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		<title>Southeastern Prairie Symposium</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2011/11/22/southeastern-prairie-symposium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 14-17, 2012 Starkville, Mississippi &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=410&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shelterbelts on the Prairies</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2011/10/03/shelterbelts-on-the-prairies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out a nice guide from Agriculture &#38; Agri-Food Canada entitled &#8220;Shelterbelts &#8211; Design Guidelines for Farmyard, Field, Roadside, Livestock, Wildlife and Riparian Buffer Plantings on the Prairies.&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=401&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soil and Pasture Rental Rates from UDSA</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2010/08/05/soil-and-pasture-rental-rates-from-udsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 Aug 2010.  The tool has been updated. USDA has a new tool that lets you download soil and pasture rental rates (for CRP and other uses) in a variety of ways.  Also has an EI caclulator.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=239&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trout Amid the Cows &#8211; Thanks to CRP</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2009/11/30/trout-amid-the-cows-thanks-to-crp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Times article on the recovery of the trout fishery in Iowa, thanks in no small part to CRP.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=333&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bobwhite Restoration Project</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2009/09/17/bobwhite-restoration-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My colleagues just completed a multi-state northern bobwhite research initiative. The final report was just published by NRCS and is available online.  It summarizes a suite of research projects that will improve conservation on farms. A quote from the Foreward should pique your interest &#8211; &#8220;You will find clear, concise recommendations and the kind of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=111&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Backyard Conservation</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2009/02/17/backyard-conservation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t own a farm?  You can still create riparian buffers along sensitive habitats adjacent to your yard.  Create a Backyard Buffer courtesy of the Wildlife Habitat Council.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=206&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corridors for Conservation</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2009/02/15/corridors-for-conservation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USDA has published a new 136-page corridor manual: Bentrup, G.  2008.  Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways.  Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-109.  USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. This is the NEW best corridor manual in existence, a planning tool following up  Conservation Corridor Planning at the Landscape Level (the &#8220;old&#8221; best corridor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=202&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Effects of Conservation Practices on Wildlife</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2009/01/30/effects-of-conservation-practices-on-wildlife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USDA&#8217;s Conservation Assessment Effects Project has just released two extensive reviews of the effects of agricultural conservation practices &#8211; like those used in CRP and other conservation programs  (public announcement here).  Part A addresses terrestrial habitats and Part B addresses aquatic habitats.  Even better is the dynamic bibliography.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=188&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Field Borders for Wildlife</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2009/01/21/field-borders-for-wildlife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri Extension has published a great guide for installing field borders (herbaceous strips of vegetation replacing crops at field edges) entitled Field borders for agronomic, economic and wildlife benefits.   The document illustrates some important principles of corridor design that we focus on in my course, but that are not incorporated (intentionally!) into farm plans nearly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=180&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Designing Corridors &#8211; GIS Toolkit</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2008/06/16/designing-corridors-gis-toolkit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks at CorridorDesign.org say it best &#8220;Our goal is to transfer everything we&#8217;ve learned about designing wildlife corridors to the public to facilitate better conservation, science, and dialogue.&#8221;  The site includes examples, how-tos, white papers and &#8211; best-of-all &#8211; dozens of ArcGIS extensions.  All free.  Developed for Arizona, no doubt they could be adapted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=50&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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