Enrolling conservation buffers in the CRP

Land Use Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Loftus, Timothy T ^a   Kraft, Steven E ^b  

^a HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Conservation buffers; Conservation Reverse Program (CRP); Filter strips; Stewardship payments; Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL); Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION; INCOME;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038807815     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(02)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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