WRP question

iron grip · Postby **iron grip** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:38 am

If you had some land enrolled in the project and it looks as if nothing was planted on it can you manipulate it further as for habitat purposes or do you have to leave it alone other than water level control?

Dog's Eye · Postby **Dog's Eye** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:41 pm

make the phone call, you don't want the fines.

Postby **teul2** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:56 pm

Dog's Eye wrote:make the phone call, you don't want the fines.

Ditto, I will bet that the individual contract on that place is not the same as everyone else's.
In other words, call, and make sure that the contract on that place will allow you to do what you want.

the doctor · Postby **the doctor** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:00 pm

I think you are required to leave it alone unless it was initially part of a food plot intenrionally left for manipulation

If nothing is growing or has grown I think there are options to aplly for a failure or an attempt to replant...soem parts of WRP acreage are not planted, simply left alone for native grasses

before you do anything though I would also call about the specific piece of land

the doc

kwat · Postby **kwat** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:54 pm

Check with your local County NRCS or FSA office. Provided they have the funds it could be possible that they will re-plant the hardwoods at little cost to you. They have done that on one contract I know of. The hardwoods were envaded with non-productive species. NRCS sprayed the area by air, and then rolled existing stems, and replanted in hardwoods.

Double R 2 · Postby **Double R 2** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:45 am

it looks as if nothing was planted on it

Visit your County NRCS and ask to look at the conservation plan. You might want to get a site visit. Habitat improvements are acceptable on WRP within the program guidelines but require permit approval, which is good for 10 years.

iron grip · Postby **iron grip** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:07 am

That's what I was thinking; I wasn't talking about planting corn in there but if you could have some control of which native vegetation goes in there you sorta kick up the habitat a notch :wink:

I'm wishing to find out wild rice is a natural plant in the Ms delta but I think I know better.

I like wild rice with ducks :wink:

but seriously I couldn't believe the people in control of the project wouldn't at least get something started in there????
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