Knutson, M. G., and Wise, M., 2002, In the Midwest, farm ponds work for wildlife: People, Land, and Water, p. 9(1):34. Abstract Some innovative revisions proposed for the 2002 Farm Bill go beyond traditional price support and conservation reserve payments to farmers. The Conservation Security Program proposes to pay farmers to conserve soil, produce clean water, and provide wildlife habitat on working agricultural land. To quantify the public benefits of specific agricultural conservation practices, USGS is undertaking research to document the wildlife habitat values of constructed farm ponds. Small farm ponds in agricultural regions of the Midwest may provide important breeding habitat for amphibians, an at-risk group of species. In a region where 95% of the land is privately owned, the majority in agricultural use, identifying high quality breeding habitats located on agricultural land may be the key to sustaining populations of many amphibian species. Keywords