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Se Ia T-Bone

Se Ia T-Bone

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I am looking at putting 10 acres in a CRP type program and my local NRCS office said I would qualify for "CP9 Shallow Water Area for Wildlife" or the "Continuous CRP" program and both are 10 year minimum enrollments. The continuous CRP program sign up isnt until June plus I have to qualify and see where I "rank" whether I can get it or not. The CP9 I can enroll in today and cost share the wetland cost and seed, but he is going to get back to me on an offer of how much $$ per acre it will pay. I like the CP9 Shallow Water Program for the way my land lies EXCEPT I cant plant ANY food plots on it.
Here is the link for the Shallow Water Area for Wildlife

http://www.iowadnr.gov/IDNRSearchRes...ater%20program

Does anyone have experience or advice with this?

Below is a map of the possible layout for the wetlands program.

 
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do you have enough cover to give up some?Will that area hold water at least some of the time?I have an area that NRCS put in shallow wetland and it did hold water part of the year.They had me plant NWSG and I didn't know better at the time but it mostly quit holding water because of all the added vegetation.It has added some cover but only because I gave up on trying to keep the cottonwoods out.They had told me to leave them then 3 years later they told me I had to kill them but I think they sprout faster than I can spray.I guess what I am saying is that even some of the NRCS staff may not be offering what is best so make sure it can achieve what you want.I will probably not reup my programs but it is just because I want to change things up a little
 
i would vote against it for one reason most wouldn't think of EHD. In 2012 and to a lesser degree 2013. I noticed a correlation between the shallow water wetlands and a much higher loss from EHD. I am surprised by your map that it is eligle must have some older crop or CRP history. On another farm where we considered wetlands we had to pay for a private consultant to do a "cultural resource survey" which if any artifacts were found we had to pay. More for his research. That was enough to convince me to fix some terraces and farm it . Hope this helps good luck with whatever you choose.
 
For the wetland they usually have to come out and take samples to see if it was a wetland earlier.Cover,food and water,you can add small water holes if needed.Do you have a a lot of cover
 
habitat24 said:
For the wetland they usually have to come out and take samples to see if it was a wetland earlier.Cover,food and water,you can add small water holes if needed.Do you have a a lot of cover
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This program is a shallow water area not a wetland restoration. IMO it's aimed at areas, like mine, with high watershed.
 
Not really sure why they prefer that over other portions of the farm but year after year that is where they favor even though there are similar habits nearby.
 
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