We can do this by planting trees on and off C.R.P. acres. There are many trees valuable to humans that provide benefits to wildlife as well. The C.R.P. promotes native hardwood forest restoration. Their list of trees includes almost all of the species I recommend we plant. Add to this list Red Mulberry, Hickory, Red Bud, Wild Plum, Hazelnut, Sugar Maple and Deciduous Holly and the list of what I think we should be planting is complete.
Soils formed by woody plants are different from the soils formed by grasslands.
Many of Dancing Rabbits acres that are now in grasses are woodland soils. In the spring of this year we will begin reforesting parts of our ground, starting with the highly erodable hillsides and the un-wooded draws. We are waiting on the survey results, but approximately 20 acres of C.R.P. ground will be planted in trees over the next several years. A minimum of 400 trees per acre are required by the C.R.P. Program. Twenty acres times 400 trees means Dancing Rabbit will plant about 8000 young trees.