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Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
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RollingPurpose:
An enhancement to the CRP program, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) hopes to enroll 100,000 acres statewide.Support Type:
BothAvailable Funding:
$100 per acre state signing bonus, 50% cost-share to install eligible practices and an annual land rental payment that includes both the current soil rental rate plus an additional incentive payment that is 150% of the local soil rental rate.Restoration Activity:
Riparian BuffersEligibility:
Landowners; land must have been in commodity crops for two out of the last five most recent years.<< Back to WRA Directory
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Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Exploring the Use of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells to Remove Sulfide While Harvesting Energy from Oyster Aquaculture Biodeposits
Oyster aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry in Maryland’s Chesapeake waters which stimulates economic activity and may provide a host of ecosystem benefits. A potential concern associated with the intensification of the oyster aquaculture is the local production and accumulation of oyster biodeposits, which can lead to a porewater sulfide accumulation and declining bioturbation, symptoms of declining ecosystem function. Sulfide is naturally removed from the seafloor by the interactions between bioturbating infauna and sulfide oxidizing bacteria.
Chesapeake Quarterly Magazine
Complicated Contaminants: Finding PFAS in the Chesapeake Bay
