PLAN NOW FOR NEXT WINTER FOR PHEASANTS, OTHER WILDLIFE - IOWA
Winter food plots of corn, sorghum, or other grains are used by all kinds of wildlife to help them survive. This past winter had a couple of heavy wet snows that flattened grass habitats. Well- designed shelterbelts provide important cover and food plots an additional food source to help pheasant, quail, and other wildlife survive periods of heavy snow. A new special pheasant continuous CRP practice accepting 50,000 acres will be available shortly from USDA that will provide both of these practices (new pheasant SAFE). The new Iowa Pheasant Recovery project is Iowa’s fourth special project under USDA’s CP38 program to address local wildlife habitat conservation needs. The Iowa Pheasant Recovery project was designed for the year-round needs of pheasants – provide severe winter cover, nesting habitat and food – and located in counties with the best chance for pheasant recovery. “There have been few documented cases of pheasants actually starving to death in Iowa,” said Tod...