The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

PUBLICATIONS

Lynch, Lori & Cheryl Brown, “Landowner Decision-making about Riparian Buffers,”  Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , 32(3):585-596, 2000.

Lynch, Lori, “Taxes and Cost-share payments for Soil and Water Conservation Expenses ,” Maryland Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet #794, 2001.

Lynch, Lori and Robert Tjaden, Linking Land and Water: Buffering Your Stream, Maryland Cooperative Extension Publication, 2000.

Lynch, Lori and Robert Tjaden, “When a Landowner Adopts a Riparian Buffer – Benefits and Costs,” Maryland Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet #774, 1999. 

Lynch, Lori and Robert Tjaden, “Riparian Buffer Financial Assistance Opportunities,” Maryland Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet #769, 1999. 

Lynch, Lori and Cheryl Brown, 1999. “Landowner Decision Making About Riparian Buffers.”  Policy Analysis Report 99-04, Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, University of Maryland, College Park.

Lynch, Lori, “The Enhanced Conservation Reserve Program, ” Economic Viewpoints,  Vol.3 No.3, Spring 1999.

PRESENTATIONS

Lynch, Lori, “Implications after 3 years: Maryland’s CREP Program,” (Organized Session),  American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL. July- August, 2000

Lynch, Lori, and Cheryl Brown, “Landowner Decision-Making About Stream-Side Buffers,” American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August, 1998.

“Economic Costs and Opportunities,” as a part of 2-day “Riparian Buffer Systems– A Training Program for Maryland Resource Managers”. The first day was presentations.  Participants spent the second day touring riparian buffer sites and preparing plans to install or widen a buffer.  Employed Public Issues Education techniques in facilitated interdisciplinary group process on the second day.

                        Wye Mills, 1997.

                         Westminster. 1997.

“Working with Landowners: Economic Issues and CREP,” Training workshop for USDA, Department of Natural Resource, Maryland Department of Agriculture and other resource professionals on the Conservation Reserve Enhanced Program and riparian buffers.

                        Chesapeake College, September 1998.

                        Hagerstown, 1998.

“Riparian Buffers: Economic Concerns and Opportunities,” as part of Satellite broadcast, “Riparian Buffer Systems,” for resource professionals at 45 downlink sites with more than 1200 participants, September 1998.

“Economics of Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program,” Training Workshop for Dept. of Natural Resource Employees, August, 1999.

“CREP and Economic Issues” CREP Advisory Committee to design the a New Memorandum of Understanding between USDA and the State of Maryland, Annapolis,  October 23, 2002.

 “Taxes and Cost-share Payments for Soil and Water Conservation Expenses,”Harford County Workshop, 1997.

“Conservation Easements and Agricultural Best Management Practices: Linking Federal, State, and Local Programs,” Wye Field Day, Aug.1998.

Landowner Decision-Making: Should You Plant a Buffer”         Harford County Workshop, 1998, Kent County Tributary Team Workshop, 1998, Cecil County Tributary Team Workshop, 1998,          Montgomery and Howard County Agronomy Update Workshop, 1998, Talbot County Workshop, 1998, Kent and Queen Anne’s County Winter Meeting, 1998, Wye Research Center Field Day, 2001.

“Farming on the Edge: Managing Stream Banks for Profit and Stewardship,” Presented “Money Can Grow on Trees-Computing the Costs and Benefits of Installing Buffers,” September, 2000.        

Training Workshops for Horticultural and Environmental Groups

“Economics of Riparian Forest Buffers and Landowner Decision Making,” Second Annual Tributary Team Conference, January, 1998.

“Riparian Buffers: Economic Concerns and Landowner Decision Making,” Accokeek Foundation, National Agricultural Farm, March, 1998.

“Reducing Runoff Using Riparian Buffers as a Landscape Option,” Eastern Shore Landscape Pesticide Re-certification Program, Delmar, MD, February, 1998.

“Using Riparian Buffers to Decrease Nutrient and Pesticide Run-off,” FALCAN conference, January, 1999. One-day program qualified for pesticide re-certification credits.