Seed for wildlife habitat plantings will be distributed by the Champaign County Chapter of Pheasants Forever (CCPF) on Saturday, April 16, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The event will be held in the Illini FS parking lot, 1509 E. University Ave., Urbana. Look for the white CCPF trailer. CCPF will be offering sorghum and sunflower seed for food plots, grasses for nesting and winter cover and forbs (wildflowers) which benefit pollinating insects. CCPF Habitat Chair Bruce Stikkers will be available to offer advice about which species to plant.
Food plot seed is available free to all landowners. Other seed will be provided free for plantings of up to five acres, to landowners who do not participate in USDA conservation programs. For plantings of more than five acres, the degree of cost-sharing for grass and legume seed will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
(Note: CCPF does not provide free seed for land enrolled in USDA conservation programs because those programs reimburse owners for most of the seed cost. However, the chapter does provide free use of planting equipment.)
If you cannot attend the seed distribution event, but would like to arrange to obtain seed, contact CCPF Habitat Chair Bruce Stikkers at 217-469-2793 or bjstikkers@sbcglobal.net.
For more information: Bruce Stikkers, CCPF Habitat Chair–217-469-2793 or bjstikkers@sbcglobal.net Darrell Smith, CCPF Secretary–217-620-3794 or fjdarrell@aol.com
