CONWAY — Arkansas will get an additional $1.2 million in federal funding to help implement conservation practices through the Point Remove-Mississippi River Basin Initiative Project.
The project is a voluntary program that helps agricultural producers address water-quality issues in the Lake Conway-Point Remove watershed.
The project area lies within portions of Conway, Pope and Yell counties. The program had an original funding of just more than $1 million.
“Our agency is working aggressively to improve the health of the Mississippi River Basin,” said Mike Sullivan, state conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, in a news release earlier this week.
“The additional funding will help producers implement a system of conservation practices that will improve water quality, control soil erosion, improve soil quality, and provide wildlife habitat,” he added.
Project partners will help agricultural producers in 15 sub-watersheds of the basin.
Arkansas, Pages 10 on 09/25/2010