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The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) was a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) administers the program with funding from the Commodity Credit Corporation .
The Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) funds landowners that volunteer their land for wetland development and provides opportunities for landowners participate in the maintenance of the project. The land must meet specific requirement to receive funding and the program is set up for each state in the United States. The Landowner has up to three choices:
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) was another consolidation effort of the 2014 Farm Bill, which includes the former Grasslands Reserve Program, Farm, and Ranch Lands Protection Program, and Wetlands Reserve Program. ACEP includes technical and financial help to maintain or improve land for agriculture or environmental benefits.
Starting in 1985, several agricultural policies addressed wetlands and habitat conservation (Food Security Act of 1985, 1990 Wetlands Reserve Program, 1996 Wildlife Habitat and Environmental Quality Incentive Programs and 2002 Grassland Reserve Program). Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) is a voluntary program implemented by the U.S. Department of ...
Conservation Reserve Program: FSA: Farm Bill [22] Conservation Easement: Wetlands Reserve Program: NRCS: 1990 Farm Bill: Conservation Easement: Swampbuster Provision: USDA: 1985 Food Security Act [23] Converting wetlands to croplands results in a loss of federal funds Migratory Bird Rule: Army Corps of Engineers & EPA: 1996: Overturned by U.S ...
Wetland reserve easements aim to restore wetland areas that have been converted into agricultural land. To maximize the benefits, the program targets land that has both a high chance of restoration success and a history of low crop yields or crop failure. The Farm Bill also funds the purchase of conservation easements for forestland. [18]
In 2007, the Conservancy enrolled a 6,400-acre (26 km 2) parcel within the Project in the federally subsidized Wetlands Reserve Program. By 2008, volunteers working with the Nature Conservancy had replanted 300,000 wetland trees, including black walnuts, swamp white oaks, and pecans, and 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) of grassland seed.
In the United States, Restoration Cost-sharing Agreements are an enrollment option of less than 30 years under the Wetland Reserve Program. It is the shortest term enrollment option for this program, and pays participants the lowest amount per acre.