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Wetlands Reserve Easement in Kansas

Michael Pearce
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kansas.com

McPherson County landowner Dale Schmidt bought ground he intended to farm, but often it was too wet to plant, or to harvest.

He's pleased he enrolled the land as a perpetual wetland easement. Schmidt and his NRCS District Conservationist Blake McLemore discuss the improvements made to the parcel.

This is part one of a four-part series on landowner stories. It originally aired 5/13/2014