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Wetlands could be created for birds by rice farmers

By Hicbd
Fri Aug 6 2021 5:59 pm

"Eric found a solution to this increasing shortage of wetland for birds: A reverse auction for rice farmers to flood their fields. Farmers calculate their costs to flood the rice fields, and then they submit a bid — how much cash they'd want as payment. The program costs significantly less than buying the land outright."

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https://www.npr.org/2021/07/22/1019488080/saving-birds-with-economics
https://www.kqed.org/news/11660045/californias-lost-wetlands-reborn-thanks-to-central-valley-rice-farms

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Environment Agriculture / Farming Birds Rice Wetlands

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