The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hoping landowners will take a look at a new program to create habitat for pheasants. D-N-R wildlife biologist, Todd Bogenschutz, says it’s part of the Conservation Reserve Program and 50-thousand acres are available in Iowa. He says they weren’t able to get people signed up until the new Farm Bill was approved.

 
The program called “Iowa Pheasant Recovery SAFE,” requires producers to plant habitat, nesting and feeding areas together for the pheasants.

Bogenschutz says the program would work best on ground that isn’t that productive.

 
Bogenschutz says adding these C-R-P acres tailored to the birds could help turn around the bird losses.