| Show wind trees now distributed A total of russian olive auve multi flora rose and several other plant species are being distributed this week Windbreak for and habitat improvement pro plantings planting on the agricultural lands of the state the plants contracted for during the past year by landowners through various landowners associations conservation groups and boy scout troops will go into the ground tp to provide much needed game cover and food for agricultural ag species specie such as pheasants and quail the plants when placed around field borders also abo play an important role to in arresting wind erosion of valuable top soil layers and tp to improve farm land values many of the plants will be used in restoring wildlife habitat on lands presently enrolled in the soil bank pro vain cram others will be used on lands which will not support farm crops in an effort to make a place for wildlife and improve the economic and esthetic values value of the land the plants tire are furnished free to landowners under a program of habitat improvement to reclaim in some measure much needed habitat thai that r has been destroyed through the employment of clean farming methods cementing ok of etrig irrigation a tion canals and ditches an and the draining of natural wetlands 1 the planting materials are supplied and used in the mutual belief by landowners and game department alike that there is room on agricultural lands for both game and food crop production |
