acres to wetlands. The U.S.

> Department of Agriculture is urging other landowners along the Missouri

> River in Nebraska to consider doing the same.

>

> Last week, the Noerrlingers' property was the site chosen by the USDA

> to announce a project that makes $26 million available through 2007 to

> restore 18,200 acres of wetlands along the river from Ponca to Rulo,

> about 200 miles running the entire length of the state.

>

> The Lower Missouri River Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program is the

> first of its kind approved by the Agriculture Department.

>

> " This partnership brings federal, state and local resources together to

> restore wetlands, provide habitat for wildlife and improve water

> quality, " Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman said in a statement.

>

> The project's partners include USDA's Natural Resources Conservation

> Service, landowners, the Nature Conservancy, Ducks Unlimited, the

> Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, local natural resources districts,

> the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Army Corps of Engineers and the

> National Park Service.

>

> The project will create a continuous corridor for about 250 species of

> birds and an array of fish and plants that call the Missouri River

> home.