Herb Kohl: “today, along with Senators Harkin and Durbin, I introduce an amendment to add $28 million this fiscal year to the…”

“today, along with Senators Harkin and Durbin, I introduce an amendment to add $28 million this fiscal year to the Conservation Reserve Program CRP, run by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS of USDA. The amendment is fully offset and acceptable to Senator Cochran and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. One of the benefits of my job is having an opportunity to travel many of the highways and backroads of the State of Wisconsin. And, I like so many other residents of my State, never tire of the landscape of rolling hills, grazing dairy cows, and handsome farms. In the last few years, dotted among these lovely farms, is a new sight--or, perhaps more accurately, a sight so old that not many of us have had a chance to experience it. There are patches of land where the native trees, grasses and flowers are growing again; where white tail deer and pheasant walk among wood violets and sugar maples the way they did 150 years ago. These pieces of land, restored to their original natural beauty, are living museums--reminders to ourselves and our children of the magnificence of Wisconsin's native landscape.”