ND Game and Fish

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 The North Dakota Conservation Forage Program works with North Dakota's producers to establish grasslands on marginal cropland to improve forage availability and quality. By providing support through financial and technical assistance to landowners, CFP aims to accelerate grassland restoration and improve overall soil health across the state. These grassland acres benefit the landowner and livestock, as well as grassland birds and native wildlife while protecting North Dakota's air and water quality for future generations.  

 The North Dakota Conservation Forage Program aims to improve wildlife habitat, forage availability/quality, and soil health by establishing grassland and integrating grazing and/or haying land management techniques on more than 18,000 acres of private lands. Enrolled landowners are expected to maintain the restored grasslands for a 10-year term. 

•  3-year establishment payments
• 60% forage seed mix cost share
• $20/acre for seeding labor*
• 50% grazing infrastructure cost share - Perimeter and Cross Fencing - Water Infrastructure ​
  *Thanks to a generous grant from Corteva

 The North Dakota Conservation Forage Program (CFP) launched in the spring of 2021 supported by a $6.9 million North Dakota Industrial Commission Outdoor Heritage Fund grant, the largest awarded by the Commission.   

• Julie Bosmoe, Audubon Dakota  julianna.bosmoe@audubon.org  605-290-2571
• Mike Graue, USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife  mike_graue@fws.gov  701-230-7464
• Chris Flann, USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife  christopher_flann@fws.gov  701-650-1220
• Eric Rosenquist, ND Natural Resources Trust  eric@naturalresourcestrust.com                                      701-233-8501 ext. 106
• Tanner Gue, Ducks Unlimited  tgue@ducks.org  701-355-3592
• Robert Ford, Ducks Unlimited  rford@ducks.org  701-230-2141