Illinois watershed program begins
Conservation project to fund easements on 15,000 acres near river
Posted: August 26, 2009 at 5:04 a.m.
Becky Selle (right), Washington County program technician with Farm Service Agency, discusses the map of the Illinois River watershed Tuesday with Naccaman Williams of the Walton Family Foundation before a news conference at the Embassy Suites in Rogers.
Tuesday was the first day that farmers and ranchers could enroll land in a program that will help protect the Illinois River watershed, providing 150 percent of the lease price annually and other incentives for easements along waterways.
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