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ASC Program
Aimed Toward
Public Benefits
Anti-pollution and other environmental benefits have been emphasized in the development of the Rappahannock County Rural Environmental Assistance Program (REAP) for 1971, according to H. S. Barksdale local farm leaddr.
REAP was formerly ACP - the Agricultural Conservation Program, which has been operative in Rappahannock ^County for many years. The name change is the key to the program change. Long-range preservation of the environment and more public benefits are being emphasized.
Lower priority is being placed on conservation practices which are production-oriented or which provide only temporary benefits. In considering applications by farmers, as individuals or in groups, the County ASC Committee will give first priority to those which will best improve the community environment and provide the most public benefits.
Encouragement will be given to such farmland conservation measures as dams and ponds,' permanent grass cover, sod waterways, buffer strips, and tree plantings, all of which help retain and slow down water and reduce siltation as the water moves downstream. Practices which help reduce pollution from animal wastes, fertilizers and pesticides also will be encouraged. REAP will continue to be administered by the Rappahannock
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