AR-News: (US DC) Returning Farmland to Wetlands

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Agriculture Dept. Aims to Ease Flooding, Benefit Wildlife 
 
washingtonpost.com 
By Eric Olson

Tuesday, July 6,  2004  

<NITF>UNION, Neb. -- Persistent flooding of their corn and soybean  fields 
led Robert and Verneel Noerrlinger to return 535 acres to wetlands. The  U.S. 
Department of Agriculture is urging other landowners along the Missouri  River 
in Nebraska to consider doing the  
Last week, the Noerrlingers' property was the site chosen by the  USDA to 
announce a project that makes $26 million available through 2007 to  restore 
18,200 acres of wetlands along the river from Ponca to Rulo, about 200  miles 
running the entire length of the state.  
<NITF>The Lower Missouri River Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program  is the 
first of its kind approved by the Agriculture Depar  
<NITF>"This partnership brings federal, state and local resources  together 
to restore wetlands, provide habitat for wildlife and improve water  quality," 
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman said in a stat  
full story:
_http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29591-2004Jul5.html_ 
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29591-2004Jul5.html)  




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