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Conservation Reserve Program a win-win for landowners, wildlife

Offers are now being accepted for a USDA program designed to provide landowners a market-based financial incentive for restoring playa wetlands. The Kansas USDA Farm Service Agency and several partners are joining together to promote the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Migratory Birds, Butterflies and Pollinators State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) practice, or CRP Migratory Birds SAFE for short.

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Empower the community

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, you can honor his legacy throughout your community by volunteering your time or hosting a charity event to benefit the less fortunate. It’s an opportunity to ask for changes that boost the economy or livelihood in your neighborhood. King was an important advocate during the civil rights movement and pushed to ensure citizens were treated fairly. If you notice injustice in your community, speak up through adversity and draw attention to a cause you believe in. He gave the ultimate sacrifice by standing up for citizens who were treated unjustly, and you can do the same.

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