CREP is a federal/state program that addresses significant agriculture related environmental concerns.  Through this program, eligible land owners may receive financial incentives to remove environmentally sensitive cropland and grazing land from production for up to 15 years; these areas are then converted to native grasses or trees.  Nearly 50,000 acres of such marginal cropland in the Boeuf River and Bayou Macon watersheds have been enrolled in CREP, reducing soil erosion and nonpoint source pollution, improving water quality in rural drinking water sources and improving critical wildlife habitat.  An additional 28,000 acres are planned for restoration through CREP in the near future in the prairie region of southwest LA.

USDA Farm Service Agency (Web site)

FSA Landowners & Conservationists (Web site)

LA CREP I/Lower Ouachita Basin Info (PDF, 215 KB)

LA CREP II/Coastal Prairie (PDF, 40  KB)

LA CREP Annual Reports
   2005 (PDF, 461 KB)
   2006 (PDF, 681 KB)

LA CREP Partners 
   Brochure (PDF, 800 KB)

   La. Black Bear Conservation Committee (Web site)

   Ducks Unlimited (Web site)

   Business Council for Sustainable Development (Web site)

   USDA Farm Service Agency (Web site)

   USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (Web site)