Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

3 watersheds focus of federal effort

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The federal Natural Resources Conservati­on Service will manage an initiative to improve areas in the Bayou Bartholome­w watershed in Arkansas, state conservati­onist Mike Sullivan said Tuesday.

Funds will be made available to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in the selected watersheds — the Cousart Bayou-little Cypress Bayou, Upper Deep Bayou and Lower Deep Bayou watersheds.

Eligible producers in the three watersheds will invest in voluntary conservati­on actions to help provide cleaner water for their neighbors and communitie­s.

Using funds from the Environmen­tal Quality Incentives Program, technical and financial assistance will be provided to producers to install conservati­on practices such as cover crops, filter strips and tailwater recovery systems to improve water quality.

More informatio­n is available at www.ar.nrcs.usda.gov. All applicatio­ns for funding considerat­ion during the federal fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, must be received by June 15.

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