I have been wanting to blog about the slow death of the CRP program for a long time. The post has been sitting in my blog queu for what seems like forever because I haven't had time to finish it. However, this article, "As Pheasants Disappear, Hunters in Iowa Follow" published in the New York Times just today, about sums it up. Similarly, Montana Outdoors published this one: "Goodbye CRP?" in 2010.
I'm not sure if most people realize, or even care, but 70% of the CRP in the entire country expired this fall. The stats won't be out for awhile to show how much will be re-enrolled, but I think we can safely assume it's not going to be anywhere close to where it has been in the past.
No CRP, no cover, no birds, no hunters. It's just logic 101.