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A Picture Is Worth 972 Words: The Old, Red Barn, Chris Laingen Jan 2011

A Picture Is Worth 972 Words: The Old, Red Barn, Chris Laingen

Chris Laingen

No abstract provided.


Historic And Contemporary Trends Of The Conservation Reserve Program And Ring-Necked Pheasants In South Dakota, Chris Laingen Jan 2011

Historic And Contemporary Trends Of The Conservation Reserve Program And Ring-Necked Pheasants In South Dakota, Chris Laingen

Chris Laingen

Over the past century, the interactions between agricultural land use and government cropland retirement programs have affected pheasant population change. Two government land retirement programs that returned croplands to grasslands, Soil Bank in the 1960s and the current Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), help to illustrate these connections. From 2007 to 2010, South Dakota lost 41% of its CRP lands and experienced an 18% decline in pheasants per mile. However, because of where CRP expirations have occurred and where pheasant populations are found , some regional variability is seen. Western South Dakota (Region 1) had an 80% increase in pheasants per …


Adding Another Notch To America’S Corn Belt, Chris Laingen Jan 2011

Adding Another Notch To America’S Corn Belt, Chris Laingen

Chris Laingen

No abstract provided.


How Human And Natural Driving Forces Affect Pheasants And Pheasant Hunting In South Dakota, Chris Laingen Jan 2008

How Human And Natural Driving Forces Affect Pheasants And Pheasant Hunting In South Dakota, Chris Laingen

Chris Laingen

No abstract provided.