Last winter, I spent a day at a meeting with the Pennsylvania DCNR and the USDA to discuss landowner give – aways. The programs funded with the Farm Bill include CREP, FLEP, WHIP, CRP and Wetland Reserve Program. That’s quite a mouthful of acronyms but, basically they all amount to government programs designed to motivate …
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I was just talking to one of my clients about ordering seeds and getting some soil testing done to get ready for planting. We will be replanting some food plots that have been overtaken with grass and bullthistle. I could not help thinking that, even though we have planted some nice plots, and there are …
Although we are still seeing snow, frost and rain, winter will soon be over. It’s 87 and sunny in Oklahoma today and we are only a couple of weeks behind their weather. Now is the time to get out your equipment and get it ready so you don’t have to waste precious weekend time getting …
March is the month for frost seeding. This is the easiest work you will ever do on your food plots and should be done every spring on perennial plots. The best time is when the weather is freezing at night and above freezing in the day. Frost action, late snow and heavy rain will drive …
I was visiting a drilling site the other day and couldn’t help but see the potential in the rehab of the site. Amazing new technology has allowed several wells (usually six) to be drilled from one site, traveling out for up to 8,000 feet through the shale layer. The environmental impact of drilling has decreased …
Crissman Camp Project Case Study This 500+ acre property in Mifflin County had a severe fern problem and lack of understory food and cover.
Warm Season Grasses and Wildlife In case you’re not up on what NWSG (native warm season grass) is and why it is important, here is some relevant information for you. As the name implies, these grasses are native to North America and they grow in the warm season of June, July and August. They are …
Reclaiming Well Sites in the Marcellus Shale Region The Marcellus region coincides with the prime hunting ground in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. There will be thousands of well sites cleared for drilling and all of them must be reclaimed in some fashion. If you are a landowner lucky enough to have one of …
