Cleaner water in the Chesapeake Bay: can CRP help?: a case study of the Conservation Reserve Program in Richmond County, Virginia 1985-1989
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1993-04-15
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Virginia Tech
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The paper examines the 1985 Farm Bill-version of the Conservation ReselVe Program (CRP) as a potential water-quality improvement tool in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia. Participation levels. bidding behavior. land use options and other conditions in Richmond county. a predominantly agricultural county in Virginia's Northern Neck region. were analyzed.