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Primary Nesting Season

Posted by Sam Riffell on June 28, 2008

USDA FSA has a map of the Primary Nesting Season (PNS). PNS is the period of high nesting activity of grassland birds, and managed haying and grazing is prohibited during this time frame. Notice how much the dates and length of the PNS varies even among adjacent states.

This entry was posted on June 28, 2008 at 1:33 am and is filed under Birds, Farm Bill Programs, Grazing, Haying, Policy Matters. Tagged: Conservation Reserve Program, CRP, Grassland birds, PNS, Primary Nesting Season. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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