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Nebraska Renewable Fuels Association Pollinator Habitat Project
The Renewable Fuels Association recognizes the critical importance of pollinators to our food and fuel supply by partnering with the Nebraska Corn Board and Pheasants Forever we will provide assistance to farmers and landowners to incorporate this critical habitat strategically to continue to meet the ethanol demands without sacrificing wildlife/pollinator habitat.
Complete
Incubation
Objectives
Achieve a 50% increase in pollinator habitat adoption in project area by December 2023.
Ethanol plants will convert open land to native pollinator habitat by May 2020 and work with local Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Biologists to host a pollinator workshop at each location to promote and increase project awareness by October 2021.
In 2020, Trenton Ag Products established 5 acres of pollinator habitat on-site with support from Pheasants Forever.
Support 100 interested farmers with technical assistance for conservation planning and support financial assistance application process with Pheasants Forever and NRCS field office staff by March 2022.
Participants
Project Lead Organization
Nebraska Corn BoardFull
Pheasants ForeverFull
Renewable Fuels AssociationFull
Project Details
Status
Complete
Pathway
Incubation
Primary Crops
Corn (grain)
Natural Resource Concern
Counties the project is located in: