Need Wildlife Help?  The 2010 State Habitat Meeting is the Place
Pheasants Forever's Landowner Habitat Help Desk Offers FREE Wildlife Habitat Consulting

Where can a landowner obtain a free, one-on-one wildlife habitat consultation with leading wildlife habitat experts? The place is Pheasants Forever's Landowner Habitat Help Room at Nebraska's State Habitat Meeting. The event will be held February 6th at the Ramada Inn in Kearney.

The Landowner Habitat Help Desk Room, powered by Pheasants Forever (PF), Quail Forever (QF), Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC), is designed to give farmers and landowners site-specific information about conservation programs they can implement on their land. Biologists use aerial photography, topography, and soil information to do individual planning. Landowners just need to come to the meeting with the general location of their property, the biologists will do the rest.  Through a one-on-one consultation, landowners will have the opportunity to learn about conservation and habitat options on their land available through federal, state and local programs. In fact, biologists on hand will have data on every farm in Nebraska!

"For landowners and farmers to create high quality habitat, they need to know the conservation options that are available to them and what incentives they can offer." said Pete Berthelsen, PF Senior Field Coordinator, "The Landowner Habitat Help Room provides the best advice and information about conservation programs that can assist them with their land use goals." On hand in the Landowner Habitat Help Room will be PF Farm Bill Wildlife Biologists who are trained in all Federal, State, and PF/QF programs available to Nebraska landowners.

Help Desk biologists will be fluent in federal conservation programs run by the U.S. Department of Agricultures Farm Service Agency (FSA) and NRCS. Those programs include the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), and Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP), to name a few. In addition to federal programs, the biologists will be knowledgeable about state and local PF/QF conservation programs and will be able to discuss steps for enrolling in all eligible programs. Landowners will also be able to discuss potential cost-share options, as well as average land rental rates.

The Landowner Held Desk is held in conjunction with the Pheasants/Quail Forever Nebraska State Habitat Meeting.  The Landowner Help Desk is FREE to all interested landowners who wish to attend. 

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