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Speakers describe NRCS pollinator-friendly wildlife habitat planting as flexible option for landowners
Summary
Attendees at a public meeting described a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service practice that adds a pollinator-friendly modifier to wildlife habitat planting to benefit monarch butterflies and honeybees, and said NRCS guidance and a local tree grant helped implementation.
Speakers at a public meeting described a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) practice that adapts wildlife habitat planting with a pollinator-friendly modifier intended to benefit monarch butterflies and honeybees.
The practice, several speakers said, is meant to provide flexible habitat on farmland without creating a permanent cover that would prevent future crop production, and NRCS staff provided guidance and support during implementation.
Commenter 1, a resident, described the practice as an adaptable planting approach: "The practice is wildlife habitat planting that is more of a standard practice, and then they've added an additional modifier to the practice that makes it more friendly…
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