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| Due
Date: |
OPEN CONTINUALLY |
| Funding
Type: |
Grant |
| Title: |
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) |
| Agency: |
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
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| Mission: |
The Wetlands Reserve Program is a voluntary program to restore and protect wetlands on private property. WRP provides landowners with financial incentives to enhance wetlands in exchange for retiring marginal agricultural land. Landowners may sell a conservation easement or enter into a Cost-Share Restoration Agreement. Conservation Easements may be permanent or non-permanent (30 years). Landowners voluntarily limit future use of the land, yet retain private ownership. Landowners and the NRCS develop a plan for the restoration and maintenance of the wetland. The WRP is authorized by the Food Security Act of 1985, Title XII, P.L. 99-198, as amended, and the 1996 Farm Bill. |
| Eligibility: |
Easement participant must have owned the land for at least one year. Owner can be an individual, partnership, association, corporation, estate, trust, business or other legal entities, a State (when applicable), political subdivision of a State, or any agency thereof owning private land. There is no 12-month ownership requirement for Restoration Cost-Share Agreements. Land must be restorable and be suitable for wildlife benefits. |
| Contact: |
Carrie Mosley |
| Email: |
Carrie.Mosley@mt.usda.gov |
| Web
Site: |
http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/ |
| Attached Document: |
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| Keywords: |
conservation, protection, watershed |
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