Due to drought conditions the federal government has lifted haying and grazing restrictions on Conservation Reserve Program lands. This is disappointing on two levels. First, of course, that conditions for farmers are so bad that this move is necessary. Second, if haying actually takes place untold numbers of pheasants will be killed and their habitat reduced. From the AAN:
The restrictions will be lifted in 20 South Dakota counties and land west of U.S. Highway 281 in Brown County, said Dawn Brandt, executive director of the Brown County Farm Service Agency office. It wasn't believed restrictions would be eased on any Brown County land when politicians announced the news Friday morning. But, Brandt said, the Farm Service Agency ultimately learned that western Brown County was included.
The other counties covered by the USDA's Friday announcement are Beadle, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jerald, Jones, Lyman, McPherson, Perkins, Potter, Sanborn, Stanley, Sully, Walworth and Ziebach.
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