Mercer

Programs

Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)

HRFP aids landowners in restoring forests, enhancing biodiversity, protecting species, and boosting carbon sequestration through easements and funding.

Junior Duck Stamp Program

The Junior Duck Stamp Program is an annual art contest that aims to educate and engage youth in wildlife and…

Landscape Conservation Initiatives

Landscape Conservation Initiatives accelerate the benefits of voluntary conservation programs, including cleaner water and air, healthier soil and enhanced wildlife…

Resources

A bee on a thistle.

Conserving Bumble Bees

Bumble bees need three types of habit to survive: plants on which to forage for pollen and nectar, nesting sites, and places to overwinter. Relatively…

Flowers in grass field.

Cover Crop Chart

The Cover Crop Chart (v. 3.0) is designed to assist producers with decisions on the use of cover crops in crop and forage production systems.

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Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects

Honey bees and wild bees alike are considered important agricultural pollinators, and both groups of bees share many of the same habitat requirements necessary to…