These lands are threatened not just by the widespread development, but also by farmers dropping out of conservation reserve programs in favor of planting more crops. (insideclimatenews.org)
Land came out of conservation reserve programs, farmers broke their contracts, to put land back under corn. (treehugger.com)
Some steps have already been taken in recent years, with millions of acres of public and private forest land being designated as conservation reserves, for instance. (nytimes.com)