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Hunters and anglers, are you awake out there?

By Gregg Patterson
ESPNOutdoors.com

Friday, September 14, 2007

The call for conservation is more urgent now than ever. Hunters and anglers had better wake up. Or they won't know what hit them as wildlife populations plummet, due to weak farm bill conservation programs. Known by the acronym CRP, the Conservation Reserve Program is the most prolific of the farm bill conservation programs. During the past 21 years, more than 40 million acres of highly erodible soils and marginal croplands were enrolled in 10- to 15-year contracts on private land. More than 1 ...

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