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Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

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Minnesota CREP is a federal-state natural resource conservation program that works to meet state environmental objectives and to protect environmentally sensitive land on 120,000 acres in parts of Northwest, Southeast, and Southwestern Minnesota. Under CREP, program participants voluntarily enroll certain practices CRP and the Minnesota Re-invest in Minnesota (RIM) program.