Factoid/2009/06/05
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Hawaii's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
- Hawaii's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) "is aimed at improving water quality in stream systems, increasing groundwater recharge, restoring forests and native species' habitats, controlling the spread of invasive species, and enhancing near shore coastal and coral reef health. Hawaii State Departments of Land and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Health, and the University of Hawaii system will join with local Watershed Partnerships and other organizations to support the goals of Hawaii CREP and will offer incentives to participants for installing riparian buffers, wetlands and forest restoration practices." - excerpt from this press release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency.
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