Popular North Dakota conservation program could attract federal funding

By: Ceilidh Kern

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 1,047

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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MAPLETON, N.D. – Brian Roach, a retired farmer near Wheatland, North Dakota, has 35 acres of “HEL land,” or highly erodible land, on his property.

But “once it gets some topsoil put back on and you give it a few years to stabilize … we’ll get some root structure from the grass. It’ll become pretty productive cropland,” Roach said.

Roach is one of 150 farmers who put a combined 10,000 acres of their land …

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