USDA invests in wetland mitigation projects


USDA invests in wetland mitigation projects

USDA has awarded $4.7 million in grants for the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program to restore and protect wetlands. Projects in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota and Wisconsin received grants. South Dakota Farm Bureau Executive Director Krystil Smit says once established, wetland mitigation banks provide credits sold to other ag landowners.

“These are for farmers who may be out of compliance with a farm program, perhaps they drained an area they weren’t supposed to drain.

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