Elton R. Smith Endowment in Food and Agricultural Policy
  Michigan State University Dept of Agricultureal Economics
conservation reserve program
Articles and Presentations

"Public Programs and Conservation on Private Lands." by Sandra S. Batie.
Background paper prepared for: Private Lands, Public Benefits: A Policy Summit on Working Lands Conservation. Paper given to the National Governors' Association, Washington, DC, March 16, 2001.

"Private Lands, Public Benefits: Principles for Advancing Working Lands Conservation." Follow-up report to the National Governers Association's March 2001 policy summitt on working lands conservation.
Staff Paper

A Continuation of Environmental Conservation Policy: The Conservation Reserve Program (1997) Sandra S. Batie, Mary A. Schulz, David B. Schweikhardt
Staff Paper 97-16

The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (FAIR) of 1996 continued the Conservation Reserve Program until 2002.

Viewpoints and Links*

Agronomic Links Around the Globe
Audubon Society

Congressional Research Service
Federal Register: Conservation Reserve Program
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996-Conservation Reserve Program
Pheasants Forever
USDA-Farm Service Agency
Soil and Water Conservation Society

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