MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation announced the expansion of the Kansas Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Initiative. This initiative will provide a one-time incentive payment for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts for grassed waterways, shallow water areas for wildlife, filter strips, riparian buffers, wetland restorations, improvements to farmable wetland and farmable wetland buffers.

Reno, Harvey, McPherson and Rice counties are included in this initiative.

The 2018 Kansas Legislative Session allocated $281,312 to the Division of Conservation to help promote the reduction of nutrients and sediment through the CRP program. The initiative is open to targeted watersheds specified for sediment and nutrient impairment. Incentive payments will range from $162.50 to $225 per acre, depending on level of the impairment as identified by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.