Habitat Conservation
Assistance Network
Proactive Conservation for Working Lands

FDCE’s core business is focused on providing establishment services to landowners enrolled in government conservation programs such as CRP, CREP and ACEP (WRP). Since 2003, we have been helping landowners understand and complete their establishment obligations according to their contract requirements. We provide the following components:

• Herbicide and application
• Native grass and forb seed to meet landowner practice requirements
• Establishment of seed using state of the art equipment
• Complete production report that fulfills all of USDA’s reporting requirements for the program

Since 2003, FDCE has been working with USFWS staff to complete conservation projects on both public and private land. Our past projects have included:

• Invasive species removal both chemical and mechanical
• Plant material removal (as an alternative to prescribed burning)
• Native grass and forb establishment
• Specialty herbicide application

Additionally, we are currently working on projects with USFWS staff focused on monarch and pollinator habitat. Our focus is on whole field diverse forb nectaring habitat in conjunction with common milkweed patches. USFWS staff have been instrumental in helping us to innovate and prove new techniques for conservation practices, such as experimenting with micronutrients that promote seedling vigor at time of germination and effects of different row spacing on native grass and forb establishment.

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Listed as:

• Native Species Nurseries
• Weed / Invasives Management Professionals