What management objectives at Bald Knob and Cache River are accomplished by refuge farmers?
A6: Refuge farmers are independent farmers contracted by the Service to conduct specific farming practices on refuge lands for wildlife management. Refuge farmers accomplish many refuge management objectives. Included in these are production of habitat for the fall migration of shorebirds, habitat for shore and wading birds, growing moist soil crops, reforestation, providing early water for waterfowl and other species, maintaining/replacing the infrastructure of pumps and other equipment necessary to farm and produce habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds, and providing specialized cropping methods as part of research projects.
