It was circa 2006 when I first began to understand the significance of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grasses that hold up to the harsh winters of the upper Midwest and provide critical cover to whitetails. I consider my Dad a thinker on many of the whitetail projects we’ve taken on at our family farm in Wisconsin, but none more so than the decision to enroll a large portion of our tillable ground into the CRP program. Thanks to my Dad, we’ve accomplished checklist items on our property well before they make it on YouTube as a new “whitetail strategy.” My Father isn’t the most hardcore hunter, but our whitetails, stream water quality, and soils are better off because of his forward thinking. I consider our property a juggernaut in our area in terms of edge habitat and diversity.
The Conservation Reserve Program is administered by the Farm Service Agency. CRP was signed into law by President Regan in 1985 and has been at the forefront of conservation efforts
