Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Acreage in North Carolina, 2014
CRP Practice | Acres, 2014 |
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Riparian buffer | 31,303 |
Tree planting | 17,638 |
Vegetative cover, such as trees, that were already established | 13,524 |
Hardwood tree planting | 12,861 |
Habitat for upland birds | 8,540 |
Longleaf Pine Initiative | 6,687 |
Filter strips | 2,586 |
Wetland Restoration | 2,452 |
Vegetative cover, such as grass, that was already established | 1,442 |
Establishment of permanent introduced grasses and legumes | 1,194 |
Permanent wildlife habitat, non-easement | 949 |
State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement - Grass--* | 873 |
Establishment of permanent native grasses | 518 |
Shallow water areas for wildlife | 439 |
Grass waterways, non-easement | 312 |
Permanent wildlife (corridors), non-easement | 63 |
FWP Aquaculture Wetland Restoration | 58 |
Marginal pastureland wildlife habitat buffer | 51 |
Bottomland timber established on wetland | 46 |
Field windbreak establishment, non-easement | 36 |
State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement - Buffers | 34 |
Permanent wildlife habitat | 30 |
Wildlife food plot | 27 |
FWP Flooded Prairie Wetland | 15 |
Grass waterways | 9 |
Shelterbelt establishment, non-easement | 5 |
Pollinator Habitat | 4 |
Establishment of permanent salt tolerant vegetative cover | 3 |
Vegetative filter strips (grass) | 3 |
Field windbreak establishment | 1 |
Permanent wildlife habitat (corridors) | 1 |
Establishment of permanent vegetative cover (contour grass strips), non-easement | 1 |
Shelterbelt establishment | 1 |
For more detail on who receives CRP Payments, please visit EWG's Farm Subsidy Database.