What is the Nebraska Platte-Republican Resources Area CREP?
The Platte-Republican Resources Area CREP will help farmers conserve water quantity of the designated rivers and streams, reduce the consumptive use of surface and subsurface irrigation water, and enhance water quality and wildlife habitat by establishing permanent vegetative cover to reduce agricultural chemical and sediment runoff. 3. What are the potential benefits of the Nebraska Platte-Republican Resources Area CREP? The Platte-Republican Resources Area CREP will significantly reduce the amount of consumptive water use for irrigation and the amount of agricultural chemicals and sediment entering the state’s waters. The reduction of ground and surface water use and of non-point source contaminants, through establishment of permanent vegetative cover, will also enhance associated wildlife habitat, both terrestrial and aquatic. 4. What are the goals? The goals of the Nebraska Platte- Republican Resources Area CREP are to: • Reduce the application of water for cropland irrigation in t
